Representation Quiz:
1.
Who wrote about the ‘final girl’ in 1992
Carol J. Clover.
2.
In what book did they write about the ‘final
girl’?
The book Men, women and chain saws: by Carol Clover
3.
List three traits the ‘final girl’ the
three conventions of the final girl are:
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She very innocent and virginal
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A androgynous character
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The last survivor or sometimes the one to kill
the villain.
4.
Who wrote about existing research on women’s
roles in media texts in 1983?
Jeremy Tunstall from (The media in Britain)
5.
What where the 4 roles mentioned?
- Domestic
-Sexual
-Consumer
-Marital
6.
In 1992 research showed that men dominated
women on screen, but by what ratio?
Two : one domination against females
7.
What was the only genre in which the ratio of
males to females was more equal?
Prime time TV adverts where more equal.
8.
Name of the three problems with the findings?
There were still many groups of women who were missing like black women,
lesbian women and older women.
9.
Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (from
Alien) is more ‘progressive’ than Lara Croft?
Because Lara croft is portrayed
in a more objectified and sexualised way than in previous characters.
10.
What are the 3 c’s when discussing the
portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?
Cooking cleaning and caring.
11.
Who wrote the visual pleasure and narrative
cinema?
Laura mulvey in her famous essay.
12.
What is meant by the ‘male gaze’
It means that the audience is literally put into the eyes of
the male who is usually the main protagonist – who looks voyeuristically in a
way that objectifies a female character.
13.
Give an example of ‘male gaze’
I think that a good example of
male gaze is at the beginning of the Halloween film where we are first shown
the characters in the point of view of the main character.
1.
Which magazine removed the male centrefold in
the 1980s and why?
Cosmopolitan magazine removed the centrefold because women found it more
humorous.
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