Dog Soldiers
1) What is the genre of "Dog Soldiers" and give three reasons why?
The genre for "Dog Soldiers" is a Action/Horror genre. I have chosen this answer because in the film there are lots of action scene like when the crew are being attacked by werewolf's, this happens properly 6 times during the film. Their are guns and explosives that are involved in many action films and of course, the werewolf's are the main reason why this film is classed as a horror as well as an action.
The werewolf's are the main villains in this movie because their role is to hunt down an kill anybody in their way. Ultimately the entire crew couldn't survive the werewolf's however the classic horror genre delivers their most key storyline, the only person who survived.
The genre for "Dog Soldiers" is a Action/Horror genre. I have chosen this answer because in the film there are lots of action scene like when the crew are being attacked by werewolf's, this happens properly 6 times during the film. Their are guns and explosives that are involved in many action films and of course, the werewolf's are the main reason why this film is classed as a horror as well as an action.
The werewolf's are the main villains in this movie because their role is to hunt down an kill anybody in their way. Ultimately the entire crew couldn't survive the werewolf's however the classic horror genre delivers their most key storyline, the only person who survived.
2) What production context does Dog Soldiers into and give three reasons why?
The production context for Dog Soldiers is British. One of the main reasons why this film falls under the British production context is that it is an all British cast. The crew swear a lot in this film. Obviously in action films like Die Hard, Speed and Bad Boys the do swear but in this case Dog Soldiers banter with each other, calling people name and playing around with words which is classically British. They did however avoid the C word which would've made the film a 18 instead of giving the film a fair 15.
The last reason why I chose Dog Soldiers as a British production context is the location. the film is located in Scotland (this is seen at the start of the film). scotland is apart of Britain therefore the film was film on British territory which also makes the movie British.
3) Were there any stars involved with Dog Soldiers? If yes why do you think that was?
The production context for Dog Soldiers is British. One of the main reasons why this film falls under the British production context is that it is an all British cast. The crew swear a lot in this film. Obviously in action films like Die Hard, Speed and Bad Boys the do swear but in this case Dog Soldiers banter with each other, calling people name and playing around with words which is classically British. They did however avoid the C word which would've made the film a 18 instead of giving the film a fair 15.
The last reason why I chose Dog Soldiers as a British production context is the location. the film is located in Scotland (this is seen at the start of the film). scotland is apart of Britain therefore the film was film on British territory which also makes the movie British.
3) Were there any stars involved with Dog Soldiers? If yes why do you think that was?
There were a few faces that I recognised in Dog Soldiers. The main actor that I and mostly everyone knew was Kevin McKidd. He was the main actor in this movie as well as starring in Danny Boyle's classic "Trainspotting (1996)". That film was a very popular film in Britain so a few people must've recognised Kevin McKidd.
There were another couple of actors that everyone eventually knew about was Liam Cunningham, who played Capt. Ryan and Sean Pertwee who played the Sgt. Harry Wells. Sean Pertwee is the more popular one because he has done a lot of voice acting so many people could've recognised his voice.
4) How did the narrative, dialogue, chracters, and locations relate to the production context? Give actual examples. Can you think of anything else that helped communicate the production context with regards to film content?
The narrative related to Britain because it resembled a British cadets tht are out on training but then is attacked by werewolf's. The effects were very different when you compare this film from Resident Evil which coincidently was made the same year as Dog Soldiers. The effects used to make the zombies were very effective and well as looking very new as at the time the zombies did look quite frightening for horror beginners.
5) How did the technology used relate the the production context? Give examples and compare this to the British and/or Hollywood film.
The budget has a major effect for each of the three films. Resident Evil was the film that had the most budget with an estimated 33 million, which injected the adrenaline shot to the heart of Resident Evil which it needed after the much popular video game that had fans waiting.
1920: Evil Returns was an entirely different film compared to Dog Soldiers and Resident Evil, the only thing that all three films have in coming is that there is a element of horror in each film, some more than others. 1920 is a very different film in itself, the costumes, the songs, the actors and even the language was different.
Dog Soldiers was properly one of the best British horror films I've seen, when there are a few in general. Although the actual storyline was a bit "saw it coming" the way the injected suspense and drama within a British environment. Differently my favourite of the three and for sure the film that I thought had the most suspense, which is always not bad.
You need to read through this post again as there are a lot of silly grammar and spelling mistakes. You have however shown you have a basic understanding of why Dog Soldiers fits into a British production context so good work.
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