Who wrote about the “final girl” in 1992?
Carol Clover wrote about the final girl
In what book did they write about the “final girl”?
She wrote about the final girl in a book called Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
List three traits of the “final girl'.
Three traits include
- Fights back
- Is conservative
- Binary opposition
Who wrote about existing research on women’s roles in media
texts in 1983?
Jeremy Tunstall (The Media in Britain, 1983) wrote about existing research on women's roles.
What were the 4 roles mentioned?
The four roles mentioned were
-Domestic
-Sexual
-Consumer
-Marital
In 1992 research showed that men dominated women on-screen,
but by what ratio?
2:1
What was the only genre in which the ratio of males to
females was more equal?
it was more equal in advertising
Name one of the three problems with the findings?
One of the problems was that men were shown away from the home.
Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (Alien) is ‘more
progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?
This is because Lara Croft is sexualised and objectified
What are the 3 ‘C’s when discussing the portrayal of women
in some lifestyle magazines?
They are
-Cooking
-Cleaning
-Caring
Who wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?
Describe what is meant by the ‘male gaze’
The male gaze is when technical camera work is used so that the audience is the heterosexual male, seeing the women in a sexual way. It presents women as objects.
Give an example
POV and reaction shots
Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980s and
why?
Cosmopolitan – The audience found it more amusing than anything else.
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