Scene Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Scene Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Frankenstein was a novel written by Mary Shelley in 1832. At the time

when 'Frankenstein' was written gothic novels were very popular and so

this novel was seen to be very popular. In 1994 the 'Frankenstein'

novel was turned into a movie by Kenneth Branagh, starring Kenneth

Branagh himself as Victor Frankenstein. The film used many techniques

that make a film become part of the horror genre. Such as Music and

sound, language, weather, violence, color, special effects, camera

angles and symbolism. I have studied three scenes of the film in

class. These scenes have all the information we need to know about

horror and what makes this film belong to the horror genre. In this

assignment I am going to show how the film Frankenstein belongs to the

horror genre.

The first scene begins in the artic where a ship is caught in a bad

storm and all the men are panicking. The scene uses lots of different

techniques to build up horror. It uses the music and lightning to go

with the picture and terror. They use fast, loud and exciting music to

show the panic of the people on the ship. There are fast close up and

distance camera shots. The uncontrollable situation goes with the

music and brings up excitement into the picture. The panic and tension

in this scene is brought by the storm, lighting and the large waves

created by the sea, which causes the ship to go of course. You can see

fear on the faces of the crewmembers. The captain of the ship is very

determined and his ambition forces the crewmembers to obe...

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...then rips her heart right from her stomach. This

is the violence presented in such terrifying ways in which lead

'Frankenstein' to the horror genre text. It shows blood and violence,

which really brings the horror and tension. Victor notices Elizabeth's

door open and realizes what the monster is there. As he goes in he

sees the monster holding Elizabeth's heart in his hand. There is blood

all over the monsters hand and the heart still beating.

I have analyzed the three scenes and focused on the main points in

each scene which show that the film 'Frankenstein' belongs to the

horror genre. Many techniques have been used in the film which makes

this film belong to the horror genre. The scenes I analyzed contained

blood, music, atmosphere, violence and special effects. The scenes

create tension and fear for its audience.

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