KOTV Historical Context

Background info of KOTV

When was KOTV released?

1963

Who produced KOTV?

Hammer Film Productions

What were the Hammer films known for?

Monster movie franchises like Frankenstein

Who distributed KOTV?

Universal Studios

Name the stars of KOTV?

Clifford Evans/ Noel Willman/ Jennifer Daniel

Who wrote the screenplay of KOTV?

John Elder

How is Gauntletts pick and mix theory seen in the poster?

Binary oppositions of female and male characters-either passive or dominant

How is Hall's theory of representation seen in the poster?

Generic iconography such as images of: castles, bats and blood

What legislation was passed in 1963?

Equal Pay

Name three conventions of a film poster?

A tagline

Production credits (Billing Box)

Main image

Release Date

A visual; heicherarchy

Triangular structure

Typography

Lighting

Direct adress

Colour pallete

What was KOTV originally meant to be?

Intended to be the 2nd sequel to 1958 Dracula

How does the font create connotations of the genre?

Capitalised sans serif font. Creates connatations linked to vampire genre with its ‘wooden’ styling and blood dripping from the letter V’s fang.

Why is the main image painted?

Connotes that the film’s a modern telling of an older story due to the colour

Why is the colour palette significant?

Gloomu grey, black, brown colour palette reinforces the film’s dark, scary. Red draws the attacking bats, the vampire and blood. VISUAL SIGNIFIERS FOR THE GENRE

What codes present the female characters as subversive?

Both women wear pale dress of light materials.

• Reinforces their femininity and highlights the curves of their bodies.

• Reveals skin(sexualised)

LINKED TO THE MALE GAZE THEORY

Presents the blonde woman on the right on the left as a damsel in distress of the ‘monster’

How is Halls theory seen in KOTV?

Steryotypical images of castles, bats and vampire’s cape & generic iconography

How is Gauntlett seen in KOTV?

Female vampire symbolizes a woman fightagainst male oppression and desperate to be seen as an equal to men.

How are men presented in KOTV?

The man(vampire) on the left is masculated as he is holding the woman who is represented as a damsel in distress which suggests he is powerful. Which is how men viewed themselves in the 1960s.

The man on the right is an imascualted man which is the fear that most men had in the 60s whilst the woman on the right in fighting the bats and is standing up. Suggesting she is fighting for power like women were in the 60s.