Film - Directors Wes Craven

Wes Craven is always toying with the viewer's fears. Always finding ways to scare the audience at every turn. He also plays with the viewer's head and has them second guessing themselves. How does he do it? Well, as one of the characters in the movie exclaims, "There's a formula to it. A very simple formula. Everybody's a suspect!" I will discuss how Craven uses sound, camera shots, and self reference to iconise himself and his films. To show this I will be analysing two of his films. The first being Scream and the second being New Nightmare.

Scream

One of the ways Craven and the screenwriter Kevin Williamson display the self-referential nature of their film is through the characters’ knowledge of slasher film clichés.

The plot of Scream is not unlike other slasher films: An unknown killer who goes by the name of Ghostface terrorizes the suburban town of Woodsboro, California. The difference, as I have pointed out, is that the characters in Scream have seen horror films. For instance, one of Ghostface’s trademarks before attacking a victim is to call him or her (usually her) on the telephone and engage in a conversation about popular culture. In one of the film’s early scenes, Ghostface calls Sidney Prescott, our heroine and asks what her favourite horror movie is and quotes that the events that have occured are " it's like right out of a horror movie " On the one hand, the dialogue is tongue-in-cheek. When the killer quips, “It’s like right out of a horror movie,”  it is, indeed, out of a horror movie—the one we are watching.

The dialogue also acknowledges the countless slasher films to have come before Scream. When Sidney calls attention to the slasher clichés, it might appear that Craven is mocking the genre, until Sidney is attacked by Ghostface a few moments later and she comically runs up the stairs to find safety in her bedroom. What is especially clever about the scene is that Sidney’s efforts to be safe and avoid slasher clichés create more problems for her.

Sidney makes an effort to lock the front door—something characters in previous slasher films would disregard—but when she quickly opens the door to survey the scene (an act of idiocy or precaution?), Ghostface finds a way into the house and attacks her from behind. She rushes for the front door, but the lock is jammed, and she has no choice but to run upstairs and escape Ghostface’s clutch. This scene pays homage to slasher films and their clichés, but it also challenges condescending criticisms of the cliché by showing an instance in which running up the stairs is the wise decision, as Sidney’s only other option is death.


In horror movies, sound is an intricate part of the movie. Scream is no exception. From the very beginning of the movie, sound is present. The movie begins with a low eerie tone followed by a rumble sound as if several doors are being shut. The title of the movie is stretched out and comes back together with a loud crash. This is followed by a phone ringing, a heart beating rapidly, a scream, the slice of a knife and a final scream. In just the first 20 seconds of the film before it has even begun we have been presented with the essentials of this film. The ringing phone ties into the first scene. The caller picks up the phone and the music, the beating heart, and the screams vanish. Craven has already played on the viewer's senses.There's the apprehension that something bad is going to happen. Another example of sound is in the beginning, when Drew Barrymore's character hangs up the phone for a second time from the mysterious caller. The scene changes to the outside of the house where the camera is focused on some tree branches. There's the sound of some crickets, frogs, etc. In those noises, a creaking sound is heart. The camera travels downward and the viewer sees that it's a swing swaying back and forth that's making the noise. The rope is rubbing against the branch. It creates a feeling of tension because amongst these peaceful night noises is this odd creaking noise. It also leaves the viewer wondering perhaps, is there someone in the tree? Wes Craven is setting these small elements up to scare the viewer. Yet another example of sound being used is when Drew Barrymore (Casey, as her character is known) is talking to the mysterious caller. The caller had already threatened her. She tells him that her boyfriend is coming over and that basically, he'll beat him up. The caller responds with, "His name wouldn't be Steve, would it?" Casey stands stunned as a loud boom follows. It emphasizes the last comment even more. The viewer realizes that this call is not a silly prank. Wes Craven is adding layers. Each passing moment more tension is added. He's scaring the viewer little by little. Then, when Casey is being chased by the killer, she goes outside and all the viewer can hear is her breathing. Her breathing is rapid, full of gasps and sobs. This again creates more tension. Later on, in one of my favorite scenes, Sidney, the main character played by Neve Campbell, goes to the closet to get a bag. There's some music playing quietly in the background. When she opens the door to the closet, the volume increases. It makes a swooping sound. It sounds like a mixture of voices and instruments. It's really eerie. It makes the viewer think that someone might be hiding in the closet. She closes the door and viewer realizes that no one is in the closet. Wes Craven is again playing with the viewer. He never gives the viewer more than a couple of minutes to relax. He always has the viewer wondering what's going to happen next.

