Skinny Dip And Murder On The Orient Express

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When it comes to mystery films in this generation, there are a wide variety of effect that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of a mystery films. One useful tactic that film-writers often use is that they allow their characters to know vital pieces of information. While doing this the audience is often times left in the dark. The purpose of this tactic is that it allows the suspense in the audience to build so that they can experience first-hand what it like to be a detective. A great example of this is the film called Mystery Team since it allows viewers to join alongside the characters and experience life as a teenage detective.
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Novels and films like The Moonstone, Skinny Dip and Murder on the Orient Express are some other great examples of pieces fall in the mystery genre. Even though each of them has different characters and plots, they each follow the same mystery outline. The majority of mystery novels or films are based around a detective (one who solves the mystery) a victim (the one which the tragedy too) and the bad guy (the one who commits the tragedy). Surprisingly enough each of these (Skinny Dip and Murder on the Orient Express) all had something different which made it unique in its own way. Essentially, Murder on the Orient Express was unique because there were multiple murder victims while the novel Skinny Dip was a piece that was very humorous and enjoyable. Like the novel Skinny Dip, the film Mystery Team is just as humorous but better. One could easily see this because throughout the film when the character said a dialogue that was meant to be laughed at viewers can hear an animated laughing occurring as if it was a sitcom (Mystery Team). In a peer-reviewed article by the famous writer and Oxford University Alumni, Paul Grimstad clearly admits that "in …show more content…

After merely seconds into the film, it is evident that they have been tossed into the adult world infested with loads of crime. Considering that, the three of them grew up in the same neighborhood they were each best friends with one another. In addition, for fun growing up they would strive to solve crimes that occurred in their neighborhood. As time passed, they quickly develop the title “Mystery Team”. In addition, to add some glitter to their names, they each created their own code detective name. So, in other words, Jason was “the Master of Disguise”, Duncan was “the Boy Genius” and Charles was known as “the Strongest Kid in Town. Since they were unemployed teens, to cover the expense of their supplies they normally charged the customers ten cents (or some fruit roll-ups) for their