I will be focusing on two videos from the walking dead that support my hypothesis.
Media language: In this scene you can see that michonne is a strong woman and can defend herself as when shes killing the zombies. You can see that she doesnt look right as she seems like soemthing is bothering her.
Genre: The genre for this type of TV programme is a thriller/horror type of show. This is because its about zombies and zombies and blood, violence all come under horror/thriller. The genre does fit in well with the stroyline of the show.
Represntation: The represnetation of the woman Michonne is seen as bad/scared/annoyed/upset. You can tell that in this scene that she is upset as she looking around and staring. You can tell by her facial expressions that she is sad, upset, annoyed and fed up. I think that something might had happen to her beofre which is why she lashed out on them-she didnt have to as she was disguising herself with other zombies to make it look like she was one too. But she decided to let her feelings and hate cause her to kill them. This also shows that shes independant, strong and not afraid. This is because she looked fine to be around the zombies and wasnt scared. She also wasnt scared to be alone as there are still bad people around and the zombies could have identfied that she was a human.
Audience: The type of audeince that would watch this are people who are intrested in this type of show. They would have to make sure that they enjoy and can understand whats happening. The audience would think that shes intresting as not women can fight like this or be as brave as her.
Institutions: The institutions are FOX they are the company that run the show on Tv and on the online website.
Narrative: the narrative of the whole story is to survive. This means that they would need to ensure that they kill whatever bad comes there way and survivie to make sure that they are safe.
Camerawork/costume: As its a zombie apocolypse they havent got much clothing. Shes wearing jeans, boots and a top. The camerawork tehre is so many different things happening in this scene where the camera is showing its fast. You have the long shot of her and the zombies around her. There must have been around 12.You have the close-up of mischonne where you can see her emotions and facial expressions. You have fast paced shots when shes killing the zombies. This tells me that there was soemhting wrong in order for this to go in that way.
Lighting: The lighting in this scene is shown through natural lighting of the day. This means that i think little artificial lighting is showing on them as its a horror/thriller you wouldnt expect a sunny day or snow-so having a dull normal day with the atmospehere being drained shows the mood shes going to be in.
Actors/actresses: Michomne and the zombies alone are being shown in this
Makeup:Shes wearing very litttle makeup as they wouldnt have that kind of stuff and shes supposed to look rogh and tired. The zombies are obviously wearing alot more makeup as they need the costume and the to make them look like a zombie. Also, when the zombies die they need to have blood around them so there makeup is done to a high standard where they are unrecognisable.
Props: The props are the zombies and the samurai sword.
Setting: the setting is that its set in a forest and its being shown in that way to show that its a isolated situation and that shes by herslef.
Media language:In this scene you can see that carol is moving fast. Shes trying to make sure that nothing else happens to her frends and makes sure that no one else gets hurt. Shes acting and thinking fast.
Genre:The genre for this type of TV programme is a thriller/horror type of show. This is because its about zombies and zombies and blood, violence all come under horror/thriller. The genre does fit in well with the stroyline of the show.
Represntation: You can see that the people are getting killed and are upset. You can see that whilst shes trying to help people that are getting killed shes killing the bad people in order to be safe. This means that she had to dress like them in order for this to happen as its a disguise. Yiu can see that shes brave, strong and fearless as shes killing people. Mnay people would find that hard but shes doing it really easily. This means that shes used to it and used to seeing these kind of things happen. You can see that she struggled in some parts but still carried on. The other man that she gives a gun too doesnt look to happy that hse gave it to him as he believes that killing shouldnt be an option eventhough that man is trying to kill everyone. This shows that carol is seemed to be stronger minded and more powerful than him.
Audience:The type of audeince that would watch this are people who are intrested in this type of show. They would have to make sure that they enjoy and can understand whats happening. The audience would think that shes intresting as not women can fight like this or be as brave as her.
Institutions:The institutions are FOX they are the company that run the show on Tv and on the online website.
Narrative: as you can see the narrative of the whole story is to survive. This means that they would need to ensure that they kill whatever bad comes there way and survivie to make sure that they are safe.
