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My film of study is on the movie Hush by Mike Flanagan. The film is based off of a deaf woman named Maddie that lives in the woods by herself.As the movie progresses, we discover the conflict, there is a psychotic stalker that is persistent in killing and mentally abusing Maddie in more ways than you can think. As a result of this, for my adaptation I’ve decided to alter the race and gender of the protagonist because I feel it will result in a huge shift in perspective for the audience. I will be changing Maddie to a black male I feel this way because originally (in the film) the characters are a white adult male and a white adult woman which challenges traditional stereotypes. To go into further detail, race and gender play a huge role in the discussion of dominance. This is why I felt that I would be able to make such a strong aversion to the original film idea. Nowadays, people of color experience a great deal of hate crimes and racism (segregation). Leading me to make the decision of altering the ethnicity of the main characters. I plan to explore all the types of fear shown in horror films. I want to implement the various types of fear (unknown, invasion, etc) into my exploration. This’ll be shown through imagery and perception.
Annotated Bibliography
“Gender, Race, and the Self in Mental Health and Crime”.
This article explains the varying factors of mental health based off of gender and race. It
gives a brief insight into the social structures of race and gender to start, then takes these to
topics and applies them to how they shape the way people behave differently to circumstances of
trauma involving mental health. The most important aspect of mental well-being is explored in
the perspective of self which is defined in the article in the section of self-salience.
“Mental Disorder, Violence and Gender”.
This article does a very good job at covering all the essential ideas my research is focused
on. The writers address the factual data that shows a high percentage of mental disorders /
disabilities being linked to violence and crime. “Recent studies have reported comparable rates
of violence among men and women with mental disorder, raising important issues for clinical
risk assessment”.
“Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychological Barriers to Mental Health Care: An
Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need”.
This article predominantly focuses on certain races and how they are linked to more mental
health help than others. Bergstresser states “Utilization of mental health services varies
systematically by race-ethnicity and gender...males and racial ethnic minorities receive less care
than women and Hispanic whites”. This evidence basically helps visualize my goal for my
adaptation
“Boys to Men: Getting Personal about Black Manhood, Sexuality, and Empowerment.
This article gives an insight to the nature of raising an African-American child through the
media that is shared in today’s era, giving references to soulja boy and the kind of sexual and
misogynistic influence that is provided when one takes the time to read the meaning behind the
lyrics. It also provides knowledge on “black culture” and how growing up, opportunities for
white men exceed those of a black man through anecdotal references of the authors childhood
and the childhood of his son.
My film of study is on the movie Hush by Mike Flanagan. The film is based off of a deaf woman named Maddie that lives in the woods by herself.As the movie progresses, we discover the conflict, there is a psychotic stalker that is persistent in killing and mentally abusing Maddie in more ways than you can think. As a result of this, for my adaptation I’ve decided to alter the race and gender of the protagonist because I feel it will result in a huge shift in perspective for the audience. I will be changing Maddie to a black male I feel this way because originally (in the film) the characters are a white adult male and a white adult woman which challenges traditional stereotypes. To go into further detail, race and gender play a huge role in the discussion of dominance. This is why I felt that I would be able to make such a strong aversion to the original film idea. Nowadays, people of color experience a great deal of hate crimes and racism (segregation). Leading me to make the decision of altering the ethnicity of the main characters. I plan to explore all the types of fear shown in horror films. I want to implement the various types of fear (unknown, invasion, etc) into my exploration. This’ll be shown through imagery and perception.
Annotated Bibliography
“Gender, Race, and the Self in Mental Health and Crime”.
This article explains the varying factors of mental health based off of gender and race. It
gives a brief insight into the social structures of race and gender to start, then takes these to
topics and applies them to how they shape the way people behave differently to circumstances of
trauma involving mental health. The most important aspect of mental well-being is explored in
the perspective of self which is defined in the article in the section of self-salience.
“Mental Disorder, Violence and Gender”.
This article does a very good job at covering all the essential ideas my research is focused
on. The writers address the factual data that shows a high percentage of mental disorders /
disabilities being linked to violence and crime. “Recent studies have reported comparable rates
of violence among men and women with mental disorder, raising important issues for clinical
risk assessment”.
“Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychological Barriers to Mental Health Care: An
Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need”.
This article predominantly focuses on certain races and how they are linked to more mental
health help than others. Bergstresser states “Utilization of mental health services varies
systematically by race-ethnicity and gender...males and racial ethnic minorities receive less care
than women and Hispanic whites”. This evidence basically helps visualize my goal for my
adaptation
“Boys to Men: Getting Personal about Black Manhood, Sexuality, and Empowerment.
This article gives an insight to the nature of raising an African-American child through the
media that is shared in today’s era, giving references to soulja boy and the kind of sexual and
misogynistic influence that is provided when one takes the time to read the meaning behind the
lyrics. It also provides knowledge on “black culture” and how growing up, opportunities for
white men exceed those of a black man through anecdotal references of the authors childhood
and the childhood of his son.