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The Human Cen+pede Poster Analysis
Typography The text is centered within the Bo;om/middle rule of thirds. This is Directly in line with the actual Human cen+pede and the tagline. It’s no+ceable that the +tle of the Movie has mismatched le;ers, so They are different sizes, this shows Movement within the text, which Pragma+cally shows the movement Of a cen+pede. The tagline “their Flesh is his fantasy” which creates a Male dominance and power over the Characters and audience. Which Shows he has the power to govern What he wants. We could apply the Theory of male gaze to the tagline as It heavily emphasises his sexual Fantasies towards women, which are Seen as lower in the gender hierarchy In comparison to males, so women HAVE to obey what a man says, or else. It is also no+ced that it is ironic that The text is centered as it directly relates To cen+pede (cent short for centre) Everything has been centred on the poster. The text anchors meaning to the image,
It conveys deep meaning And connects it to the Movie, we are curious About what the human Cen+pede is, crea+ng Enigma from the poster, Based on the theory by Bathez. There are Definitely binary opposites As a human is completely Different to a cen+pede.
Mise-‐en-‐scene Light of the poster is very interes+ng. It has been back lit through a Screen of frosted glass, which Creates a pixelled effect, Distor+ng the view of the disfigured Human cen+pede, crea+ng enigma As we want to know fully what it Looks like, but we can’t, making us Want to go and watch the film. We Can see that the person is in pain, However we can’t fully see why. The composi+on of the hands Suggest that there is a sense of Entrapment, as they are trying to get Out but can’t. We can see blood on The screen too, which shows there Must have been some violent Ac+vi+es going on for there to be Blood. Because the ligh+ng has a Green effect, it emphasises mold, Bad situa+ons, poisoning, distress, Bad mental health, gone off body Parts. Which conveys how gross the Movie is, its disturbing content is Reaching out to us for help.
Mise-‐en-‐scene con1nued: (ligh+ng, composi+on, costume, colour, props, actors) The three people joined together is very terrifying as it looks just like a giant Cen+pede but in a human form, which is very controversial, as many people Wouldn’t have experience this sort of film. The human cen+pede looks slightly Like a holographic image, like it’s coming closer to us, it is trying to reach out to Get our help so we can save it, because no one else can save them. The screen Looks extremely grubby, conveying the situa+on of infec+on and blood poisoning, Because pooping in to someone's mouth is very harmful and poisonous, as are Exposed wounds to fecal ma;er, causing serious illnesses. There is a vigne;e Style of ligh+ng around the edge of the poster, which again, is poin+ng us to the Centre of the image, we are straight away pulled in to focus on the centre because Of all of the features the poster possesses to do with centralisa+on. We could also Say that as the male is the only person from the cen+pede visible, he holds power over the two American Girls as they aren’t visible, it is similar to the ‘to be heard and not seen’ phrase. Women are there to act out Their role for men, and that’s it. Again, poin+ng to the theory of the male gaze.
Applying theorists: From this poster we could apply theories like the male gaze (Mulvey) As the image is male dominated, the First character in the cen+pede is a male, he holds power and dominance over the women as he can control Where they go. The tagline of the poster also conveys male dominance bye using vocab like “his” and “fantasy” men like to act out their fantasies and can do so by having power over two vulnerable women. We also apply the theory of Bathez, the enigma code. Because the image is so distorted, we are le[ Wondering what is happening behind the frosted glass? Why is there blood on the screen? What does this “human cen+pede” look like? Why is it in pain? Where are the hands coming from? Etc. Strauss’s binary opposites are clear here within the typography of the +tle of the movie. Placing human and Cen+pede together has created a stark contrast, we wouldn't’t usually see the two together, its weird.