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