Case Study Films.

Location

The Descent: The caves are isolated and are away from outside help.

Dog Soldiers: Set in a big open forest area where there isn't any people living, they are taken to a house by one lady, and she says there is one house nearby, but it works out this is one house on its own, with no others nearby.

Characters

The Descent: Women usually represented as weak, don't seem to feminine here, strong as a group. The Crawlers stick together and have a disadvantage as they cannot see, but have a dominating sense of movement and smell.

Dog Soldiers: Men are strong and in the army, tough and fearless. The Werewolves are twice the size of humans, and kill without leaving mess, dominating the men.

Plot

The Descent: Women go caving - Are met by Crawlers underground - One survives.

Dog Soldiers: Men in army go on exercise - Turns out to be fatal and met with Werewolves - All die one by one - One manages to survive.

Genre.

Genre - In film theory, genre refers to the method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed.

Key Concepts -

Why is genre important? - Genre sets the tone for the film, and is like a base that is built upon to create the film, we use genre to build upon as once you have that, you can begin to link in all the elements for that particular film. For example once you have the horror genre you can link in things such as blood, death, quick shots, suspense and tension.

These elements then enable the audience to recognise what type of film they are watching.

Horror is appealing to the audience it always keeps them in suspense and on cliffhangers, keeping the audience on edge and always wanting to know what is going to happen next.

Representation Of Women In 'The Descent'.

Relationships: At the beginning of the film, we see one male character, we can tell he is married to one of the characters, as we see them shown as a family unit with a child. After the girls have been rafting, another woman in the group gives the male a look which suggests that they have been more than friends, which later comes out that they have been having an affair with one another. As the widow of the husband finds out, there is alot of tension between the two girls, and they represent alot of lies and deception between one another. Within the group, the girls are generally playful and happy towards one another, but they tend to show a strained realationship towards the woman who had the affair.

Costume: These women aren't represented in any sexual way or being flaunted to men. The rock climbing gear is more manly and doesn't show them as very feminine.