Costume/camerawork: The costume is carol wearing her own clothes that suits her and shows her. Then when the baddies com she comes up with the idea to wear one of their clothes so that they think shes part of them. This means that she will be able to get to them quicker just like she did. She had to make sure that she kept her group safe where she is living. There are lost of camerawork shots going on. For example, close-ups of her killing the people, a low angle shot of her shotting them which shows that hses powerful and bigger than them. There are long shots to show hwere she is going and what her next move was etc.
Lighting: Again there isnt much lighting as they are using the natural lighting from the sun as thsi is being shot outside.This is better as it gives the show taht more realistic part of the show and makes it make believe.
Actors/actresses: The main character here is michonne then the other people.
Makeup: There isnt much make up on her. When she changes her outfit to the bad side she puts blood on her forehead and makes herself look rugged. They all do and look like that. They make sure that there is alot of blood being shown and some zombies are still there and have the time to look realistic.
Props: They rae the weapons like guns, knives etc.
Setting:This is set in a little road where they are meant to be safe and be in houses. They arent safe as the bad people came and messed it up.
Wednesday 18 November 2015
feedback
Notes & Quotes document just under 2,500 – this is a bit
short at this stage, the 2,500 deadline was last week and you should have
textual analysis to add to this.
Textual analysis is missing – not due until Friday but now
needs to be a priority. This is Task #1 and is now urgent. Identify a couple of
key scenes from the Walking Dead that support your arguments regarding gender
roles and write about them in huge detail – film language, connotations, what
the scene suggests to an audience. You need to offer real insight here.
Academic books/journals – you already have some which is
good but definitely need much more on this. looking like a strength to the
research. Keep looking and check the BFI catalogues too in case they have
anything relevant.
Look at our archive of PDFs on the M: drive – there may be
some stuff in the women and film folder that is relevant. Then use Google
Scholar to find more – obviously read the perfect article on there in depth!
Widen your search away from The Walking Dead and look at
feminism, theory and representation more generally. This will create far more
opportunities for academic book and journal research.
Look at my bookshelf in DF07 too – the Feminism at the Movies
book will surely have some relevant stuff on horror films that could be applied
to TV.
I’d look for more internet-based research – only a few links
so far, this should be more like 20+ by the end of the process. The Guardian is
a great starting point – then search far and wide for feminism and
representation-based links.
Task #1 – now an urgent priority – get it done.
Task #2 – set today. Your N&Q document is a bit of a
mess currently in terms of formatting and organisation. If you’ve got it organised
on Word and it’s just a blog issue then I’m not as worried.
Copy this into a new blog post and write below your next
three steps in your research.
Monday 9 November 2015
media confrence notes
Billy-
What the internet done for us?
It has transformed his life over 30 years
The network inst going anywhere as its been around for a while and keeps getting bigger.
Made in 1983 the internet was
There wasn't many computers around as it had only just been invented.
Its always been open to innovation-can build alot with it.
No awareness of network
Many ways we use the internet.
Connection-info-voices in your head-political action, campaigning, financial reward, games, learning, friendship, downsides-bullying, unwanted porn, images of child sexual abuse, extremism, abuse, scams tip-offs, conspiracy theory and fraud.
Natalie-
2011 Rupert Murdoch done some stuff which caused lots of problems and issues.
Power over-media content, audiences, journalists and the government. Do we or they have the power?
Power to censor, mislead, set the agenda
Stuart hall-role of media
Definitions of majority and minority groups of defiance and normally. Media process as over representing some and under.
Rob-
Producer of a few films.
Was talking about university and how it can benefit us and how it cant
That we should choose wisely as he didn't know what to do
Making sure that we have the right mind set and when creating our production do it well and try.
He is a senior examiner and moderator who wants the best for students.
Regina-
She studied fin art photography
Was talking about her film "murdered by my boyfriend"
Was a successful film and they done their best to make it happen.
Made some interesting points about her role to help make the film good.
Owen-
A clever "lad" who graduated from Oxford.
