Wednesday, September 29, 2021

PAPER 1 Key text KISS OF THE VAMPIRE 1963 Exam question


Using the technical codes ( images, language and lexis, use of colour, layout, iconography , body language , mise-en-scene etc. )  explain  how  the film poster  for Kiss of the Vampire ( 1963)  creates meaning about the following elements  for its audience  :



Repetition/differences in genre conventions  ( horror and vampire subgenre, links to other genres)
 REFER TO NEALE's GENRE THEORY


 Representation of gender ( include genre conventions and links to cultural contexts such as beginnings of feminism in the 1960s  )



Industry context ( how film fitted into previous work by Hammer  studio and franchises ) 

( 15 marks)




Make sure you analyse the poster as it would appear to its 1960s audience and use your research into the era carefully.   




Try to follow this structure in your written response for each section

POINT                                  EVIDENCE                                    EXPLAIN

Main pint about text       specific example from text          link to audience, further detail or theory 







EXTENSION : Research television charity adverts and create a blog post/document with three charity adverys which you feel are effective or creative.









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