Kiss Of The Vampire- THEORISTS

Question 1

Semiotics- Roland Barthes

Answer 1

• Suspense is created through enigmas surrounding the connoted relationships between the male and female vampires.
• the bats and their conventional association with the horror genre.
• Symbolic codes like darkness and fear are more widely reinforced through signifiers such as the moon and the male victims submissive sacrifice gesture code.

Question 2

Structuralism- Levi Strauss

Answer 2

• Texts are constructed through the use of binary opposition. This could be applied to the opposing representations of the vampires and their victims and the romantic connotations of ‘kiss’ opposed in the films title to the stereotypical ‘vampire monster’.

Question 3

Representation- Stuart Hall

Answer 3

• Images of a castle, bats, vampires capes, and dripping blood illustrate shared conceptual road map that gives meaning to the “world” of the poster. the audience is actively encouraged to decode this familiar generic iconography.

Question 4

Feminism- Van Zoonen

Answer 4

• By assuming this co- antagonist role, the female vampire is perhaps contributing to social change by representing women in non-traditional roles (1989) as the passive female victim does this.