What I have learnt...
- Referring to a feminine aesthetic of horror is a reflection of specific interest in the female horror film audience.
- The emotions of the female adds to the aesthetic appeal of the horror.
- Women like horror films just as much as men because of this, but there are some aspects which they prefer eg. special effects, make up.
- Two types of viewers; specialist and average. Special viewers are more interested in graphic horror, whereas the average viewers who find their curiosity in less-explicit horror but in genres such as fantasy.
- Women preferences include the stronger representations of femininity for example developments in characters of a female herom as well as attractive, rich, atmospheric, fantastical mise-en-scene and cinematography.
- Female audience least preference is gory/graphic images.
- They tend to make negotiated readings with regards to the reception theory- Stuart Hall.
- Womens preferences are contradictory to stereotypes; because of the perceived masculine nature of the genre and discourse surround the hegemonic and idealised models of femininity.
- High levels of suspense enjoyed by both genders, particularly females.
- Gothic mise-en-scene should be repeatedly throughout, as a favourite scenic image.
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