+Narrative: summary of plot, narrative techniques used e.g. single strand, multi-strand, alternative narrative, enigma, climax and equilibrium
+Genre: examples of technical, visual, symbolic codes and conventions used
The obvious genre of Scarface is Gangster, due to many elements seen in the film such as the conventions the film follows, for example the heavy use of violence and death shown throughout the film, such as the death of tony, death of Monolo, assassination attempt of Tony, Tony Kills guy in car
+Representation: How are men/women portrayed?
Women are portrayed as helpless and needy an example of this would be Tony's sister, Gina, Tony feels that as he is making money he should be looking after his sister by buying her things and that Gina and their mother shouldn't be working at all as he gives them money to help fund them
El-Vera is seen more as an object or a 'Trophy Wife', her personality comes across as heartless and she seems to not care what men see jumps in between, her main goals seem to be money, luxury's and drugs.
+Target Audience: Who are they? What will they find appealing?
The target audience for this film would most likely be males aged 18+, this is because this age Group are the ones who would be interested in the themes shown in the film. Such as the women, power, money and the drugs as these may be the most relatable and appealing things to someone of this age and gender, compared to someone of a younger age, or a female.
Another reason for this age rating would be that a younger audience would be more sensitive to violence and also be more influenced by seeing this sort of behaviour.
The use of violence in this film is very strong and is featured in more or less every scene, Even though this film came out over 10years ago the violence shown can still be seen as shocking, for example in the scene where Tony has to pick up the drugs and his friend ends up being killed with a chainsaw.
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