Case Study - Shame

Shame is a film4 film about  man called Brandon who lives in New York. He has an unhealthy addiction of having sex particularly with different married woman. His sister Sissy comes unexpectedly to live with him and shares a similar habit of sleeping with married men. Sissy tries to build up the siblings relationship and asks Brandon to come watch her gig where she is a lead singer. As the film proceeds you see Sissy sleeping with Brandons boss and experience a fight between the siblings. The film ends with Sissy cutting herself and ends up in hospital and leaves Brandon in even more despair.  

The film Shame would be targeted towards over 18 as there is exploited sexual content. There is a lot of nudity. Also the film denotes no barrier between the siblings for example there's a scene where Brandon walks into the bathroom when Sissy is in the shower and she takes no action to cover herself but throws her towel on Brandon. I think younger audience would not be mature enough to watch this. Also towards the end of the film you see Sissy sitting on the floor in the bathroom surrounded by her blood and a knife next to her connoting she tried to commit suicide and I think this subject is very sensitive to show younger audiences. I think this film is targeted towards both genders as you see an equal distribution of gender and instead of showing either females or males in a sexual way, both genders are explored equally connoting that this film is targeted towards both females and males. I think the film is for people who are interested in sexual relationships as it is a recurring theme in the film.