The Winchesters TRESPASS into the sanctity of RELIGIOUS SPACES, WORKSPACES, and FAMILIES
needing spaces.Perez, playing Ketch-up, explores POWER and OLD TIMES.
WEDNESDAY’S WATCHING THURSDAY’S
SUPERNATURAL 12.04 “American Nightmare”
Writer: Davy Perez
Director: John Showalter
Airdate: November 3rd, 2016
BY WEDNESDAY
WHAT DID I WATCH?
THE SCRIPT
Welcome new writer, Davy Perez!
“Horror and Sci-Fi are the two things that brought me to the written word in the first place. It’s in my blood; I’m literally born on Halloween.” ~Davy Perez
THEMES
On my wish list, for Season 12, was that scripts have some significant, smart, social, political commentary on real world concerns. Ta Da!
Forgive my verbosity but the well has been dry for sometime.
(Sorry to disappoint.)
RELIGIOUS IMAGERY/ALLUSIONS
ARTWORK/DETAILED SIGNAGE
PROPS
Meta Prop Discussions on Tumblr
ANGLES/ PERSPECTIVES/P.O.V.
Low Angles
For Trespassers Or Saviours
High Angles For The Powerless
High Angle To Establish Location
High Angle To Exploit The Natural Setting
High Angle Shift To Take In The Whole Scene:
(UNIQUE Points Of view)
This brilliant interplay of High/ Low Angles is used as the discordant brothers struggled from behind/beside/in Baby.
Beside And Down with Magda
Behind Dean’s Back
Close up/Reveal
(That is one Pie Dean doesn’t want.)
SFX /MAKEUP
The Terrible Realism Of The Whippings.
(Shut your eyes, Nightsky!)
ALLUSIONS
EYE CANDY BABY!
(With A Beautiful Transition)
EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES
Jensen Ackles as Grumpy!Dean
Jared Padalecki as Sam
FROM THE REAR VIEW
From 1.14 “Nightmare”
Season one to Season Twelve
1.04 “Phantom Traveler” 1.06 “Skin” 1.10 “Asylum” 12.04 “American Nightmare”
Ok, enough rear views!
RATING: 4 MOM MESSAGES OUT OF 5
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