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attack at different points in the film. Another instance of the eye/camera used to
highlight vulnerability is as Rowan is revived, we see her eye/camera as she looks at
the people standing around observing her, her naked body covered only by a sheet
and disoriented.
A significant break from this tendency to situate the eye/camera within a
vulnerable or relatively passive position occurs as Kay-Em 14 kills Jason before he
is regenerated. She appears holding several guns, firing them at Jason for an
extended period of time, shown through multiple angles cut at a rapid pace. Many of
these shots are from Kay-Em 14’s eye/camera, including many showing on the left
and right sides of the frame, her arms extended firing the guns toward Jason, and
representing the only scene involving the eye/camera inhabiting a character during
immediately aggressive violent action. These eye/camera shots from Kay-Em 14’s
point of view are reminiscent of first-person shooter video games. This is designed
to provide the audience with the experiential catharsis of killing Jason, as well as
maintaining elements of the science fiction genre by incorporating this modern video
game aesthetic to create a sense of interactivity. Ultimately, Jason X utilises few
eye/camera shots in comparison with most others in the franchise, and again reveals
less consistency in aesthetic design.
Freddy vs. Jason, however, returns to extensive eye/camera usage, and
initially appears to be indiscriminate in the characters the eye/camera inhabits.
Freddy, being initially in control of Jason, who is far more powerful than the people
he stalks and kills, often subjectively talks to the audience in voice-over and drives
the narrative forward. Jason, a mute character, becomes the visual narrative drive
and this is shown through many eye/camera shots based within Jason. Jason’s visual
perspective is established early, after Freddy tells the audience he will resurrect him.