Ponder Questions (P.92)

1. How much are you familiar with the film genres of found footage, slasher, and teen movies?

Well for films with so-called "found footage", horror movies based on true stories, and stuff like that, they are not true. Those movies aren't really "based" on true stories, they're more like "inspired" by real life stories and they twist those stories. Teen movies are just practically based on what other teenagers are going through. Other than that, I'm not very much familiar with slasher movies. I wasn't exposed to that kind of genre too much. The only thing I know about slasher movies is that it is very bloody and full of gore.

2. How is the genre of horror a suitable vehicle for a story about injustice?

I don't believe that when people commit suicide, they would come back to the world as angry, revengeful spirits. Like, why would a ghost hack your computer anyways. But anyway, everything a person does, whether good or bad, has its own consequences.

3. How particular is the visual approach of Unfriended a suitable form for a story about cyber-bullying and its tragic results?

Unfriended is also like this movie called Friend Request. Both movies deal with cyber-bullying and an angry spirit coming back to get revenge. Unfriended shows what could happen to a person when cyber-bullied, specifically that person may commit suicide (but again, no spirit would come back to get revenge).

4. How does the combination of media form and content provide a window on understanding the cultures presented in the diegesis (the world in the story)?

Teenagers, as well as adults, actually go through these things and we can somehow understand what it would be like when cyber-bullying or being cyber-bullied.

5. How does the combination of media form and media content in Unfriended play down the cultural differences between media producer and media consumer? 

Cyber-bullying is a big issue in some countries which even resulted in the government making laws to prevent or lessen this incident. Cyber-bullying is never a good thing. So stop if you're doing it.