A2 MEDIA BLOG

Audience, in media, are essential as they are the consumer of the products that are advertised and sold to them. Horror is relevant to the effects of media on the audiences because of it's controversial content. It often features scenes of graphic torture, nudity and violence that are considered taboo and it can affect viewers psychologically by either causing them to imitate it or feel afraid when they watch it. Horror films are commonly popular with young audiences because they are more likely to want to be scared by the content however, society has a greater concern because young audiences are more impressionable and may become exposed to content that's not suitable for their age, in fear that they might copy it. It can be argued that age restriction on films has become more liberal because in 1968, when 'Night of The Living Dead' was released it was given an 18 rating in the UK however films such as the 2013 version of 'Evil Dead', also a zombie film, was g...

Representation in horror films is conveyed through characters and reinforced through themes. The five I will be addressing and applying to my summer trailer ‘The Last Ones Left’ are the Male Gaze, Final Girl, Religion and Sexuality, Hegemony and the Monster/Other.   In horror films the ‘Male Gaze’ is a theory by Laura Mulvey and it argues that women in films are perceived from a misogynistic point of view with the camera focusing mainly on sections of the woman’s body in a way man would look at them thus objectifying them on screen. In The Last Ones Left there are close up shots that are framed on parts of the girl that a man would stereotypically focus which could be a form of voyeurism for, particularly, male viewers. This gives the notion that in this instance males have more power, in terms of viewing, as it “signifies a psychological relationship of power” since the girl is being objectified. I think this doesn’t work too well in my trailer because it’s meant to be supe...