Question

This week's film: The Conjuring

Hoffner & Levine (2005) provide a meta-analysis of research investigating factors that lead to an individual’s enjoyment of frightening and violent media.

The authors describe several theoretical models that attempt to explain and predict enjoyment in horror films.

Describe the model’s of both Zillman & Tamborini. What do these two authors propose is the key to predicting enjoyment of frightening media?

Hoffner & Levine (2005) note the importance of negative affect in horror film enjoyment. Describe negative affect experienced during the viewing of the conjouring. What scenes or images seemed to elicit this response? Did this negative experience add or detract from your enjoyment of the film?

Answer 1

Describe the model’s of both Zillman & Tamborini. What do these two authors propose is the key to predicting enjoyment of frightening media?

The model stated that here are three different factors that are responsible in appealing to the audience, while viewing horror films:

• The audience watching the film were interested in the destruction that was being visualised in the movie.
• The audience wanted sensation, and this reflected as being a part of their personality trait.
• The audience were also interested in viewing the resolutions that had been provided in the movie.

Hoffner & Levine (2005) note the importance of negative affect in horror film enjoyment. Describe negative affect experienced during the viewing of the conjouring. What scenes or images seemed to elicit this response? Did this negative experience add or detract from your enjoyment of the film?

Conjuring can be referred to as a visual aid that acts in the form of a curse, where, the manifestations that demons are present in households is spread. Horror movies provide such visual aids accompanied with the sounds, that people absorb those scenarios in their psyche and get affected by the same. An example may be in the form of disturbed sleep. The couple is a paranormal researcher who think of retirement. They get caught up in the case of roger and Carolyn, and their 5 daughters , who observe paranormal activities in their home.

There have been numerous scenic constructions, with the he victim being a child. Normal human psychology is very sensitive when it comes to the topic of cute little children, and the director has taken care that the actions would be on small children, that pierce the thought process of anyone who’s watching. People watching would be sympathetic to the bad deeds happening with the child, along with being tensed, of what would happen next, thus creating a sense of inquisition. Moreover, the auditory aids act well in sync with the visual aids that create a complete sense of loophole, such that anyone watching the movie will not only be engrossed in the story, but will be caught up in the dark emotions, of sympathy, fear, tension, that the director intends to. Moreover, these have been laid in proper successions, the biggest factor that has affected the audience is the fear of demons, or the fear of an element that is unknown to us.