Was talking about and made some points about the way the government is and how it can change many people like students and people who are young in the future.
he wanted to make sure that there was enough to say about the views and points he wanted to get across as it will affect many people who are older and younger in a couple of years. This country has been successful but many people cant stay here any more due to the changes there have been made in the government. For example, university grants, benefits, child support etc.
What the internet done for us?
It has transformed his life over 30 years
The network inst going anywhere as its been around for a while and keeps getting bigger.
Made in 1983 the internet was
There wasn't many computers around as it had only just been invented.
Its always been open to innovation-can build alot with it.
No awareness of network
Many ways we use the internet.
Connection-info-voices in your head-political action, campaigning, financial reward, games, learning, friendship, downsides-bullying, unwanted porn, images of child sexual abuse, extremism, abuse, scams tip-offs, conspiracy theory and fraud.
Natalie-
2011 Rupert Murdoch done some stuff which caused lots of problems and issues.
Power over-media content, audiences, journalists and the government. Do we or they have the power?
Power to censor, mislead, set the agenda
Stuart hall-role of media
Definitions of majority and minority groups of defiance and normally. Media process as over representing some and under.
Rob-
Producer of a few films.
Was talking about university and how it can benefit us and how it cant
That we should choose wisely as he didn't know what to do
Making sure that we have the right mind set and when creating our production do it well and try.
He is a senior examiner and moderator who wants the best for students.
Regina-
She studied fin art photography
Was talking about her film "murdered by my boyfriend"
Was a successful film and they done their best to make it happen.
Made some interesting points about her role to help make the film good.
Owen-
A clever "lad" who graduated from Oxford.
Was talking about and made some points about the way the government is and how it can change many people like students and people who are young in the future.
he wanted to make sure that there was enough to say about the views and points he wanted to get across as it will affect many people who are older and younger in a couple of years. This country has been successful but many people cant stay here any more due to the changes there have been made in the government. For example, university grants, benefits, child support etc.
Wednesday 4 November 2015
Notes and Quotes
Critical
investigation notes
Theories
Select at least five and say how each relates to
your study, using keywords/specific theorists' names from the Media A-Z
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Gender and ethnicity
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Audience theories
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Genre theories
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Levi strauss
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watershed
I will be mentioning books about gender as there
aren't many things linking to the actual show.
Feminism at the movies- Radner and Stringer.
Women and film both sides of the camera-E.Ann
Kaplan
The walking dead comic series-Robert kirkmen
Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology- By
Rhoda K. Unger, Mary
Sarah Connor- the terminator chronicles
Lara Croft- tomb raider
Internet Links
“also urged people not to see men doing childcare
as “second-class mothers” but rather as “irreplaceable first-class fathers”.
She says it is both about racial and gender hatred
and can be perpetuated by non-black people and by black men – it is the latter,
Jones says, she experienced the most often. “In my campaigning on street
harassment, I have been targeted because I am a black woman who is vocal. They
don’t go to anybody from Hollaback or Stop Street Harassment [campaigns run by
white women] ... they will say I’m a traitor and call me a tool for white
supremacy ... just because I’m calling out their very targeted misogynoir.
had a pram full of animals when I was little, but my auntie insisted that I
have a dolly, because I was a girl, and she gave me a cloth one, with moulded
cloth face and shiny, pretend hair. But I scribbled all over its blank, spooky
face, pulled its hair out, and my mother had to hide it from auntie in the
wardrobe. For ever.That doll had creeped me out, but it was fairly ordinary. What can these strange new dolls be doing to the world’s children, with their muscles, boots, pink/mauve helmets/masks and strange proportions? It starts early. Fielding’s new baby granddaughter has a scary one called Lily. “It’s a hysterical yellow, with a baby-face, eye-makeup, and woolly jumpsuit,” says he, shuddering. Baby sensibly hurls it from her pram. But it’s not the only horrid doll in his house. Late last night, crossing the silent living room, he passed a cluster of dollies and set off some electronic device, making one squawk a robotic “Hallo, hallo, hallo!” He fled. “I thought my number was up,” said he. Progress? Or horrorshow?
