Homework

The scene being analysed is a scene from the film the hills have eyes 2006 which is my chosen film for my study. The scene shows the villain characters attacking two women in a sexual manner.

The scene uses a variety of shots including long shots and close ups, the long shots used are being used to show the background setting. In the scene long shots are used when they show the male character burning outside with the reactions of his family, the shot still shows the other characters actions but in the background it still shows the main male character burning. The close up shots is used to show the characters expressions and the emotion the characters are displaying. The close up shots is good as they allow the audience to have a clear view of the character and many of the close up shots in the scene show the characters being scared this emphasis the horror genre because everyone in the scene is scared.

The scene uses both diegetic and non diegetic sounds this is key to horror films as it creates a more realistic feel to the film, if it was all soundtrack it would be have no sense of realism and the film wouldn’t be as scary but the fact that the film supports both sound types show that it is using realism to scare the audience and the more real the sounds the more it will effect the audience.

This scene shows that the films institution is Hollywood by the use of setting and also the high quality, the scene itself does not tell you much about the institution but from research I know that the film itself was promoted with the use of trailers, posters and also billboards. The film was mainstream shown in all major cinemas but also the film was shown on television a few times, it appeared on television after the watershed time.

The main genre of the film Is horror/ thriller, in terms of sub genre it could be argued that the film falls under a slasher genre however the film lacks some conventions which are normally seen in slasher films, for example in a film such as Texas chainsaw massacre, the character has a demented reason behind its killings, in this film the reason for why the killings are taking place is unsure.

In the scene different representations come up, women are being represented in this film in a way which shows them to be weak and less powerful then men, women are shown to be victims more then men as the males in the scene stayed safe and the women were attacked. The scene also supports some stereotypes of the roles of men and women in society, it is the male characters who are pulling the dead body out of the tree showing that males have more strength then the women characters who are just screaming doing nothing. However there is a positive representation to women in this scene, women are shown as caring and nurturing which is also another stereotype linked to women, this is shown in the scene when the women allows herself to be violated to protect her baby.

From this scene the audience looks as if it would be people over 15 due to the use of sex and violence, the film shows a lot of blood and horrific scenes which may be suitable for a older audience. The film looks as if the primary audience is men and the secondary audience is women . In terms of target audience, i would say that the they are trying to target middle class white people from ages 18 - 30 the reason for this is because they feature a family with similar ages in the film by doing this the audience can put themselves into the film easier.

SHEP
S- problems with war, and the effects it has on the areas
H- remake of a older film
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P- war