Silence of the lambs

 

In this film a few semiotics were used such as conotation when we see the skull looking pattern on the back of the moth, this could be seen as death. The moth being basically reborn out of the cacoon could also mean reincarnation  or birth to some people so it depends on how the viewer looks at it. Stuctualism was used when she was in the bad guy's house and she begins to connect the clues with the picture of the moth on the wall. At the start of the film the genre was communicated to the viewer by showing the main character running away into the mist with an eerie soundtrack, the font used was one that would most likely be seen in an action or horror because it was black and white and in bold, this is quite a serious looking font.

 

In this film the men all treat the main charcter differently because she is a good looking woman, this relates to feminist film theory as in this film she is a strong independant woman which goes against the stereotyping of women usually seen in film. One guy asumes she has been picked for a task simply because of her apprence and not because of her qualifications. A lot of men don't treat her fairly and see her as eye candy.

 

Queer theory is also related to in this film with the character Buffalo Bill. This character is transgender  wannabe and people who are transgender get stereotyped into being homosexual, this is because of how they usually act, dress and how they speak. This film doesn't mention anything about this characters sexuality but he is the easiest to relate to queer theory in this film but his character is portrayed  negatively.

 

One of the most memorable scenes for me was when was saw moth cocoon stuck down the dead woman's neck as this was big part of the story line and a big lead on who could be this murderer (Buffalo Bill), it was also very different to any other scene in other films so I find this almost iconic.

 

The shots used created much tension and also created an eerie and scary vibe to the film as the characters  were looking straight into the camera on midshots in one scene so this makes the viewer feel more into the story like they are there too, this can help the viewer relate and if they feel part of the film then it could be scarier for the viewer to watch.