Finally, one more sound element that should be mentioned takes place in the principal's office. The principal angrily lectures two students for running around at school in the costume that the killer wears. He finds it insensitive that they joke about this when their fellow students have been brutally murdered. He takes the scissors out and they make this "clink" sound that is obviously added. This sound sounds very much like a knife slicing into something. The principal viciously uses the scissors to cut up the costumes. All the while, the viewer hears the slicing sounds. One of the students complains that it's "not fair" when the principal suspends them. The principal retaliates by holding the scissors up to the students. The viewer can hear lots of clinging sounds, like knives hitting each other. The principal holds the scissors up to one of the boy's shirts and says fair would be to "rip your insides out." When he says rip, there is a ripping sound, although the principal doesn't rip the shirt or anything. These exaggerated sounds make the principal seem capable of being violent. This makes the viewer wonder for a second, could the murderer be the principal? Often when watching a movie, people don't pay that close attention to it. The subconscious is aware of it and picks it all up. Wes Craven knows this and uses it to his advantage.

Different shots give the viewer information about what is going on in the scene. Wes Craven chooses his shots carefully. For example, there's a full shot of Sidney from behind. She has just gone in the closet (mentioned above) and the camera follows her from behind. After watching many horror movies, the full shot with the character's back to the viewer can mean danger. Sidney is right in the middle of the shot, leaving both sides of her open. The murderer could jump out at her and tackle her. This shot could also be of the killer following her from behind. Again, Wes Craven is setting up the viewer. Another shot is the close up. The killer is talking to Sidney on the phone. The shot is from the shoulders and up. Sidney thinks the caller is a friend playing a joke on her. She's about to hang up when the caller says that if she does she'll "die like her mother." The shot then goes to a close up of Sidney's face. The viewer can see that Sidney realizes that the caller isn't a friend playing a joke on her. The viewer can also see that she's frightened. Close ups deal with psychological effects. The viewer sees a character upset, they will react to it. This close up just made things scarier. Finally, my favorite shot in the movie is an extreme close up. The principal has just been stabbed by the murderer. The murderer wears this costume called "Father Death." As the principal lies on the floor dying, the camera cuts to an extreme close up of the principal's eye. In the reflection of his eye, the killer appears (in costume, of course). This shot is a really cool effect in general. I believe the purpose of the shot deals with death. The very last thing the principal sees is death looming over him. It's symbolic.

The last of the elements this paper will talk about it is mise en scene. The way objects are placed carefully within the frame affects how the viewer views the scene. In the beginning of the movie when the viewer is with Casey, there's a wonderful use of the frame. Case is on the phone with the killer. The killer threatens to kill her boyfriend, Steve, if she doesn't play a game with him. As he describes the game, Casey backs up into a space between the television and a wall. She's in the middle surrounded by objects. She's in a position similar to that of the fetal position. She's cramped in. There's the sense that things are closing in around her and that she's trapped. Another wonderful scene is right after Steve's death. Casey looks outside on the patio, where Steve is tied up. She sees that he's been killed. She shrinks down in the frame until her whole head disappears out of the frame. This scene is alluding to her death which happens minutes after. Another example of mise en scene is when Sidney is on the phone with the killer. He threatens her and she locks her door. As the viewer sees her lock the door, there's just enough room to the right of her. This is where the closet is. A second later, the killer pops out of the closet. The viewer sees the killer behind her and if she doesn't turn around, she's going to get stabbed. Craven is adding more tension and more possibilities to be frightened. Finally, another great use of the frame takes place in a bathroom. Sidney is at school in the bathroom when she hears a noise. The camera focuses on the bottom part of a stall. There's no one in there until a big, black boot comes down, followed by another. Then, the robe of the costume that the killer wears falls gently on the boots. Each little bit adding more fear into the viewer. Something that Wes Craven does very well.

