SET TEXT 1 - KOTV - Media Language

Question 1

Name some conventions of Vampire Horror.

Answer 1

Fangs
Isolated 
Castle
Bats
Wings
Sexual
Darkness 
Red

Question 2

CULTURAL CONTEXT:

Kiss of the Vampire.

Answer 2

Hammer is British cultured. KOTV was made in released in 1963 which was a time of change in gender roles in Britain.
The audience at the time would’ve found it intriguing to see a dominant female.

Question 3

How would Steve Neale’s Genre Theory apply to this text?

Answer 3

Genres are instances of Repetition and Difference.

Dominant female is different, yet we know it’s a vampire films through codes and conventions.

Question 4

How would Claude Levi-Strauss’ Structuralism Theory apply to this text?

Answer 4

Texts can be understood through an examination of the underlying structure, depending on pairs of oppositions.
Man vs. Woman
Good vs. Evil
Supernatural vs. Powerless

Question 5

How would Propps Character Roles and Functions Theory apply to this text?

Answer 5

Hero (Protagonist)
Villain (Antagonist)
Dispatcher (Dispatches hero on quest)
Princess (Damsel in distress / Prize)
Donor (Provider)
Helper (Sidekick)
False Hero (Acts like a hero - fake)

We have villains, false heroes, and 2 princesses

Question 6

How would Tzvetan Todorov’s Narratology Theory apply to this text?

Answer 6

We can see a state of disruption / recognition, leaving us wanting to watch the film to find if they reach equilibrium.

Question 7

How would Barthes Theory of Semiotics apply to this text?

Answer 7

What do the denotations and connotations mean ?
How would audiences decode them differently ?
What’s this based off ?