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Questions 2
'How does your media product represent particular social groups?'
There are many different factors that contribute to the representations in my short film. Examples of these are gender, ethnicity, age, regional identity, disability and sexuality. Some of these representations can be shown in a positive or negative light in our short film. There are also stereotypes that are shown and used within the film as well as counter types.
Gender-
In our opening of s horror film, there are many gender representations that can be analyzed. Firstly, the antagonist in our short film is a male. The general expectation of an antagonist in a horror film would be a man. The violence that is insinuated with the bat, as well as the news reports are mainly linked to a violent man, attacking the weak. You are also unable to identify the male antagonist which can links to the fact that men can be cowards in the sense of not wanting anyone to know them doing wrong, so t hey mask themselves. There is also a blonde male victim. This stereotype can be challenged as even though he leads her up the stairs, being a protective boyfriend, as well as being polite letting the lady go first, with the character being blonde he juxtaposes the usual strong male figure as blonde is connected to being less intellectual as well as quite girly therefore it is a countertype. This can make the character vulnerable and in danger, due to the unknown, the clown coming into the house. As well as a male victim we have a female victim that has brown hair. The female character in this film represents and challenges many stereotypes in the film. The first one that is shown in this short film is the fact that she is the one making a cup of tea in the kitchen. This can support the belief that women are meat to be in the kitchen doing homely activities. Female characters are stereotypically meant to do a lot of unpaid labor type work therefore this representation of the female in our short film supports this. Another stereotype that is portrayed by the female in the opening of our short film could be the fact that she has to be led up the stairs b y the male figure which shows that she is unable to do this for herself. This links to the stereotype of the fact that women depend on men, and are not independent in making decisions. The male figure insinuated going upstairs by turning off the TV as well as holding her as they walk up the stairs. But there is a counter type which is represented through the female character and this is the fact that she has brown hair. Usually the damsel in distress is a blonde women, and this is because blonde hair represents purity and innocence. All of these gender stereotypes that are shown in our opening can be supported by the theory of stereotypes that was set by Tessa Perkins.
There are many different factors that contribute to the representations in my short film. Examples of these are gender, ethnicity, age, regional identity, disability and sexuality. Some of these representations can be shown in a positive or negative light in our short film. There are also stereotypes that are shown and used within the film as well as counter types.
Gender-
In our opening of s horror film, there are many gender representations that can be analyzed. Firstly, the antagonist in our short film is a male. The general expectation of an antagonist in a horror film would be a man. The violence that is insinuated with the bat, as well as the news reports are mainly linked to a violent man, attacking the weak. You are also unable to identify the male antagonist which can links to the fact that men can be cowards in the sense of not wanting anyone to know them doing wrong, so t hey mask themselves. There is also a blonde male victim. This stereotype can be challenged as even though he leads her up the stairs, being a protective boyfriend, as well as being polite letting the lady go first, with the character being blonde he juxtaposes the usual strong male figure as blonde is connected to being less intellectual as well as quite girly therefore it is a countertype. This can make the character vulnerable and in danger, due to the unknown, the clown coming into the house. As well as a male victim we have a female victim that has brown hair. The female character in this film represents and challenges many stereotypes in the film. The first one that is shown in this short film is the fact that she is the one making a cup of tea in the kitchen. This can support the belief that women are meat to be in the kitchen doing homely activities. Female characters are stereotypically meant to do a lot of unpaid labor type work therefore this representation of the female in our short film supports this. Another stereotype that is portrayed by the female in the opening of our short film could be the fact that she has to be led up the stairs b y the male figure which shows that she is unable to do this for herself. This links to the stereotype of the fact that women depend on men, and are not independent in making decisions. The male figure insinuated going upstairs by turning off the TV as well as holding her as they walk up the stairs. But there is a counter type which is represented through the female character and this is the fact that she has brown hair. Usually the damsel in distress is a blonde women, and this is because blonde hair represents purity and innocence. All of these gender stereotypes that are shown in our opening can be supported by the theory of stereotypes that was set by Tessa Perkins.
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