Genre: Horror
3 Codes and conventions:
Some conventions of a horror film is to use the technical and symbolic codes of low key lighting, blood/gore and scary/tense music. These in return creates suspense and gives realism to the film, making it enjoyable for the viewer. An example of this would be, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sbLun58FNM, this scene from within the film, which displays the codes and convetions perfectly.
Some conventions of a horror film is to use the technical and symbolic codes of low key lighting, blood/gore and scary/tense music. These in return creates suspense and gives realism to the film, making it enjoyable for the viewer. An example of this would be, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sbLun58FNM, this scene from within the film, which displays the codes and convetions perfectly.
Key signifiers: The use of the love heart (signifier) shows that the surface meaning of the film is about love, as hearts are used on valentines day to signify love and caring, but the signified meaning is, due to the heart being drawn on it blood, shows that the original thought of romantic love is incorrect and that there may be a lot of bloody violence related to the love story. Also, just behind the love heart there is a character dressed in a minor’s outfit, this is never usually asscoaited with love films, and is a very un-common occurrence, which shows there is defineitely a twist or hidden meaning within the film. Mining is generally classified with dirt and danger, due to the amount of people that used to lose thier lives back when it was a popluar profession, which could indicate that things could get messy and violent also. I can support these views with this clip of what a normal love film is like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPG5ueVMatI&feature=related
Denotative levels of meaning: A love heart drawn in blood, with a character shadowed behind it, dressed in some form of minors outfit. The background is quite darkly shadowed, with some parts of smoke appearing.
Connotative levels of meaning: As I mentioned before, with the use of the love heart you would think of romantic love, but because it has been drawn in blood, it shows it to be alot more sinister, and connected to violence way more than romance. With this image you would associate love with pain, as the heart is not made to look pretty, unlike most usual love films. The figure dressed in a minors outfit in the background, gives alot of mystery to the poster, as it is shadowed by the heart, and the costume also shows no physical features of the character at all, which is very scary, and also quite threatening, as you would be unable to know who it was. Finally, the smoke which is also seen appearing in the background, is quite mysterious also, as, figures normally seen coming from smoke, are very frightening, as there is confusion as to where they have suddenly came from. An example of this would be in the film Silent Hill, where creatures appear from smoke suddenly, and make it very tense and scary.
What the poster communicates: Basically, by using tis poster to promote the film it is saying that love can be a messy and violent thing, and that this film will show the viewers this, a whole new side to classic romantic love films.
Websites:
www.imdb.com/title/tt1179891/
www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/
Filmography:
My Bloody Valentine (2009) Patrick Lussier
500 Days of Summer (2009) Marc Webb
Lauren, unfortunately you are not quite at the level of detail required. Further explanation is needed to improve this further. You must spend time supporting your point with evidence. Please remember that if you start a new paragraph then you should leave a line space. Please add links to websites as examples to support your point, where possible.
ReplyDeleteI will edit the post and add more detail to what I have written, supporting my points with other films/scenes from within the film.
ReplyDeleteAnd I will also find website links also.