Exam

Disability

Notes 3 (sexism & stereotypes)

Sexism and stereotypes 

How does the camera reinforce roles?

Camera looking down on women but looking up at the man 

Male gaze

-how women see themselves and other women

Women called Laura Malvey thinks in the film audience must see women in a hetro sexual make way

Puts women lower down In society as they are seen as sexual objects 

Objectifying women through camera angles 

A lot of shots are used to emphasise sexual treatment of women 

Seen through make eyes 

Alpha female 

Highest female in the office 

-leads other women 

-camera always follows alpha female in the scene

Most camera angles look down at other women but up at alpha female showing superiority 

Other people portrayed as smaller 

- equal to men in the scene 

Action chick (post feminism) 

Portraying women as masculine 

-over exaggerating her masculinity 

Doing something to be watched rather than to be looked at 

Alpha male 

-very direct and in control 

-sizing all the men up, looking at the weakness of men

- looking at their bodies 

Same camera angle as male gaze

- shows authority by beating up a man 

Ill man and doesn't want to show his weakness 

Isolated and alone 

Notes 2 (mad men)

Mad men- women in the workplace 

Winking at her-degrading 

Exaggeration of sexism to show people how ridiculous it is.

Also shows how times have changed as it is set to look old fashioned.

Men are in control and have more power because all the women in the office are there secretary's- work for the men.

Complete opposites 

Social groups expectations change over time

Notes (prime evil)

Prime evil

Not stereo typical women and male roles

Women are more dominating controlling the digger and being threatening towards the man.

Men were more feminine because the shocking pink top and the fact he relied on a female to save him. 

Woman shouldn't be dominating because he almost shot her in contrast they should because she saved the man.

Tv dramas challenge stereotypes 

Open to interpretation - explaining

Metrosexual - male & female

 

What social groups could I be asked about ?

Gender

Age

Ethnicity

Region of country

Disability

Sexuality

Social class 

What are the four technical areas of analysis I will have to write about?

Editing

Sound

Mise-en-scene- costume colour 

Cinematography- camera work

What are the 4 steps for the framework for analysis?

Step 1- observe to find different roles of sexes and characteristics

Step 2-who is the strongest character and why

Step 3-how characters contrast each other

Step 4-are they pushing the boundaries of their social group 

Challenging stereotypes 

Gender, location, props, stereotypes

12th December media-

Do;practice papers

Mind map

Teach other people 

Mentor partner 

Image and video clips on blog 

VISUALISE

Don't;copy out of a textbook 

Reading 

Last minute cram in 

Age-youth

Middle class

Elderly 

Disability-

Physical 

Mental 

Sexuality-

Heterosexual 

Lesbian

Gay 

Bisexual 

Questioning normality

Who's point of view

Notes (4)

Do-practice papers

Mind map

Teach other people 

Mentor partner 

Image and video clips on blog 

VISUALISE

Don't-copy out of a textbook 

Reading 

Last minute cram in 

Age-youth

Middle class

Elderly 

Disability-

Physical 

Mental 

Sexuality-

Heterosexual 

Lesbian

Gay 

Bisexual 

Questioning normality

Who's point of view

Representation of disability.

Glee

 


'Kitty' is shown as a typical popular girl in an American high school. She had blonde hair and wears a short cheerleading dress. 'Artie' is portrayed as the stereotypical geek, he has a wheelchair, wears glasses and old fashioned clothes.
Artie is represented as a victim of his disability as it has made him insecure and unable to stand up for himself. 'Tina' stands above him when confronting his situation showing that he has less power.
The camera tracks Artie smoothly like the wheelchair itself, confirming the status of the wheelchair and therefore reinforcing his disability.
While he speaks to Kitty the camera only shows the back of his head again showing he is less important.

The hustle

How is the representation of gender constructed in the clip?
1.)The mise-en-scene that is used backs up the gender stereotypes. The clip itself is male dominated, as there is only one main female. The main female in the shot wears a blonde wig, conforming to her femininity. The woman is portrayed as clumsy as she loses her ring, also suggesting she is a "bimbo". By showing the woman shopping in an expensive shop it shows her as an upper class female, this may suggest further feminine characteristics because we see her not spending money on "essential" items.
The males in the clip are mainly shown working. The man in the shop is assisting to his customers, and the man shown working on a type of wired alarm. By showing him doing hard labour with electricals conforms to his masculinity as it is a stereotypical job for a man to be a mechanic or electrician. The other men are shown sitting at a bar, dressed in suits. The suit suggest their higher class and importance to the clip. The male shown smoking in the bar implies his masculinity as the cigarette could be seen as a phalic symbol, suggesting he is proud to show it or the alternative is that it could suggest he might be gay.
When the woman is re-introduced as a brunette, she becomes more clever and powerful and therefore more masculine.

2.)the camera is often at a high angle when showing the woman to show at is less powerful however when she becomes brunette and gains more power the camera comes to eye level. When she tries on the dress and bends down to search for the ring the camera goes to a long shot to enthusise her feminine curves and body. The camera tends to stay on long shots when showing the males to show their importance of the shot as they own the camera space.