Summary of Film Findings

Stock Settings;

Abandoned house/building -- The Ring, The Covenent (abandoned barn, pschiatric ward), The Crazies (Close knit community), Orphan and Gothica (Forest).

The setting fits in with the title/plot -- Gothica, The Covenent.

Stock Chararcters;

Villain:

• Element of unknown (Gothica, Orphan, Changeling, Exam)
• Mainly male
• If a woman then they are shown to be psychotic e.g. (Fatal Atrraction)

Hero:

• Typically main characters
• Variation of the hero's sex - female (e.g. Silence of the Lambs) and male (e.g. Blade)

Victim:

• Usually women and if its a film with the element of supernatural then the victim is normally a mortal human being (e.g. Underworld)

False Villian: (Uninvited)

Donor/Helper: (Orphan, Uninvited)

Themes;

Death/Murder -- ALL
Love/Passion/Lust -- Orphan
Revenge -- Blade

Narrative;

All of the films fitted Todrov's narrative theory for example Blade.

The use of a twist in the narrative - it is unexpected and links with the false villain a lot of the time (e.g. Orphan).

Iconography;

Weapons (the technology can be furturistic/high tech/old fashioned) -- Blade = Futuristic and Old fashioned, the use of both.

Fast cars -- The Covenent, Blade, Underworld.

Flickering lights which create suspense --Gothica, The Covenent