Media a level course work

1. Carol J Clover – Final girl
theory – from this poster
the audience can see
that the stereotype of a
female character being
scared on her own will be
apparent at some point
in the film.
The font can often be used
to define a genre – this
font is very intriguing to
the eye of the audience
The title in this case makes
the audience think that
there is someone strange/
out of the ordinary like
nobody else (otherness)
Lighting – the lack of
lighting in this mid
shot leaves the
audience to wonder
what is lurking in the
dark – low key lighting
is stereotypical of a
horror.
Sometimes
advertising the main
characters in a film
draws the audience in
– especially if it is a
genre they are not
normally seen in or
even one that they
associated with

2. How this links to our film …
We are going to subvert Carol J Clovers theory and change it to a final
guy with in our film, this is anthropomorphic because the male
character will be the character who is under threat. Jung’s theory states
that ‘Anima archetypes have elements of bi – sexuality’ .Stereotypically
a bi – sexual male character will be seen to be weaker then a
heterosexual male – this theory would link to our protagonist because
of the fear he is seen to be showing whilst home alone, an archetype of
a female is that they are vulnerable and weak – he will be shown to
have elements of these traits.