Monday, 19 October 2015

Representation of Women Questions

1.       Who wrote about the ’final girl’ in 1992?
              Carol Clover Wrote the final girl theory

2.       In what book did they write about the ‘final girl’?
Carol Clover wrote about the final girl in the book ‘Men Women and Chainsaws’.

3.       List three traits of the ‘final girl’/three conventions.
The final girls is conventionally Virginal or pure, she is also androgynous in aspects such as her name, clothing and appearance, and she will also fight back at some point in the film against the villain.

4.       Who wrote about the existing research on women’s roles in media texts in 1983?
Jeremy Tunstall wrote about the research on women’s’ roles.

5.       What were the four roles mentioned?
The four roles were: Domestic, sexual, consumer and martial.

6.       In 1992 research showed that men dominated women on-screen, but by what ratio?
The ratio shown in 1992 research was 2:1.

7.       What was the only genre in which the ratio of males to females was more equal?
The genre was advertisement.

8.       Name one of the three problems with the findings?
A problem from the findings was although males and females were shown to be more equal, the males were more likely to been seen with having an occupation away from the home in comparison to women.

9.       Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (alien) is ‘more progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?
Ripley is suggested to be more progressive than Lara Croft because she is less sexualised and objectified.

1.   What are the three C’s when discussing the portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?
The three C’s are: Cooking, cleaning and caring.

1.   Who wrote ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’?
This was written by Laura Mulvey.

1.   Briefly describe what is mean by ‘male gaze’
Male is gaze is when women are represented as objects to a male audience.

1.   Give an example.
This male gaze is used in features such as camera angles including point of view shots and close ups.

4.   Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980’s and why?
The magazine which did this was Cosmopolitan.


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