Media Institutions

The hills have eyes 2006 was made by Craven-Maddalena Films and also fox searchlight, craven maddalena films is a organisation who specialises in the horror and thriller genre other films that they have made are :

The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Red Eye (2005)

Cursed (2005)

Scream 3

Don't Look Down (1998)

Scream 2 (1997)

"In what ways has the text been influenced or shaped by the institution which produced it?"

craven maddalena are specialists with the genre of horror as the majority of their films are made in a similiar way, alot of the typical ideas of horror which i will be looking at are presented in their films, for example the role of women in horror films in all the films listed above the womens roles are very similar they all play that "scared of everything" kind of character. the text has been influenced the makers of the films becuase they make films in a certain way so they will be bringing their style to the film, the fact that they have fox search light which is a big movie company means that they will have no funding problems becuase the company had probably invested alot of money into already.

the film is very commercial compared to alot of other horror films, this film will have to pass numerous tests before being allowed to be shown in public, they have to see if any scenes are too visual or to graphic to have in films if the film was more underground it could have more blood scenes becuase less checks would have had to be done.

the text has been distrubed through dvd, the first showings were made on cinema this is done to secure dvd sales but after that it comes out on dvd, the benifits of having search fox light as the makers is that alot of cinemas and movie stores have connection with fox media company so the sale of this film is secure becuase people want recognize that they produce only good films so this cant be that bad.