Constructing Stories for Genre Film - October 2010

horror-StorytellingHorror Storytelling by Jason Meredith and Steve Ericsson
Writer/director duo Jason Meredith and Steve Ericsson are the founders of the website Constructing Horror.Com and gave a thoroughly lecture on the structure and mechanisms of chilling horror narratives.

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From-AristotleFrom Aristotle to Torture Porn: Fear and Loathing on Film by Philip Bergson
A veteran critic, film festival buff, and lecturer at the Prague Film School, Philip Bergson presented a thought-provoking consideration of the degeneration of horror film in recent decades.

 

 




The-Tragedy-of-Horror-and-How-to-Subvert-a-Genre

The Tragedy of Horror and How to Subvert a Genre? by Simon Rumley
Following a screening of his film Red, White & Blue, Simon Rumley, one of UK's leading independent filmmakers, let the audience in on parts of his personal journey, from his first steps into the film industry to putting the film in the can




 

The-Suspense-is-Killing-Me--Writing-Horror-Action-SequencesThe Suspense is Killing Me – Writing Horror Action Sequences by Sara Cover Caldwell
Sarah Cover Caldwell, just in from Los Angeles where she teach at COC, explained the importance of action sequences, pacing, enhancing characters through action, building suspense, and the difficulty in writing scenes with sex and violence.




 

Debate--Male-and-Female-Storytelling-in-Genre-Film--Is-There-a-DifferenceDebate: Male and Female Storytelling in Genre Film – Is There a Difference?
The day ended with a panel debate featuring Anna Arnman (PhD), Benjamin Hessler (writer), Faye Jackson (writer/director), Jake West (writer director), and Olof Hedling (Associate Professor), who led the way for a stimulating discussion about genre, gender, and monsters.

 

Participants 2010

Anna Arnman

Anna ArnmanAnna Arnman is a PhD in film studies at Linneaus and Lund Universities. In her thesis Hellraiser - On Clive Barker’s film (Ellerströms, 2005) she looks at horror films in general and more specifically at Hellraiser and its relationship to the body, house, sexuality, gender and religion.


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Benjamin Hessler

Bejamin HesslerBenjamin Hessler, author, was born 1978 in Bochum, Germany. His first foray into writing was a dramatization of Dracula – at the age of 12.


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Faye Jackson

Faye JacsonFaye has been involved in video and film production since her teens, working in nearly every department, most regularly as editor. She has worked in her home town Edinburgh, very briefly in L.A., but mostly in London.


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Jake West

Jake WestLondon born Jake West has worked extensively as both a director and writer in the film and television industry since 1993. His 1998 debut movie RAZOR BLADE SMILE – “a neck-ripping, bra-busting, blood-spurting vampire ride”, won ten international awards and made a considerable profit selling virtually every territory in the world.


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Jason Meredith

Jason MeredithProducer / director / screenwriter of documentary based reality shows for Scandinavian TV. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in film and writes a monthly column for movie magazine Cinema.


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Michael Tapper

michael_tapper_c80Michael Tapper, film critic ( Sydsvenskan), cinema studies scholar (Lund University) and encyclopaedist (Nationalencyklopedin)...


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Olof Hedling

Olof HedlingOlof Hedling teaches Film Studies at Växjö University and at Lund University, in Sweden. Currently he is involved in a research project that concerns European regional film production. He also co-ordinates Lund University's Master's Program in Film and Media Production which is located in Ystad.


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Phillip Bergson

philip bergsonA Classics scholar at Balliol, Phillip Bergson founded the Oxford Film Festival, G.B.'s first competition for features recognised by the F.I.A.P.F., and directed its six editions.


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Sara Coover Caldwell

Sara Coover CaldwellSara teaches film and screenwriting at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. She is an award winning screenwriter and has authoured three books, including Splatter Flicks: How to Make Low Budget Horror Films.


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Simon Rumley

Simon RumleySimon Rumley is one of the UK's leading independent filmmakers. Having directed a handful of shorts, he completed the structurally unique Strong Language which was released by the BFI in 2000.


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Steve Ericsson

Steve EricssonDirected and co-wrote the horror film Lyckantropen that was screened at the 2003 SCREAMFEST L.A. He also teaches advanced storytelling at film schools in Stockholm, Sweden.


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