1. The title:
The title refers to Grace family, because her family is a ghost-family that lives in a house. In this place is living another family too and Grace thinks this other family are “the others” but, really, is her family “the Others”.
2. The setting:
There are many typical thriller and horror films elements. For example, the house that it’s very old and big. The garden is also very big and there are typical trees without any leaf (the tree that is in the photo), stone tombs in the floor and the weather, it’s always foggy. One original element is the children health condition, they have a strange illness so that, for this reason, they always have to stay in dark rooms; this darkness gives a very mysterious atmosphere to the film. The girl of the housekeepers, Lydia, that seems mute, and the nurse, that seems a witch, are also an interesting element. The characters voices are low and I think they show us a mysterious atmosphere. Finally, the last and more important element to inspire horror to the public is the music like in all other horror films.
3. The time:
I think that “the Others” is inspired, more or less, between the XVIIIth or XIXth century. I think so because in the house there is no electricity, the characters don’t drive cars, they always go on foot and never appear any modern ages elements.
4. The cast:
- Grace: she always feels alone, and her main problems are her children illness and the long wait of her husband. Later, when she hear voices starts to feel scary, and seems to the spectator that she is becoming mad; but when she discovers that she and her family are dead, she also discover that she was mad when she was alive and that she had killed her children. She educates her children with the cristian religion.
- Anne and Nicolas: their health condition is that they suffer a terrible pain, they can’t stay under the sun light because they have a skin illness. They always have to stay inside their house, with the windows closed, and the lights turned off. They only can have the light of the candle.
- The housekeepers: their role in the story is showing us that Grace family are the others, and that they are dead.
- Alejandro Amenábar: I know: “Abre los ojos” and “ Mar adentro”. He was 29 years when he directed the film. This film won 8 Goyas.
5. Final Question
Yes, I think that “the Others” has a lot of gothic films elements like the time of the film, or the atmosphere with tombs, fog, voices and mystery in general. The principal characters are spirits, a very typical element. I think that it can be a good example of gothic film.
The title refers to Grace family, because her family is a ghost-family that lives in a house. In this place is living another family too and Grace thinks this other family are “the others” but, really, is her family “the Others”.
2. The setting:
There are many typical thriller and horror films elements. For example, the house that it’s very old and big. The garden is also very big and there are typical trees without any leaf (the tree that is in the photo), stone tombs in the floor and the weather, it’s always foggy. One original element is the children health condition, they have a strange illness so that, for this reason, they always have to stay in dark rooms; this darkness gives a very mysterious atmosphere to the film. The girl of the housekeepers, Lydia, that seems mute, and the nurse, that seems a witch, are also an interesting element. The characters voices are low and I think they show us a mysterious atmosphere. Finally, the last and more important element to inspire horror to the public is the music like in all other horror films.
3. The time:
I think that “the Others” is inspired, more or less, between the XVIIIth or XIXth century. I think so because in the house there is no electricity, the characters don’t drive cars, they always go on foot and never appear any modern ages elements.
4. The cast:
- Grace: she always feels alone, and her main problems are her children illness and the long wait of her husband. Later, when she hear voices starts to feel scary, and seems to the spectator that she is becoming mad; but when she discovers that she and her family are dead, she also discover that she was mad when she was alive and that she had killed her children. She educates her children with the cristian religion.
- Anne and Nicolas: their health condition is that they suffer a terrible pain, they can’t stay under the sun light because they have a skin illness. They always have to stay inside their house, with the windows closed, and the lights turned off. They only can have the light of the candle.
- The housekeepers: their role in the story is showing us that Grace family are the others, and that they are dead.
- Alejandro Amenábar: I know: “Abre los ojos” and “ Mar adentro”. He was 29 years when he directed the film. This film won 8 Goyas.
5. Final Question
Yes, I think that “the Others” has a lot of gothic films elements like the time of the film, or the atmosphere with tombs, fog, voices and mystery in general. The principal characters are spirits, a very typical element. I think that it can be a good example of gothic film.
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