James
Wan was born on 27th February 1977 in Malaysia. He was bought up in Australia,
where he got his bachelor of Art degree from Melbourne Institute of
Technology', which is located in Melbourne. Wan is an Australian film
producer and director, who is well recognized for directing horror movies such
as 'Saw' as this was his first official full-length movie.
Wan mostly directs thriller/horror genre movies:
James Wan
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What are the similarities/differences
between most famous works of James Wan?
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What codes/convention does he use
that fit in with the thriller genre?
What subgenres do these films fit in
to?
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To what extend has the director,
James Wan, influenced the thriller genre?
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Saw (2004)
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Similarities:
Wan
mostly directs movies where the movie is based around one family.
The
story is based on ‘Todorov Narrative Theory’.
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Background
music, Settings, costumes, props.
Horror,
Gore, Psychological, Suspense
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He
has used different techniques to make the movie interesting such as the way
he films it and the way he orders his scenes.
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Death sentence (2007)
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Settings,
Background music, costumes, props.
Revenge,
Action, Suspense, Mystery
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Insidious (2011) & Insidious:
Chapter 2
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Differences:
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Has different sub-genres
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Some are naturalist and some are non-naturalist
(ghosts/sprits)
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Settings,
Background music, costumes, props.
Horror,
Romance, Family, Suspense, Mystery
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The Conjuring (2013)
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Settings,
Background music, costumes, props.
Horror,
Romance, Family, Suspense, Mystery
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Fast & Furious 7 (2015)
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Settings,
Background music, costumes, props.
Romance,
Action, Adventure,Crime(some)
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Marc Forster was born on 30th November, 1969 in Illertissen,
Germany however his family moved to Switzerland. Interesting facts about
Forster is that in his early career he was proposed to direct a movie, where he would have received $500,000 but refused even though he was unemployed. This was because Foroster found the script was of atrocious quality. Not only that, he was also offered to direct Harry Potter and the prison of Azkaban, but instead directed Finding Neverland.
Marc Forster
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What are the similarities/differences
between most famous works of James Wan?
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What codes/convention does he use
that fit in with the thriller genre?
What subgenres do these films fit in
to?
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To what extend has the director,
Marcus Nispel, influenced the thriller genre?
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Stay (2005)
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Similarities:
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Most of his movie contains action
scenes.
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Contains guns & bombs
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His story is based on ‘Todorov
Narrative Theory’.
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Psychological,
Mystery, Suspense
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Most
of his movies are based on true story. He has challenged the stereotypical
view of how protagonist has to be played by a white male character.
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The Kite runner (2007)
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Friendship,
War, Action, Real-life.
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Quantum of Solace
(2008)
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Difference:
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Different sub-genres
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Some are naturalist and some are non-naturalist
(ghosts/sprits)
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Action,
Adventure, Romance, Crime, Spy, Revenge.
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Machine Gin Preacher
(2011)
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Real-life
story, War, Action, Suspense.
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World War Z
(2013 )
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Action,
Non-naturalistic (zombies), Gore, Family, Romance.
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