Bloody letters

Subject : A young actress who is often disappointed by the role of women in vampire films is writing a letter to a famous director to convince him/her to develop an original vampire film with a feminist tone.

Mrs Jade Carl

789 Mora St.

New Orleans,

Lousiana 70134

December 12, 2019

Mr Antoine Betl

432 Lollypop St

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Dear Mr Belt,

My name is Jade Carl and I am a young American actress. I’m writing to you because I would like to play in a movie about vampires.

I like fantastic movies with vampires, but I would like to see less stereotypes. The most stereotypical roles are for women' and it shows a bad image. Most of vampires are men and women are always the victims, just like in the novel Dracula. I disagree with most vampire movies because women are represented as weak, fearful and stupid whereas men are represented as strong, brave and intelligent. Dracula isn't a perfect example because the story was written in the 19^th century and women were seen like this. Women fought for their rights and today, they are equal to men. I think it would be a good idea to represent it in a film. A movie with a main female character would be original. It could help young girls to gain self-confidence and assert themselves. People want to see new things; they are fed up with male vampires. There are not many films about female vampires. Our film could break the record of history of cinema and could be a huge financial success for you.

I am writing to you because you are a famous director and I think you can help the fight for gender equality. There is more and more feminism and I'm sure that an original movie with a morality could help promote the fight for equality. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.

Yours sincerely,

Jade Carl

(Ambre Renaudet)

Subject : A young film director with a new project is writing to a famous producer to describe his film and to convince him/her to fund his/her film.

Olivia Winslet

123 Hilton Rd.

Manchester, M25QY

December 12^th, 2019

Luc Besson

Studios de Paris

20 rue Ampère

93200 Saint-Denis France

Dear Luc Besson,

I am Olivia Winslet, a young film director. My sister is the famous actress who plays in Titanic, Kate Winslet. I already have some experience in the cinema, more specifically in short films called «courts-métrages » in France and I have now a new project which is to create my first film entitled The Vampire’s Family. Thanks to my sister I know some famous actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, who is loved by all. I talked to him about my film scenario. He would be my main actor and he is very interested by the project because it’s a new type of film for him. So I was wondering if you would accept to take part in my film; to fund it. Moreover, my sister knows many people in several countries so that I already know wonderful places in vampire’s theme where I could shoot my film for little money. You can trust me about my project, I will not disappoint you.

I hope you will accept my request and give me the opportunity to send you the script of the film.

Sincerely yours,

Olivia Winslet

(Lisa Moreaux, Célia Vachez et Mathilde Merlier)

Subject : A young adult has just visited the ‘vampire’ exhibition at the French Cinémathèque and decides to write a letter to the museum to offer his/her opinion as well as his/her suggestions.

Mrs. Dylan TEPES

666 Baker St

London,GB

Friday, 13 September 2019

Frédéric Bonnaud

French cinematheque

51 Rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris

Dear Mr Bonnaud,

I am an English student in literature, and I have just visited your exhibition. I wanted you to know what I thought of it because some things are good but some things could be improved.

First of all I enjoyed this exhibition: it was indeed really great to see the Vampire through time and especially in the cinema. It was well organized; there was a kind of theme, that is to say the evolution of vampire through the time and I liked it - it’s a very simple idea but it works well : the more you go into the exhibition the more you want to know about the vampire. The objects, the extracts and especially the costumes were well chosen, for example at the beginning with Nosferatu and the presentation of the origins of the Vampire, or even the room with the costume of the Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola. There are a lot of details like drawings, posters, small objects, even the “dark” ambiance of the exhibition reinforces the aspect of the vampire.

But you could improve a bit more the exhibition to make it more entertaining and pedagogic. This would help the visitors feel a bit more involved and les passive. That’s why you may find it interesting to organize some mini games or other activities that would involve the visitors, but those things must be pedagogic for them to learn things and not only to have fun - this aspect could make the exhibition look more interactive and less repetitive. During the exhibition I felt really guided and though it isn’t really a bad thing for some people, I would have preferred some liberty. I like discovering by myself and for the Vampire it could be something very good to try.

Yours faithfully,

Dylan.

(Ewen Mecheri, Medhi Khiari, Baptiste Rougetet et Brandon Tibource)

Subject : A vampire visiting Paris decides to write a letter to his family in Transylvania to describe his stay in France.

7 December 2019

Dear family,

Are you all right? I just arrived in the capital of France and I would like to thank you one more time about your present for my 600^th birthday! I really enjoy it even if some things are strange but l will talk about that later… So I left you at the beginning of the week to go to Paris ! I went by myself in my carriage but that was difficult because of what they call traffic jams, I’ve never seen anything like that. I finally arrived on Monday and the city has changed so much, it’s not at all like my memories…

Some strange people are dressed in yellow vests, they are all gathered, and I sometimes had the feeling they were after me ! While I was walking in these huge streets, I saw a monument that scared the depths of my empty soul : this monument looks like a giant stake! So I ran away of course, I looked at all the people and nobody was looking at me, that was a little bit stressful because in my memories, all the people were looking at me because of my appearance! But today no one notices me because they are all on their phones! I can’t understand why ! All these Parisians travel on electric scooters; it is very dangerous ! They make almost no noise! And the thing that frightened me the most was on Thursday, there was a lot of people in the streets walking and shouting! They were all angry because of pensions? I didn’t really understand what it was, though…

But I think Paris is cool, I really enjoy it even if people are disturbing ! I miss you all so much...

Love,

XOXO

OUISKY

(Laurine Pigeon, Théophane Badie, Paul Fortin et Faustine Foulain)

Dessin Mathias Lefebvre 

Subject : A young au pair who has just started working for a family abroad decides to write a letter to her(/his) : the father, she(/he) believes, may actually be a vampire.

Forks, Washington, U.S.A.

13 December 2019

Dear Anna,

How are you? I sincerely hope that you are fine because I am not. As you know, I’ve been staying in a family for a few months to take care of their children. However, I’ve discovered something weird. I believe that the father of the family, Pëter, is actually a vampire.

I know how crazy this sounds. I can assure you that I am not crazy ! Yesterday, I found some blood drops on the floor of Pëter’s bedroom. Furthermore, I’ve never seen him during daytime. Also, I wanted to to cook some garlic sauce for dinner but I couldn’t find garlic anywhere. When I asked them if I could buy some, Pëter shouted “No! Don’t you do that !”

I am scared, Anna. I have to stay with them for another three months. I don’t know what to do. Please, help me.

Love

Emily

Alexandra Colinet, Manon Aragon, Pétronille Ployard,

Laurette Sommé, Clémence Mathieu. 1^ère B