Describe different approaches to the question of what constitutes a film genre.

1. Understand the history of horror film and its relation to social, cultural, and aesthetic contexts 2. Describe different approaches to the question of what constitutes a film genre 3. Analyze the forms, styles, and thematic concerns of a variety of horror sub-genres 4. Identify the different critical methods that have been used to understand horror film 5. Use the vocabulary of cinema studies and art history in critical writing about film. Do not need to stress about the plot of the movie.You will construct an analysis of both the formal and narrative components of the film The Saw series by James Wan in relation to the academic essay. The goal of this project is to integrate aspects of an academic argument from the Saw and the development of torture porn.