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Who directed The Lost Boys?
Joel Schumacher
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In what year was The Lost Boys released?
1987
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What did The Lost Boys revitalise as one of the first teenage movies of its kind?
The
vampire genre
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How did The Lost Boys portray vampires differently?
As
cool
,
youthful
renegades
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Which later cultural events were heavily influenced by The Lost Boys?
Buffy
and the
Twilight
franchise
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What is The Lost Boys seen as a sly satire of?
1980s
American obsession with family values
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Between which times does the 'The Lost Boys’ Lair' clip run?
23:43
-
26:19
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Between which times does the ‘Michael begins to turn’ clip run?
36:05
-
40:56
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What do aerial shots show us in The Lost Boys?
The Lost Boys’
POV
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What do the aerial shots suggest about the Lost Boys?
They are
supernatural
beings
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In the first clip, what does the camera movement around Michael show?
Michael’s
bedazzled
state of mind
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What does dollying towards or away from characters' faces add to the scene?
Kinetic intensity
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What was the Lost Boys' lair previously?
A
luxury hotel
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What effect do dolly zooms have on the scene where Michael is at the bathroom door?
They intensify the scene
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What swallowed the luxury hotel that became the Lost Boys' lair?
An
earthquake
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What does the mixture of old and new items in the Lost Boys' lair suggest?
Their
timelessness
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What does the Lost Boys' lair perhaps hint at?
Their
immortality
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What do the Lost Boys' hair, make-up, and costumes resemble?
1980s
rock stars
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What does the Lost Boys' style emphasise?
Their roles as
'bad boy'
outsiders
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What do we realize about some of the vampire weapons as the narrative progresses?
They are not as
useful
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What usual vampire movie props are present?
Stakes,
holy water
,
garlic
,
mirror
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What does The Lost Boys use shot reverse shot for?
To help us empathise with
characters
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In The Lost Boys, how is shot reverse shot used unusually?
For
comedic effect
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In the sequence where Sam is unnerved by the stuffed animal, what is conveyed through shot reverse shot?
Sam's
discomfort
and
humor
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In the sequence where Michael is stalking up the stairs, what is created with parallel editing?
A sense of
threat
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What does the scene crosscut between when Michael is stalking up the stairs?
Michael
and
Sam
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What intensifies as Michael gets closer to the bathroom?
The
cutting pace
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In the scene where Michael is stalking up the stairs, what adds to the sense of approaching danger?
Cutaways
to
Nanook
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What was released to market The Lost Boys?
A
soundtrack album
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What kind of songs were featured on The Lost Boys soundtrack?
Pop
and
rock
songs
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How does the music in The Lost Boys affect the film differently from an orchestral score?
It targets a
teenage
audience
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What often precedes the arrival of the Lost Boys?
Howling wind, wind chimes,
whoops
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What genre does The Lost Boys become due to its dialogue?
Teen horror comedy
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What subverts the horror genre in The Lost Boys?
Funny lines after scenes of
danger
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How are families represented in The Lost Boys?
With
complex
and interesting representations
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In The Lost Boys, who is Lucy?
A
struggling
single
mother
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When do Michael and Sam seem to get into the most trouble?
When
Lucy
is working nights
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What is Michael tempted by?
An
alternative
family
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What do the Lost Boys' initial taunting and initiation rituals resemble?
A gang
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What were televangelists trying to mobilize in the 1980s?
Conservative
religious Americans
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