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Genre Research Task

Genre Research Task: Horror There are many repertoire of generic elements in the genre horror. One example is its settings, if it was a vampire horror it will be typically in a castle setting, on the other hand in a slasher film, it would be set in a low populated place like a random camp in the middle of no where (usually isolated). Also there is the generic element where in slasher films, the killers tend to kill the teens that are doing sexual activities and are sexually active. The one that tends to survive or beats the killer is often the one female main character that happens to be a virgin or isn't part of any sexual activities or is sexually active. It has the typical character types in the films, antagonist with supernatural powers and the teens or young adults always trying get in bed with the popular female.  Also, horror films tend to have the same themes, for example its always evil or some sort of revenge, like the antagonist coming back from the dead to get re...

Men's Health and Lifestyle Magazine Cover

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The preferred readers are men that want to gain bodies like that of celebrities. Also the readers will be men that want a healthy life and maybe even attract people to them. However the readers could also be female, looking at male bodies but this isn't preferred since it isn't aimed towards female that want bodies like male celebrities.

Intertextuality and Open Texts

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This is the original upside down kiss from the spider man film. As you can see the image at the bottom is from a Shrek film where Fiona and Shrek are kissing but Shrek is upside down just like in the Spider man film.  This is an image of the riots back in 2011 in London. In this image you can see the rioters breaking into a store. You can see them in huge packs of people, wearing hoodies and covering their faces. However you don't see any people helping around to keep the place tidy or safe. You don't see people cleaning the streets up from the mess that the rioters caused.

Magazine Front Covers

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Women are represented to be really thin with their cleavage and bottom being more noticeable than another other part of their body. They most likely always have some make up on them, particularly their lips and eyes. They're also going to be quite young. This magazine front cover of Kate Holmes reinforces how women are represented. As you can see, Katie is wearing make up and her cleavage is somewhat showing. This magazine front cover challenges the stereotype where almost all magazine covers consist of a white female. This cover challenges the stereotype by having a black female instead of a white female.

Stereotyping

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This is a clip of terminator 2 where the main character, John Connor is doing what a typical teen does, playing games in the arcade. He represented to be a bad teen that likes to mess around and do what he wants. He speaks with slang, dresses like every typical teen back then, baggy trousers, denim and all sorts. His body language is always slouching suggesting that he's bored most of the time unless he's doing what he wants.