carrie

1. Comment on the various cinematic elements in the movie. What role does lighting, color, camera angles, and sound play in the story? It's okay if you don't know the technical terms. Talk about them to the best of your ability. Lighting seemed to be darker, kind of dim and contrasted.
2. What are some of the themes present in the film? The themes are to show the cruelness of people and also the niceness of them as well.
3. Carrie is a horror movie that defies the genre because it blurs the lines between the victims and the monsters. Who are the monsters in this film? Why do you think so? Refer to specific scenes in the movie. I think the mother and the mean girls are the monsters, because the mother was so protective and messed up with her ways that it made Carrie scared. Also the girls because they kept thinking of ways to torture Carrie instead of trying to be nice to her.
4. What are some recurring images or ideas in the film? What do you think these images or ideas symbolize? carries hair in her face as it moved more and more out of her face the more confident she became.
5. Choose a character other than Carrie. Examine that character's personality and motives and the purpose they serve to the rest of the plot. billy he saw what was wrong and noticed the pain everyone put carrie through. Even though he was motivated by his girlfriend to take her to the prom.
6. What are some criticisms you have of the film? it seemed unrealistic of how mean all the girls were