1. What key features of editing, mise en scene, sound and cinematography can you identify? What meanings do these elements generate?
There are jump cuts between extreme close up fragmented body party of the werewolves and mid shots of the soldiers to keep the werewolves mysterious. Fast editing in attack scenes to keep pace. using a combination of loud sound and jump cut to create a jump scare for example when a body fall from the ceiling into the basement. the mise en scene is the soldier uniform and army gear. the werewolves are an elaborate mix of animatronics, prosthetics and latex, this would of been a choice to make the wolfs feel more real. There isn't much of a soundtrack apart from large scale establishing shots to set the mood and when an emotional scene happens, there always seem to have a military drum beat in the background to create a feel of brothers in arms.
2. how do the technical elements you have identified help indicate the genre of the film ? what other conventions do you think are evident in dog soldiers?
The jump cuts to get a scared reaction indicate the horror elements of the horror genre. Also the lack of music and the more use of sound effects like the breathing of the wolfs.
The action scenes using fast pace editing and extreme close ups on the action are typical of the action genre.
3. Are there three clear stages to the films narrative? Does it have an equilibrium, dis-equilibrium and new equilibrium structure?
Yes, there is an equilibrium at the start with the soldiers on a training mission then the dis-equilibrium when the cow falls down on them and while the attacks happen, then a new equilibrium when the single soldiers survives.
4. How do you think gender is represented in the film?
gender in this text is dominated by the male figures, being soldiers of the army they are stereotyped to be strong sexist grunts. this is shown in the text as the female character is looked down on by other members of the crew when it comes to fighting and defense. after she has 'proven' intelligence she is then given a gun because they think that she is not capable of helping this 'war'. she then turns into a bitch. LITERALLY she had betrays them all.
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