2. At least FIVE from university websites/academic papers
online. Use Google Scholar as a
starting point.
“Sometimes violent
female characters are malicious villains, other times they save the world from
destruction or just uphold the law. In almost all cases, however somebody will
imply that such action, because done by a woman falls to be allow standards of
human decency.” This is why we call them all “mean women” Pg2
“Depictions of
women’s violence seem more horrific to many people, perhaps because we find far
fewer of them than we find scenes of male violence. Moreover cultural standards
still equate womanhood with kindness and nonviolence, manhood with strength and
aggression.” pg 2
Page 5- read the
page
http://jezebel.com/5993704/the-walking-dead-creator-women-are-generally-physically-weaker-thats-science
“I don't mean to sound sexist, but as far as women have come over the last 40 years, you don't really see a lot of women hunters. They're still in the minority in the military, and there's not a lot of female construction workers. I hope that's not taken the wrong way. I think women are as smart, resourceful, and capable in most things as any man could be … but they are generally physically weaker. That's science.”
Plus, if we want to speak "in general", then women have more stamina than men — even swole bro trainers agree — and that's probably more crucial than being ripped when it comes to hunting.
Sexist attitudes are frequently based on beliefs in traditional
stereotypes of gender roles, and is thus
built into many societal institutions.
Many of the stereotypes that result in gender discrimination are not only
descriptive, but also prescriptive beliefs about how men and women
"should" behave.
Occupational sexism refers
to discriminatory practices, statements, or actions based on a person's gender
which occur in a place of employment.
Violence against women, including sexual
assault, domestic violence, and sexual slavery, remains a serious problem around the world.
Gender stereotypes are widely held beliefs about the characteristics and behaviour of women and men. Many of the stereotypes that result in gender discrimination are not only descriptive, but also prescriptive beliefs about how men and women "should" behave. For example, women who are considered to be too assertive or men who lack physical strength are often criticized and historically faced societal backlash. They can also facilitate or impede intellectual performance, such as the stereotype threat that lower women's performance on mathematics tests, due to the stereotype that women have inferior quantitative skills compared to men's, or when the same stereotype leads men to assess their own task ability higher than women performing at the same level.
Gender stereotypes are widely held beliefs about the characteristics and behaviour of women and men. Many of the stereotypes that result in gender discrimination are not only descriptive, but also prescriptive beliefs about how men and women "should" behave. For example, women who are considered to be too assertive or men who lack physical strength are often criticized and historically faced societal backlash. They can also facilitate or impede intellectual performance, such as the stereotype threat that lower women's performance on mathematics tests, due to the stereotype that women have inferior quantitative skills compared to men's, or when the same stereotype leads men to assess their own task ability higher than women performing at the same level.
In developing
nations where school attendance is not so highly regulated as it is in
westernized countries, young girls account for 60 percent of the out-of-school
population of children. This is due to the emphasis that many parents in
developing nations place on the welfare of their sons. The young man is looked
at as an asset in the family. The young woman is a supporter, someone who can
stay home and help with household tasks while the men earn income and develop
their education.
Girls are bought
and sold as young brides without any consent on their own part. The rightful
property of their father or brother, there are many girls who are left to the
bidding of the family members with no protectors or supporters who have their
best interests at heart.
In China, girls are
given up for adoption at a rate much higher than men as families prefer to
raise a son over a daughter in a highly regulated nation where they are limited
to only one child.
Lara Croft is
perhaps the most famous woman in gaming. Since the original Tomb Raider arrived
in 1996, the character has attracted criticism for her physical appearance – so
when the most recent release in the series gave her a realistically
proportioned body, the new Lara was praised as a more relatable hero. Removing
the over-sized breasts and teeny, tiny waist is apparently all that was needed
for the character to evolve from sex object to admirable “survivor”.
Forms of Discrimination
against Women
Discrimination against women
presents itself in a variety of ways, including:
§ In the workforce
§ In legal proceedings
§ In the home
§ In the medical field
§ In marketing tactics
§ In the education system
§ In the church
Women, on the other hand, are more
likely to accept a low to moderately paying job and stay there without asking
for regular raises or negotiating their salary. Certain researchers have looked
at loyalty as a common trait among women in the workplace, suggesting that
women are less likely to leave their place of employment due to a strong sense
of nurturing and involvement in their current place of work.
