Dracula
Jonathan Harker's occupation
Solicitor
The fictional, California-esque town in which TLB is set
Santa Carla
A sociological term meaning 'spirit of the time'
Zeitgeist
The purposeful arrangement of all the contents in a frame
Mise en scene
Dracula's ultimate plan
To take over London
Grandpa, crashing into the house with his car, wooden stakes attached
The name for items superstitiously known to ward off evil
Apotropaic objects
Music that cannot be heard by the characters, only by the audience
Non-diegetic soundtrack/score
The proof that Mina is free from Dracula at the end of the text
Her head scar disappears
These are scattered across town as a filmic motif, reflecting societal fears about youth endangerment
Missing child posters
Texts reflect the c_______ v___s of the time periods in which they were written
Contextual values
Red lighting may symbolise...
Danger/violence/corruption/evil
The character thought to reflect the social concern of the 'New Woman'
Lucy Westenra
The costuming of the Frog Brothers is intertextually reminiscent of this character, a symbol of American nationalism
Rambo
The reworking or re-imagining of an existing text to change or extend its meaning and reflect updated values (The Lost Boys is an _______ of Dracula)
Appropriation
A recurring musical theme
Leitmotif
The way that Mina and Dracula become linked
Telepathy
The intertextual allusion made through the vampires' group name
Peter Pan - 'Lost Boys'
A critical theory focusing on the social and cultural consequences of colonisation. Using this lens to analyse a Gothic text would likely have you making close reference to the concept of Othering.
Postcolonialism
A shot achieved by mounting the camera on a wheeled cart, allowing it to slowly and steadily track or zoom in on a subject
Dolly shot