Media Representations

Who is being represented?

women in the film are stereotyped as the weaker gender, female characters in the film are shown as being scared more then men, females are shown in a way that makes the viewer believe that the female characters cannot protect themselves from the villians. the female characters in the film are also shown to be more emotional then the male characters for example when something bad happens in the film, the way the director makes the auidence know that it is serious is by showing the female characters crying, by doing that it allows the audience to pick up what emotion the director wants the audience to be feeling easily.

the villians of the film are represented in a way which makes them seem mysterious, before the villains are shown properly the film shows things which give the audience clues about the life of the villians. In THHE the film starts with the background of the area by showing shots of war and explosions which explain the deformed humans which are the villains.

Media Languages And Forms

Denotation/Connotation: in the early stages of the film the first victim that gets killed is the family leader, this is important becuase firstly the first victim is a male which is unexpected becuase males are shown as stronger then women and if the male didnt survive the women are shown to have know chance, but this builds tensiopn becuase the audience want to see how the female characters survive.

there is significance with the mise en scene, the area in which the characters are in is a big open area, this gives the effect that anything can be hidding in the area and the characters would not know about it. alot of the killings happen in the dark, the darkness is a typical setting in horror films becuase it allows the audience to become scared of the unknown.In THHE there isnt commentary however the soundtrack plays a important part, when it comes to parts of the film where there is a killing scene comming up the soundtracks used are fast tempo which create a effect as it pulls in the audience and makes the focus on the film and nothing else, these techniques are the reason why horror films offer good excapism.

Narrative

in typical horror films the audience always know more then the characters in the film becuase they see all things that other charctors may not be in this reason this is important becuase the audience know things which add the the advantage of the villian which makes it more entertaining to watch the heroes win.

Genre

Horror/ Thriller