Monday 20 October 2014

primeaval gender roles.

At the beginning of the primeval clip there was a stereotype of a sensitive women when she got upset and walked away from the man, the media portrayed her as emotional and sensitive, the reason being is that the society usually associate women with being fragile, whereas the man looked uncaring and unemotional.
In the next scene we see a women driving a construction digger, this is a non-stereotypical representation as in society women usually don't drive construction diggers, this is representing her as a strong, independent and an opposite to a stereotypical women (either a house wife figure or not presented to attract the male gaze), she is associated with strength and independence instead of stereotyped as 'sexy' or 'visually pleasing'. on the other hand a man in the same scene is represented non-stereotypically as a fragile and dressed up in a metrosexual way, the man is wearing a pink shirt, the colour pink represents femininity and physical weakness this may show that he isn't a stereotypical man. The man acts in a careful manner whereas the women in a more confident way, the women then goes on to saving another man from a saber tooth tiger, she exhibits heroic characteristics which stereotypically a man would (saving the damsel in distress).
Later on in the scene two new characters are brought in to the story a tall lady wearing high heals, heavily made up, wearing a black dress with cleavage showing, this is a stereotypical representation of a women, the colour black (her dress) represents sophistication and glamour two characteristics of a women in sociality (stereotypically), the fact her cleavage is showing and is wearing heavy make up attracts the male gaze, she is portrayed as defenseless and weak, however the man she was talking to is an aggressive and barbaric, he holds a gun up which symbolizes masculinity and power and in a way authority. later on two people come into the room holding guns an one grabs a spade, which may go back to the stereotype of the metro sexuality (the man who picks up a spade), the women holding a gun may suggest again heroism non-stereotypical women.

1 comment:

  1. Should be on word or pfd and uploaded using SCRIBD

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