Clayton George Wickham - final thesis

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continued use of eye/camera coding, even after it becomes apparent that it is not an
eye/camera shot is designed to put the audience at ease, by informing them that they
are no threat to the character they are watching. In fact, because we do not watch
Alice undress or see her in the shower, she maintains a sense of modesty, and the
audience is provided with a sense of propriety and respectability. The audience does
not see Alice’s nudity, and her lack of apparent physical vulnerability guards her
against the viewer being a threat. This sense of ease the mimic eye/camera provides
places the audience in a vulnerable position, as the viewer becomes unable to tell
when they are a threat or benign. In this way, eye/camera coding in Friday the 13 th
Part 2 puts the film in a position of power over the audience.
In Friday the 13 th Part III 3-D, Miner, repeats, although less frequently,
mimic eye/camera shots like those in Friday the 13 th Part 2. One notable example is
the sequence in which Debbie is in the shower. As she showers, an eye/camera
coded shot moves toward the shower, and we can see her outline through the shower
curtain. She opens the shower curtain and it turns out to be Andy, walking on his
hands. Although this is the perspective of a character, it is not that of the character’s
eyeline, but of the character’s footline. This shot is repeated a few moments later
after Andy’s death, but as Debbie opens the curtain, there is nobody there. This shot
is repeated again in direct eye/camera as Chris comes back to the cabin to investigate
the tap running in the bathtub. There is no silhouette of a person behind the shower
curtain as Chris approaches, but the same movement and positioning is repeated. In
all, Friday the 13 th Part III 3-D is an example of Miner’s continued experimentation
and unique usage of eye/camera coding, extending the experiential element into a
three dimensional aesthetic. With mimic eye/camera shots appearing briefly in
Friday the 13 th , and the repetition across the following two sequels with increased