Clayton George Wickham - final thesis

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between people who then attempt to kill others upon being possessed. At the end,
Jason is killed and his spirit taken to Hell. Jason X ignores the events of Jason Goes
to Hell, and follows Jason as he is cryogenically frozen and reawakened in 2455,
where he begins killing students on a scientific exploration in a space ship. Freddy
vs. Jason, ignoring the events of Jason X, sees serial child-murderer Freddy Krueger,
antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street films, bringing Jason back from Hell to
kill for him, so that the residents of Elm Street will remember Freddy, thereby
bringing him back to kill again. However, Jason becomes uncontrollable, resulting
in a showdown between the two characters. Finally, Friday the 13 th (2009), a remake
of the first three films, and a reboot of the franchise, follows two groups of teenagers
camping near Crystal Lake as Jason kills them one by one.
While the overarching strand of Jason killing people in response to his
mother’s death carries a large number of the films through the series, a select few,
notably A New Beginning and Jason Lives! incorporate other narrative strands, such
as the story of Tommy Jarvis. However, the minimalist thread of narrative
continuity allows each film to create its own theme and design, which will be
examined throughout my analysis.
Structure
This thesis is divided into six chapters, each contributing to the
understanding of the aesthetic creation of perspective, as well as the
contextualisation and formalist analysis of the Friday the 13 th films. The following
chapters are designed to isolate and discuss a number of aesthetic devices and
elements that are significant in creating a sense of perspective. This thesis is
organised in order to firstly highlight the significance of perspective and aesthetics.