These are just a few elements Wes Craven uses to scare the viewer. He likes to play with the viewer's head, making them question everyone's motive. But don't worry, it's just a movie. Or, as Sidney says to her boyfriend Billy, "But this is life. This isn't a movie." To which Billy responds, "Sure it is, Sid. It's all, it's all a movie. It's all one great big movie. But you can't pick your genre."

A mentionable similarity between both films and most Craven films is that his villains are created via a stimulus. In Scream Ghostface resembles Munichs infamous the Scream painting and Freddie Krueger from New Nightmare stems from a childhood memory Craven has of a man he saw standing outside his window in the same clothing he wears in the film

New Nightmare

Breaking the fourth wall, or dimension, is an inherently distressing concept — it disrupts the sacred relationship between the audience and the movie — but breaking the fourth wall in horror is downright terrifying.
Because in horror, when you knock down that wall, you might not like what you find on the other side.

Drama : Fredericko Garcio

Social Life

From 1925 to 1928 he was passionately involved with Dalí.[23] The friendship with Lorca had a strong element of mutual passion,[24] but Dalí rejected the erotic advances of the poet.[25] With the success of "Gypsy Ballads", came an estrangement from Dalí and the breakdown of a love affair with sculptor Emilio Soriano Aladrén. These brought on an increasing depression, a situation exacerbated by his anguish over his homosexuality. He felt he was trapped between the persona of the successful author, which he was forced to maintain in public, and the tortured, authentic self, which he could only acknowledge in private.

Drama 18/11/15

Demonstration,narration and breaking the fourth wall.

Keywords
clarification
justification
demonstration
re-enactment
narration
Fourth wall
reaction
direct address

Drama - 17/11/15

To warm up for a performance I would usually begin warming up my vocal chords by humming and rubbing my throat, I'd also articulate different sounds in alternative fashions through moving my mouth differently eg: opening my more or less to change the sound. I'd then stretch and warm up my body through exercises such as star jumps and leg stretches.  I'd then read through my lines to familiarise myself with them pre performance.

Breathing exercise
- breathe in for 4 and out for 8 increasing each time in duration
- breathe in for 3 and then breath out with a " shh " sound until you can't " shh " anymore

Drama - 16/11/15

*Study dynphna
Articulating emotion through the body.
For our warm up we played bungalo ( what was the purpose and usefulness )
 In the exercise we were given a word and tasked with forming an articulation of that word through our physical body. ( what was the purpose and usefulness )

Media/Film - Psycho and Avatar

P1                                                  Tyler case - swaby

The two films I will be analysing below are Psycho and Avatar. Both films of different genres with different content, conventions and styles.

Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 psychological horror-thriller suspense film directed by the infamous Alfred Hitchcock. The film centres around a young woman called Marion who finds herself at a secluded hotel after embezzling money from her manager at the bank. The hotel seems to be run by a dark and mysterious man by the name of Norman Bates who seems to be under the control of his mother who lives up at the house. Eventually settling in Marion decides to take a shower in one of Horror and Cinemas most iconic moments. Marion goes missing and her partner and sister come looking at the Bates Motel.
Since its release Psycho has been praised as a work of cinematic art and titled one of the greatest films of all time and the greatest horror film of all time. Upon its release it announced a new level of toleration of violence, sexuality and deviant behaviour in films to come. The film was controversial for its convention breaking such as having the film begin with a man and woman in their underwear and a close up shot of an open toilet; these may not seem controversial now however they were the heat of discussion upon its release.
Horror films in the 1950’s and 60’s included little if no blood whatsoever and would only include a minimum of deaths, Upon Psychos arrival audiences were shocked that its major star and seemingly main character was killed off and in such a brutal manner which has led to Psycho also being titled the first Slasher film. Not only did psycho break barriers for the horror genre but also Movies in general. Upon its unexpected success at the box office despite critical backlash at its violence and content other directors began to incorporate more shocking themes into their films such as lust and greed but not to the extent and incredible execution of Psycho.
The majority of horror films at the time featured inhuman monsters and zombies as the villains who the audience would have no relatability to. In Psycho however the villain is a young man who the audience could relate to until they find out in a shocking twist that he is in fact the killer posed as his dead mother who he keeps in the cellar. This again broke the barriers of the horror genre as the audience were essentially faced with themselves as the villain, an everyday everyman. After all what is more horrific than the evil man can commit himself.
Although the film is not similar to any modern day Horror film it does familiarise itself with modern Thrillers especially those that use Suspense as key. Psycho uses Suspense in every aspect to manipulate and lure the audience into a dark corner leaving them vulnerable and anxious only to throw at them the most unexpected of conclusions such as when Marion’s sister first enters the wine cellar to hide we expect maybe the killer to jump out and find her but instead she finds Ms Bates dead body, the first of the twists. She then slowly turns around and we are faced with Norman dressed as his mother revealing to us in the final plot twist that he is the killer. This is all done with suspense through the use of tracking shots and close ups to show the sheer shock and disgust on the characters face before we ourselves are faced with what’s ahead of us.
The film features many themes and symbolism. Themes such as Corruptibility, Death, lust and Confused identity. These themes are revealed through the use of symbolism and repeated motifs such as taxidermy, eyes, hands and mirrors. In example When Norman looks through the hole in his wall to gaze at Marion entering the shower, the shot of his peeping eye could symbolise the theme of lust as rather than presenting himself to Marion in full with his entire body he is remaining hidden in his lust through the use of his eye. This could also be linked to the male gaze as the audience are shown shots of Marrion which feature prolonged shots of her curvy body in her bra and of course the shower scene which subtly presents Marion’s naked silhouette through the shower curtains. The inclusion of taxidermy in the first quarter of the film also immediately presents the presence of death and implicates the films dark themes.
Report on Avatar

Avatar
Avatar is a science fiction – action film directed by James Cameron. The film is set in the mid-22nd century as humans are colonizing Pandora, a habitable moon in the star system. A war however begins on Pandora and the humans posing as avatars must decide whether to fight for or against Pandora.
The Science fiction genre usually sets its films in an alternative future or world (In this case Pandora). Technological advances often have large inclusion in the story as they can often reflect social or environmental changes in the films story (The use of an avatar). The film includes all of these conventions as well as the high amount of CGI which is known for its use in the sci fi genre. The narrative of Avatar surrounds the idea of the human race using technology which in time destroys them; the heavy reliance of CGI in the film is ironic to its narrative which focuses on naturalism however it is used to compliment the visuals of the film and therefore heightens the effects left on the viewer.

The film is unconventional to its genre through its use of character however. In  many films of this genre the extra-terrestrial characters are presented as the villains and their personalities often resemble that of a dark nature however in Avatar the extra-terrestrials are portrayed to be very similar rather than alien to us. Their emotion and intelligence in character allows the audience to feel some relatibility and relation to them which is key for when in the conclusion these Extra-terrestrials begin to die or face loss or love. Without this connection to the audience the film would not work.

In conclusion both films use conventions of their genre to fit the audience’s unintentional want for more of the same however both break the conventions of their genre to add to the genre rather than mimic it which enchant audiences into seeing more rather than more

Drama - 5/11/15

I believe reading the article with a tone and expression of a sad emotion made the speech purposeful as it left the audience to reflect on the facts and associate their response in emotion to the Same emotion I had whilst reading. Having this amount of emotion however limited the amount of critisisation the audience may have of the context of the speech.

