Focused Analysis: Characters

For my first focused analysis i will be looking at characters. From my own knowledge of horror films, i know that in this genre is that alot of masks are used, to help hide the true identity of the killer. We can clearly see which characters are being portrayed as this, from this simple yet typical convention of the horror genre. The colours of the clothes they are wearing are very dull colours, for example her dark green dress or his dark red jacket. The style of their clothes are very normal, despite them being killers. The man killer, is shown as being the more dominant of the three because of the fact we assume he is a man. This proves Vladimir Propp's theory, that genre stuctures form expectation in the mind of the audience. It also shows that in every media text that there is 8 character roles. Looking back on all of my research I can clearly identify at least three common ones (Victim, Villian & Hero). The Victims in this film can be clearly seen as they are an average american couple. The clothes the women is wearing are very basic, she is perhaps being portrayed as a typical american women, stay at home to cook and clean. And the man is wearing a suit, this gives us an insight on his possible job, or his status in society (important bussiness man). He is shown as the provider, which is the typical sterotype of how men should be.