Camp Rhetorical Analysis Mel Brook's film Young Frankenstein is a comedic throwback and popular parody of Universal's Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) ), Son of Frankenstein (1939), and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942). (quote from an interview describing the cinematic experience in general). Young Frankenstein has major visual effects that give this film a complete sense of frivolity and campy thrills. Satirically embodying older films, Young Frankenstein includes overly dramatic scene transitions such as iris opening, deletions, and "fading to black," like all classic Hollywood horror films. In classic Hollywood horror there are flashes of lightning, villagers carrying torches and monsters moving in slow motion. The black and white shooting technique of Young Frankenstein is one of the most essential elements in creating the film's vintage horror mise-en-scene, providing an air of authenticity to connect this film to the previous Frankenstein films. (Burke quote involving scene: act) The Transylvanian village itself embodies a very theatrical staging. The village's Old World-style buildings give the film an old-fashioned feel. Most of the film's setting is seemingly self-contained and independent of the contemporary world in which the film otherwise takes place. [aestheticism- brummett quote]The lightning that strikes almost everywhere during the exterior shots of Frankenstein's castle, as well as the scenes involving Frankenstein's laboratory, becomes a character in its own right: with intense flashes of light during the scene where it is delivered the exhumed corpse to life to become the Creature. Young Frankenstein's characters have a tendency to be overly stereotypical, adding another layer of camp... middle of paper... of his brother and Justine, ultimately ending in his own death. . This showcases some of the issues of the Enlightenment, a time when the boundaries between science and religion were defined. The character of Victor Frankenstein reflects Enlightenment scientists who wanted to discover the secrets of life, leading what he discovered to ultimately destroy him. There is no way that, according to Romanticism's definition, Victor could ever be happy, since rationality is not a sufficient source of happiness and meaningful life. Even if he succeeded in unlocking the mystery of the creation of life, he would not be satisfied because it was discovered through reason. Romantics see the Enlightenment as a turning away from nature. In Young Frankenstein, the romantic qualities of death, rebirth, and sexuality renew these characters and change them for the better.