Thursday, 26 June 2014

Female Representation & Genre Research

50 keels ploughed the deep.
Keels - Synedoche (Part represents whole).
Ploughed - Metaphor
The Deep - Metanym (Name attribute for the thing itself).

"Only by metanymy do I exist as a possibility for men." - Lucy Irigary (1932)

Comedy:
Parody
Rom-Com
Stoner
Comedy-Horror
Grossout
Slapstick

Horror:
Ghost
Slasher
Melt
Torture Porn
Psychological
Occult
Monsters
Survival
Gore
Shock
Cannibal
Docu-Horror
Aliens
Zombies
Possession/Exorcism

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Five Barthe's Narrative Codes, and Looking Into Terms.

Mort de 'auteur - Death of Author
Binary Opposition - Hot or cold, day or night
Dominant Ideology - Principal views in a given society
Scopophilia - Pleasure devised from viewing

Five Barthes' Narrative Codes - The 5 Codes

Barthes concluded that any one of the 5 codes can be woven into any text and they are integral to interpreting them.

The Hermaneutic or Enigma Code (HER)
The Action or Proairetic Code (ACT)
The Semanatic Code (SEM)
The Symbolic Code (SYM)
The Referential or Culture Code (REF)

(HER) - For example, "Reservoir Dogs" by Quentin Tarantino

Snares: When the truth is purposely avoided.
Equivications: Technique used to give the viewer patial or incomplete answers as to how the text would end.
The mysterious element of the text to be showed by audience and then eventually for them.
The ambiguity of this code draws the audience in.

- Refers to any part of the story unexplained. -

(ACT) - For example, "Rope" by Alfred Hitchcock

Action and suspense used traditionally for escapism.

(SEM) - For example, "Rope" by Alfred Hitchcock

Connote an extra maening, usualyl done through props and dialogue.

(SYM) - For example, "Rope" by Alfred Hitchock

Very similar to the SEM code.
Symbolic code used to convey meaning through symbolism.

(REF) For example, "Pulp Fiction" by Quentin Tarantino

This refers to the part of the story that tends to point out our shared knowledge.

Male Gaze

The determined male gaze projects itself onto the female figure which is styled accordingly. - Laura Mulvey.

It's all about her (scopophilia), and their reactions to looking at her.