Hw : respond to the 3 performances

Drama - 4/11/15 epic theatre

In today's lesson we were tasked with doing a performace in the style of Brecht. This performance would be created from a newspaper article we used as stimulus. Our chosen article detailed a woman who killed her three children after becoming distressed at their poor and annoying behaviour.
I decided that using momtage would be beneficial to the performance as we could portray the two main facts of the case which was that the children misbehaved and the mother killed them at once. On my side of the Montage I performed as one of the children speaking in a high tone voice and articulating my speech poorly. Once the montage ended, jess playing the mother stood in the middle as me and the other ' children ' rotated around her pestering her with quotes like " mummy I hate you " " your a bad mummy " gradually getting louder until at the climax Tom shouted " where's my mommy " to which we all fell. Jess then began reading her stage directions which were to look at the crowd and walk off the stage - my reccomendation as this added to the use of Brechts techniques on our performance to draw the audience away from the characters and feel aware that the stage was just a stage in the style of epic theatre.

Media - Initial response to a chosen song

Halsey - Colors

Genre & Style : Alternative pop/indie - soothing/reflective style. The sound of the song is very positive with high chords in the instrumental although the lyrical content of the song depicts it as being about a negative experience with the characters feeling down rather than high like its musical composition.

length  : 4 minutes 9 seconds

Pace : slow pace in first verse with a gradual buildup as the pre chorus begins leading to a medium paced chorus with fast paced undertones. This pacing is repeated throughout the songs duration

Meaning : love can cause destruction and the extent of your infatuation with someone will increase the extent of sadness you have when the relationship with them has ended. Another message in the song linking to its lyrical pattern is that Love has alternative routes as the song has alternative lines in each chorus.

Narrative : The story is partially explained through the use of its theme of color.The song tells the story of a boy who our narrator ( Halsey ) describes as depressed and addicted to drugs ( grey ). She explains her feelings towards him which include empathy,love and fear expressing her love,awe and infatuation with his physicality,attitude and the feeling he leaves her with ( which are blue ).  Despite him being metaphorically ripped due to his addiction to drug she still views him as a beautiful creation dwelling in his emotions and thoughts to understand him better as she views him as a work of art or color. Once the two characters become involved with each other their colors intertwine ( grey and blue ) to become purple which essentially isn't for him ( they weren't meant to be/ do not intertwine as colors or people successfully ) reversing him back to grey ( the peak of his sadness and destruction ) . In the end of the song Halsey repeats how everything is blue to present her overwhelming emotion of being ' blue ' ( sadness ) over leaving him and feeling a lack of fulfilment. As blue is previously mentioned to describe how the male character is ( unbalanced ) she is ending the story with everything being unbalanced and " devoid of color ". His feelings,Her feelings and their relationship. Unbalanced.

Impressions : the song delivers the emotion of sadness,depression and love along with the issue of drugs and feeling a lack of fulfilment in life. The song makes me feel empathy for the female character as she has tried her hardest to fill fulfilled and make the relationship she dreamed of work. I also feel empathetic towards the male character as he is described as having a ' bad ' life and following the dark path of life and seems to be stuck there. 

Imagery and semiotics : the songs title and main theme which is Colors are used to symbolise the emotional status of characters, in example the female character is described as viewing everything as blue which is a color associated with sadness. When the female character becomes involved with the male character described as grey or depressed they become purple and the male character decides that purple isn't for him. The intertwining of their colors grey and blue creating purple could symbolise them being unbalanced.  In the lyrics " now he's so devoid of color he dont know what it means and he's blue and makes me blue " Halsey is describing how he has been so many colors ( felt so many different emotions ) that he is now uncertain of his color or emotion. She is further explaining how him previously being " blue " has caused her to now become blue/sad. As previously mentioned, the line " Everything is blue " is repeated 4 times at the end of the song to emphasise on her sadness due to the conclusion of the song and their breakup.

