Aimee / Ryan

1. Editing is quick paced and dramatic. At times the cuts are more longer but overall the editing is stylized to a fast paced environment.The use of mise en scene is heavily stylized creating a military effect this is rebounded by the use of grungy. All characters are featured wearing military/ army uniforms, which indicates the style and genre of the film. The camera work was almost hand-held trying to create a realistic effect.

2. We believe that this film is a mix of genres like Thriller , Comedy and action. Firstly we think that it has some graphic scenes but at the same time they are also comedy. The amount of explosives and fast paced editing followed by gun shooting makes it feel like an action. The military uniforms indicate a strict and serious attitude, which they juxtapose with adding the humour.

3. Due to only seeing the final 20 minutes of the film, it seems we began watching at the dis-equilibrium stage, which lead to the structure of new-equilibrium forming after the climax.

4. From what we saw, the film seems very testosterone fuelled, with mainly men in most seems, and a conflict with the only female we saw. There is a type of 'brotherhood' between the characters. This promotes the male fuelled atmosphere, which imitates the army style lifestyle, where the men have to look out for each other.

5. I think that the film represents the armed forces in an unrealistic and quite minimal way. It takes an almost fantasy approach on what some men in society believe that the army is like. It seems to focus more on the characters relationships, than actual army life, due to the fact that only one of them lives due to someone sacrificing himself.

6. We think the film is aimed at males, between the ages of 16-40. It is very much an action fuelled film, which has the main components suiting to certain groups of men, who are drawn to the guns, blood, explosions etc.

7. We think that the film certificate would be a 15. This is due to the graphic, yet minimal nature in terms of horror detail, which therefore indicates what is happening, without horrifying the viewer.

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Roland Barthes theory is ' Death of the author' through ignoring the author and focusing mainly on the text.

Laura Mulvey - Women are objectified in movies mainly in classic hollywood movies where the audience is constructed to be men. The women within the movie are providing visual pleasure for the men/ Laura Mulvey believes this is wrong and discriminative of women.

David Gauntlet; has many theories including the postive correlation of social linking through the use of modern media. He believes that sites like facebook and you tube are not necissarily morphing society into one collective group but opening doors for positive linking throughout society. Moreover he also speaks about the effect theory and how certain audiences relate to texts within media.

Steve Neaale; ' Genres are not systems ' Steve Neaale belives that genres are the constant process of negotiation and change within society. Genres first developed for literacy have now developed for every type of media transforming the industry. Personally i belive that genres help link different social groups together , on the other hand i can see how this could be viewed as a negative thing.

David Morley - Reception Theory - what sense of people actually make of texts/ roles that audiences play in the scheme of things and not texts themselves.