analysis of Dog Soldiers.

Question one,
There is good use of cinematography throughtout the film,my favourite piece of film used in the film is when a solider is sat in the truck in the drivers seat facing forward, the camera is looking at him from his right through the window, this being a midshot. you cannot see in the back seat but you can tell there is a wearwolf in the back because you can see its breath breathing forward.
sound is used to create mood quite well, this diagetic sound could be through either dialog, music or just a background noise. the dialog could make different emotions, for example they were talking about football around a campfire and the mood is then high, the mood changes when they are peril and they are going to survive.
music is played at the point in the film when there is most danger, the only female in the film sits and plays classical music on the piano, however when it would usually make people happy, the mood is down and spirits are low.

Question two,
Mise en scene plays a big part in identifying the genre of the film. the film is an action thriller, one of the parts that show this is when the soliders open the back of the truck door to find it covered in blood and body parts all over the place. a werewolf also placed in the back of the truck creates sudden shock and realisation of the fact it is an action thriller. The soldiers react with gunfire, this shows the sound playing a part in the identification of genre as it is loud, explosive and constant. so much action is going on that the fast pace of the events unfolding make it interesting.


Question three,
THere is a clear equilibrium at the start when the soliders have just anded in scotland and they think they are on a training exercise, joking about football and every day things. there is then a dis-equilibrium which starts with a dead sheeep falling on the campfire there is then an even further dis-equilibrium when they find out what killed the sheep and they are confronted with real danger. the equilibrium is restored and the new equilibrium is revealed when the final wearwold is killed and the solider walks out into the sun revealing complete relief and silence.

Question four,
Gender has a strong stereotypical take on the film in that men are the strong ones and the only woman in the film needs protecting because she is helpless. The men are all generally strong physically and mentally so they take control of any situation at hand. This however is naive of the male characters because their downfall in the film is the fact that they are the alphamale characters and instinctively try to take care of the female character, because the female character is just as bad as the rest of the werewolf's, as she is one herself. so in effect she is "the biggest bitch of all" (a direct quote of what she says to herself).

Question five,
Dog soldiers represents the armed forces as strong alphamales who can do anything they want to if they put their minds to it. At the same time however it shows that they are real people and have a life outside of the army. The film shows that the armed forces are the strongest people in the world phyisically and mentally, showing how they can think quick under pressure and react to a situation. where alot of people would buckle under the pressure and panic, these army characters thrive under pressure.