Kiss Of the Vampire

Question 1

Female character on the left

Answer 1

carried and supported by male character- Pale dresses made of light material, dress codes reinforce femininity through highlighting curves on their body- revealing flesh on upper chest and arms

Question 2

gesture code of character on left

Answer 2

stereotypical passive victim of the ‘monster’ his power highlighted by the fact that his gesture connote his strength by carrying her with one arm

Question 3

women on the right

Answer 3

• more aggressive gesture codes, arm rasied almost fist-like with her teeth bared

Question 4

submissive pose of male victim

Answer 4

on his knees, head back, neck exposed- represents her as non stereotypically dominant

Question 5

Vampire himself

Answer 5

uncharacteristically fearful-in his gesture codes with his arm thrown across his body in a defensive gesture, perhaps protecting himself from the female vampire

Question 6

Stuart Hall- shared conceptual roadmap

Answer 6

theory of representation image of castle, bats and vampires cape and dripping blood are all part of a shared conceptual roadmap that give meaning to the ‘world of the poster’ the audience is actively encouraged to decode this generic iconography

Question 7

david gauntlett- theme of identity

Answer 7

female vampire acts as a form of identity for women struggling against male oppression or desiring to be seen as equal to their male counterparts regardless of environment

Question 8

Liesbet Van Zoonen- feminist reading

Answer 8

by assuming this ‘co-antagonist role’ the female vampire is perhaps contributing to the social change by representing women in non traditional roles, however, the passive female victim does reinforce this.

Question 9

Political and Social contexts

Answer 9

1960s- start of women’s sexual liberation, aided by events of the introduction of the contraceptive pill in 1960, more women than ever were entering the paid workforce and sixties feminists were campaigning for equal pay, an end to sexual harassment and more equality between men and women in wider society. In America in 1963 the Equal Pay Act was passed

Question 10

Political and social contexts- stereotypes

Answer 10

‘older’ stereotypes of women as passive victims to men and modern ‘male fears’ of women challenging male dominance are demonstrated

Question 11

produced by

Answer 11

Hammer Film Productions, distributed by J arthur rank it was the sequel to the 1958 Dracula