Mr.Bushs Cover Work 11-03-08

a. Form: Extract from movie Physco.
Function: To create suspence for the audience,making them eager to watch the film.

b. M- Shower- sexy.
I- Patriarchy,female killed within first third of show, man kills her.
G- Horror
R- Women represented as sexy.The 'Femme Fatale'
A- Adults
I- Art house /Paramount Pictures
N-Linear

c. Other related texts Texas Chainsaw massacre

d. WC (SHEP)...how does each text relate to the zeitgeist

It shows how women have changed according to society .

e. Issues & Debates


f. Relevant Theories

Laura Mulvey-male gaze

Propp-binary oppositiong good v's evil







a. Form: Extract from movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Function: To create suspence for the audience,making them eager to watch the film,to find the ending.

b. M- Young girl covered in blood. Masks used to over faces. The young girl is the final girl loads of close up shots, to shoe the emotions on her face.

I- Vortex
G- Horror/Slasher
R- Girl represented as heroine,young and brave survives all the deaths.

A- Teenagers intrested in watching horror films.
I- Femenism
N- Non linear

c. Other related texts

Physco

d. WC (SHEP)...how does each text relate to the zeitgeist

e. Issues & Debates

Audience desensitized to violence.


f. Relevant Theories


Similarities Between Physco & Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
Both killing people one after the other.

Both use phallic objects to kill the victims- Chainsaw & Knife.

Engage the audience.

Use violence.

Differences
Final girl in the end of Texas chainsaw massacre.

Texas chain saw masscre uses a mask to cover the killer.

Physco Women killed within first third of the film.