a copy of the lyrics are below

Your little brother never tells you but he loves you so
You said your mother only smiled on her TV show
You're only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope
I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink
[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink

Everything is blue
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is grey
[Alternative version:] Everything was grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

You were a vision in the morning when the light came through
[Alternative version:] You were a vision in the morning when the lights came through
I know I've only felt religion when I've lied with you
[Alternative version:] I know I've only feel religion when I'm lying with you
You said you'll never be forgiven 'til your boys are too
And I'm still waking every morning but it's not with you

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink
[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink

Everything is blue
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is grey
[Alternative version:] Everything was grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue

You were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue
[Alternative version:] You were red and you liked me because I was blue
You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky
And you decided purple just wasn't for you

Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue

Everything is blue [4x]
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue [2x]

Drama notes 3/11/15 - Brecht

Name : Brecht
Aim : destroying the illusions

His teaching compared to Stanslafski :
Asked to be critical as an actor an audience in your viewing of your performance as unlike Stanalaffskis teaching there will be less psychological impact as you are not tasked with creating the illusion in which you are in the style of Stanalaffski.
Less about imitating reality and more about shaping it.


                 Bertolt brecht
Born 1898 germany
Actors should not be so emotionally involved - will not learn anything 
epic theatre - influences were travelling fairs and Elizabethan theatre. 
Aim to clear the distinction between dramatic and epic theatre which distances the audience - makes them look objectively 
Epic theatre is antithesis of Dramatic thrate ( opposite ) 
epic wants the audience to be critical observers, realise the characters are actors,stage world not attempting to be real 
dramatic theatre is the complete opposite
about social change - impact the audience and performer socially.

To imitate or mimic ?
He who only imitates and had nothing to say  On what he imitates is like a poor chimpanzee, who imitates his trainer's smoking and does not smoke whilst doing so. For never will a thoughtless imitation be a real imitation.
Meaning : if you don't take something away from it ( have nothing to say about it ) it was unsuccessful and a waste of time.

Techniques  ;
Montage - using momtage to keep the audience alert. Putting the scenes in an unrelated matter makes you constantly aware.
Gestus - attitude of acting which was employed in Epic theatre. Brecht admired that Charlie Chaplin was in control of his own movements actions and gestures.

Verfremdungskeffekt - the V effekt
- this means to alienate the audience but the translation is not very accurate so the word distancing is more accurate ( brechts aim ) because if the audience are distanced they can be objective.
brecht wrote that he wanted to make the incidents represented on stage appear strange to the public. *Research brecht and alienation*

The effects of these techniques / actor and characters
- to not get too attached to the characters on stage but instead focus on the meaning of the story.
- actors would step out of their roles and speak in third person when in character and speak stage directions to remind the audience that they are actors
- he often used a different actor to play the protagonist in the second half of the play from the first to again reinforce this distancing and lack of attachment

In our first exercise We played the number game in which we had to say numbers in order without any planning. This creates distance between us.  In our second exercise we were tasked with the tablo of disaster,we showed this by holding onto eachother for dear life with one person losing their grip at the end of the chain of people. Upon viewing the picture of our presentation of disaster I felt that my facial espression left an emotional impression and purpose of the tablo making it more active ( tablo is more active and has purpose rather than a still image ) I feel that as a group us being chained together but losing grip at every ' link ' presented the effect of disaster as well as the loss a disaster causes however it didnt present disaster to its full capability . In the other group I liked the use of levelling to present the different levels of distrustion.

In our final exercise we had to use one of the Brechts plays and create tablo to present the difference between 2 characters - one being stuck up and selfish and the other being good natured and charitable, to show this I decided we should have a person fallen over and both women reacted differently eg the good person helps them up as onlookers smile at her whereas the bad person walks away and looks down at them in disgust leaving onlookers to look up at her in disgust - frowning

Homework - find a juice newspaper story
moral - the further a story is continued by people the less emotional value it has