Comp 1A Kiss Of The Vampire Flashcards
What year was KOTV made?
1963
What was happening around the time of the KOTV release?
Women’s Liberation Movement
2nd Wave feminism
Who produced KOTV?
Hammer Films
What is House Style?
Iconographic codes that are linked to an individual company. Links to “in house” team
How does the layout and design impact the meaning?
The z-line layout is the natural path your eyes follow when viewing the poster.
We see the title then the female vampire, which signifies her importance.
How is the title important to the film?
The serif font relates to the film with the V representing either a fang or stake used to kill a Vampire, making this a polysemic sign and leaving the audience with hermeneutic codes. Will someone die? Will it be the Vampire?
How is the main image important to the film? Theorists to talk about?
We see the female characters being sexualised through the use of costume on the poster by Male Gaze (Laura Mulvey), replicating a mainstream audiences ideologies back onto them.
We see the male human being vulnerable, juxtaposing the stereotype of men (Hall) and contradicting Van Zoonen’s theory of spectacle.
What on the poster can ensure the film success?
It can ensure financial success through the use of star power (Hesmondhalgh).
It can generate success through a seal of quality and/or a USP.
Name 2 men that appear on the billing block.
Barry Warren
Clifford Evans
Noel Willman
Name the woman that appears on the billing block.
Jennifer Daniel
What could the female vampire be representative of?
She could represent societies fears about women becoming more powerful due to the Women’s Liberation movement and 2nd wave feminism.
