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How does closure of The Others use narrative and genre to develop audience response and meanings
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How does closure of The Others use narrative and genre to develop audience response and meanings. The others is a psychological thriller/ horror film, the film contains the usual genre and narrative codes and conventions, to generate audience response and reinforce meaning. The end sequence of the film, when Grace discovers what she has done uses many conventions of this genre, to create meaning. The first shot of the first the scene in which the camera is positioned as looking on, at a large house surrounded by mist. This immediately establishes the location to the audience, and is helped by the onscreen text signifying the time and place of the film 'Jersey, The Channel Islands, 1945' The house and mist gives an eerie, spooky atmosphere which is typical of films in this genre. An example is House On Haunted Hill (William Malone, 2000) This scene also signifies isolation as the mist restricts our sight. Isolation...
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