Representation of Women quiz

Who wrote about the “final girl” in 1992?

-Carol Clover

In what book did they write about the “final girl”?

-Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film

List three traits of the “final girl”/three ‘conventions’.

-(Binary opposition) She is neither a weak female or a strong male character

-She fights back against the villain 

-She is innocent or at least more innocent that accompanying characters

Who wrote about existing research on women’s roles in media texts in 1983?

-Jeremy Tunstall (The Media in Britain, 1983)

What were the 4 roles mentioned?

-Domestic

-Marital 

-Consumer

-Sexual

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?

-Advertising

Name one of the three problems with the findings?

-Men had the occupations

-Men were shown away from the home

-Men were depicted as authority figures

Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (Alien) is ‘more progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?

-Lara is far more sexualised than Ripley

What are the 3 ‘C’s when discussing the portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?

-Cooking
-Caring
-Cleaning

Who wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?

-Laura Mulvey (Autumn, 1975)

(Briefly) describe what is meant by the ‘male gaze’

-Technical camerawork and framing shots so that the audience is the “appraising heterosexual male”. Male gaze presents women as objects.

Give an example

-Point of view shots, close ups, reaction shots (any identification/interaction)

Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980s and why?

-Cosmopolitan – more humorous than anything else e.g. sexy