Cover Work

Form: Extract from the movie Psycho
Function: To scare the audience as the women is being killed

M - Going towards the shower in her bath robe, naked women - sexy. use of knifes as a weapon to attack victim, screams to show how the women is scared of the killer.
I - Portrayed as a sex object as she is naked - shown as the femme fatale. patriarchy
G - Slasher/Horror
R - represents the women as weak as she is killed in the middle of the film - shows how she is not very important to the narrative due to her early exit. represents her as weak as she is killed by the man who is shown strong as he is the killer.
A - Older teenagers, adults.
I - Art House, Paramount Pictures
N - Linear, no use of flashbacks.

Relates to Texas Chainsaw Massacre

S - shows womens reputation is society and how men are seen as powerful
H - Use of black and white effect when the option of colour is available
Shows how women have changed throughout time

Issues and Debates - Womens power in society, why are men always seen as stronger. Feminists would argue the oppression of women.

Relevant Theories - Strauss - Binary oppositions male vs female / hero vs villain
- Laura Mulvey - The male gaze