What are
gender roles?
Gender roles are the
way people act, what they do and say, to express being a girl or a boy, a woman
or a man. These characteristics are shaped by society. Gender roles vary
greatly from one culture to the next, from one ethnic group to the next, and
from one social class to another. But every culture has gender roles — they all
have expectations for the way women and men, girls and boys, should dress,
behave, and look.
Children learn gender
roles from an early age — from their parents and family, their religion, and
their culture, as well as the outside world, including television, magazines,
and other media. As children grow, they adopt behaviours that are rewarded by
love and praise. They stop or hide behaviours that are ridiculed, shamed, or
punished. This happens early in life. By age three, children have usually
learned to prefer toys and clothes that are “appropriate” to their gender.
Sex Stereotyping in the
Media:-
Far more dangerous than the overtly obscene advertisements are the sexual stereotypes that are found in different media. The Indian version of sex stereotyping would have all women behaving like mythological submissive, sacrificing, sentimental, superstitious, and incapable of rational action, their primary duty being wives, companions and devoted mothers. Films are the largest disseminators of stereotyped images. They have a package formula for women: the latter are shown as traditional, truly Indian women who are devoted, son producing wives etc. so far women’s protests and criticisms have not had much effect on the commercial Hindi film industry. Television also perpetuates sex stereotypes. What is being peddled here is grotesque caricatured western lifestyle which is quite far removed from the average Indian woman’s struggle to survive totally negating and never questioning her reality. Even though 60% of women are involved in agriculture, radio programmes for the rural areas are only directed to men. Women’s programmes almost never discuss technology, banking facilities, new laws or any such issues.
Far more dangerous than the overtly obscene advertisements are the sexual stereotypes that are found in different media. The Indian version of sex stereotyping would have all women behaving like mythological submissive, sacrificing, sentimental, superstitious, and incapable of rational action, their primary duty being wives, companions and devoted mothers. Films are the largest disseminators of stereotyped images. They have a package formula for women: the latter are shown as traditional, truly Indian women who are devoted, son producing wives etc. so far women’s protests and criticisms have not had much effect on the commercial Hindi film industry. Television also perpetuates sex stereotypes. What is being peddled here is grotesque caricatured western lifestyle which is quite far removed from the average Indian woman’s struggle to survive totally negating and never questioning her reality. Even though 60% of women are involved in agriculture, radio programmes for the rural areas are only directed to men. Women’s programmes almost never discuss technology, banking facilities, new laws or any such issues.
Female toughies infiltrated the otherwise masculine domains
of The Matrix, Prometheus, Captain America: The First Avenger and Avengers
Assemble. The Snow White of Snow White and
the Huntsman turned out to be an adept killer. Not even children's
animations have escaped the vogue: in Shrek, the princess knew kung fu; in
Brave, she was a warrior.
By
fairly common consent, the godmother of the bunch rose out of the pitiless
crucible of 1970s blaxploitation. Today, Pam Grier is remembered mainly as Tarantino's Jackie Brown, but it was forgotten films such as Coffy, Friday Foster and Sheba, Baby that made
her "the biggest, baddest and most beautiful of all female heroes in
popular culture", according to Rikke Schubart, the author of Super Bitches and Action Babes.
Grier's
characters gleefully punched, kicked and shot men, kicked them in the testicles,
and stabbed them with hairpins, broken bottles and metal hangers. Meanwhile,
Asian cinema was already awash with viragos who did not go unnoticed elsewhere. Then, in 1979, Alien brought the
dauntless action woman into the mainstream.
157 female protagonists in
action films released between 1991 and 2005. Only 7% took control of their
situation; 58% were submissive to male characters. Thirty per cent were dead
when the credits rolled.
