Plan:June 02b

Can we determine genre from mise en scene alone?

Agree:

Clamps=costume, lighting, angles, make up, props, setting

C:
Mask for the killer
Masculine clothing for the final girl

L:
Low key lightening
Under lightening
Back lightening

A:
Point of view shots
Enigmatic shots

M:
Blood

P:
Phallic objects: Hook, Gun, Knife, Chainsaw
Corpses/dead bodies

S:
Isolated location
Bad weather
Parallel sound/music
Low budget- grainy effect


Disagree:

Conventional iconography is needed for the audience to identify this includes generic characters such as failed authority figures

Narrative should have no closure and should end with an open narrative

Ideologies of the text help the audience know what the genre is e.g scream explicitly states the rules of the genre
Sex= death
Other ideologies the films don’t mention but are ideologies to help the audience establish the features of slasher genre are:
White flite/flight
Patriarchy making the phallic symbol present in every film which therefore supports the conservative values. However, the impact of feminism is shown through them slowing establishing a final girl (Carol Clover, Men, Women and Chainsaws 1992)

Directors can be known for certain genre films for example Alfred Hitchcock is known for his thriller films and take the title “master of suspense”.

Auteur theory e.g. trantino has his only style and uses post modernism making it more innovative

Scary movie- post modern text uses similar mise en scenes to previous slasher films but instead mocks them.

Dark castle is an institution that helps with horror remakes from 1950/60s

Conventional iconography is used in other mediums e.g. music industry where Eminem wears the Jason’s hockey mask and carries leatherface’s chainsaw.

Genre does not fit into neat categories

Horror/slasher changes