·
“Women
can be aggressive too”
·
“Women
may not be as tough as men but they can be when they want to be”
Psychologists
at the University of Cambria questioned 1,104 young men and women using a scale
of behavior which ranged from shouting and insulting to pushing, beating and
using weapons.
They
discovered that women were ‘significantly’ more likely to be verbally and
physically aggressive to men than vice versa.
They
concluded that violence was linked to controlling behavior such as checking up
on partners and persuading them not to see certain friends.
Many
women believe that they can do what they want, when they want and how they
want. You can have many different types of women like aggressive, sad, happy,
seductive, manipulative etc-but a majority of them aren’t what they used to be
or what they are “supposed” to be like 30 years ago or less. Times have changed
and many people need to get over that fact as its important.
“More women are being more masculine because of the
action films many people are watching.”
·
I feel like more women are having a bigger role
in the film and TV industry and instead
of being the damsel in distress all the time-they are becoming the strong,
independent superhero or villain figure.
·
Sometimes women are still seen as their
traditional roles and have always made sure that they aren’t as bad or as good
as they seem and go back to their old ways.
·
The walking dead is a show that show how
powerful the female characters are and what they can do. But as there were
children involved they did have to show their softer and traditional side. This
will always be necessary.
·
In some thriller/horror films like scream, i am
legend etc. They are shown as scared-how a normal reaction would be, and then
they show other versions like them being strong in the end or showing that they
can defend themselves.
Mulvey's
identification of the female image as phallic substitute and/or fetish image
may not have been inspired entirely by Hollywood glamour images. Just before
the publication of "Visual Pleasure," she undertook an attack on
Allan Jones, one of the most notorious "exploiters" of the female
form in the British art world. "You Don't Know What is Happening Do You,
Mr. Jones?," published in Spare
Rib is an encyclopedic review of Jones' visions of female body
contortion and torture. Fettered in the classic imagery of the private
fetishist — belts, spike heels, rubber corsets, brassieres and garters — the
Jones' models do articulate the worst things that feminists had imagined in
male fantasies about women.(7) Was Mulvey still fuming over Allan Jones
when she developed her theory of women in cinema as fetishized projection of
the male consciousness?
Some films cover women's subjects but
lack a feminist perspective. We discovered several film biographies on women
that failed to show the subject's strength. For example, a film on Louisa May
Alcott depicts the author as a selfless, weepy woman. We also found films that
were erroneously (and widely) publicized as non-sexist. In a prime example, HOW
TO SAY NO TO A RAPIST - AND SURVIVE, Frederic Storaska, a self-appointed
expert, lectures women on how to avoid physical harm from rape. He stereotypes
women by dwelling on the use of feminine wiles as the best way to outsmart
attackers, and he recommends several defence tactics that other rape experts
have found to be ineffective and even dangerous.
Films for young children: Only a handful of films present positive images at
the preschool or primary grade levels. For example, adventure stories with an
exciting plot and strong female protagonist are rare.
For years,
Texas was famous for being the only state where a man who caught his wife in
bed with her lover had an automatic right (you might even say duty) to shoot
her, while a woman who shot her husband under similar circumstances could
almost be sure of being convicted of murder.
At one level, all men are not seen as evil
in these films. But at another level, in a more sinister way, patriarchal
oppression inherent in romantic codes relating to men is still valorised. The
domestic abuse in the thriller then runs the risk of being a mere plot point—an
individual crime with an individual solution instead of an example of systemic
oppression which cannot be resolved so simply as doling justice out to an
abuser. To take this larger view would mean to undermine interpreting the film
as a critique of patriarchy or of domestic abuse.
Despite an increase in tough and even violent female characters in
American films, women continue to be shown as sidekicks to more dominant male
heroes and they are also frequently involved in a romantic relationship with
them.
Over 58% of violent female characters were portrayed in a submissive
role to the male hero in the film, and 42% were romantically involved with him.
The average violent female character was young, white, highly educated and
unmarried. These women engaged in masculine types of violence (fought against
males and strangers most of the time, often used weapons and caused high levels
of destruction), yet retained feminine stereotypes due to their submissive role
and romantic involvement with the dominant male hero character.
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