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FEMINISM AND FILM THROUGH THE 1950’S – 1980’S
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MY FOCUS FILM WONDERWOMAN
1975
I HAVE CHOSEN THIS AS MY FOCUS
FILM AS WHEN I SEARCHED
FEMINISM INTO THE NET WITHIN THE
70’S WONDERWOMAN POPPED UP AND THIS SEEMS LIKE
THE IDEAL FILM TO CHOOSE AS IT IS
BASICALLY ABOUT A WOMAN AND HOW
SHE IS MORE POWERFUL THEN
MEN.
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OTHER FILMHOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
1953THIS IS ONE OF MY
ALL TIME FAVORITE FILMSAND I THINK THAT IT
WORKS SO WELL WITHMY STATEMENT AS IT
REFLECTS HOW WOMEN WERE COMPLETLY
DEPENDANT ON MEN TO LIVE ON. IT DOES
HOWEVERSHOW HOW THEY CAN
FALL IN LOVE
WITH A GUY THEY AREN’T EVEN
LOOKING FOR.
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OTHER FILMJUST ONE OF THE GUYS
1985
WHEN I SAW THIS FILM AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT
SCREAMED AT ME TO CHOOSE IT AS IT IS BASICALLY HOW
MEN CAN BE SEXIEST TOWARDS WOMEN. I HAVE
NOT WATCHED THIS FILM YET BUT THERE ARE A LOT ABOUT LIKE IT AND I CAN’T WAIT TO
WATCH IT AS IT LOOKS AMAZING. I THINK THAT THIS FILM WILL SHOW THE REAL WAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE
NOW AND THE LENGTHS WOMEN HAVE TO GO TO, TO
FEEL EQUAL IN A SENSE.
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RESEARCH
OK SO I FOUND A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION ON FEMINSIM IN FILMS AND HOW IT HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS HER IS THE LINK....http://www.slideshare.net/nepaliain/feminist-film-theory
I ALSO FOUND THIS BOOK ABOUT FEMINISM ON GOOGLE IT ONLY MENTIONS IT A LITTLE BIT BUT ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM IT....http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SRO6qzM9fBcC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=feminism+in+the+70's+within+films&source=bl&ots=ABekXBDQyY&sig=HHYZm2DD7nPyxZfnXkeX3y018a0&hl=en&ei=w5qJTqqRI6aK0AXMtNDwDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false
THERE IS ALSO A WIKI PAGE DETAILING MANY THINGS ABOUT FEMINSM WHICH WILL HELP ME IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FEMINISM WITHIN THE TIME FRAMES TO WHICH I AM LOOKING AT.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_film_theory
THIS ONE I REALLY NEED TO SIT DOWN AND READ AS IT IS A LONG ARTICLE ON FEMINISM BUT IT GOES DEEPER SO IT LOOKS AT THE NARRATIVE OF FILMS AND THEN PICKS OUT THE SICOLOGICAL MEANING BENEATH THEM IT SHOULD BE A GOOD READ....http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/film/Feminist-Film-Theory.html
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WHY I CHOSE THIS AREA TO STUDY?
AT FIRST MY FOCUS FILM WAS GOING TO BE HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE BUT THEN TALKING TO RAJI I STARTED TO RETHINK BUT ALL ALONG THE THOUGHT OF HOW WOMEN ARE PORTRAYED REALLY SRUCK WITH ME AS I SEE IN A LOT OF FILMS WOMEN ARE WRONGLY REPRESENTED. IN MY FIRST PRESENTATION OF IDEAS I LOOKED AT THE COMPARISON OF WOMEN REPRESENTED IN THE 50’S TO HOW THEY ARE REPRESENTED NOW AND THERE IS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE:IN THE 50’S WOMEN WERE REPRESENTED AS NEEDY AND THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE MAN ON THERE SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THEY DID WAS SECUREWHEREAS NOW WE SEE THAT WOMEN ARE LESS LIKE THAT AND REPRESENTED AS MORE INDEPENDANT AND HOLD THEIR OWN JOB AND PAY THEIR OWN BILLS BUT THERE IS STILL A HINT OF RELIANCE THERE AS WE SEE WHEN THE LIVES ON THE WOMEN AREN’T AS FULL AS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AS THERE IS NO MAN IN THEIR LIFE.
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WHY ARE THESE FILMS RELEVANT TO MY STATEMENT?
THIS IS SIMPLE...THESE FILMS ARE RELEVANT AS THE MAIN FOCUS ON THEM ARE WOMEN AND EVEN THOUGH WATCHING THE FILM WITH NO INTENTION IN LOOKING INTO THE MICRO AND MACRO FEATURES YOU DO NOT NOTICEANYTHING BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT CLOSELY AND YOU RESEARCH THE FILM AND WHAT THE DIFFERENT REVIEWS ARE ON IT YOU GET A FEEL FOR IT. ALSO BY LOOKING AT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT TIME PERIOD ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON MY SUBJECT AREA YOU GET TO SEE A LOT OF IT REFLECTED WITHIN THESE FILMS WHETHER IT IS IN A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE WAY THEY ARE STILL REPRESENTED.
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WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?
RESEARCH AND MORE RESEARCH READING AND MORE READINGWATCHING FILMS AND WATCHING MORE FILMSLOOKING AT FEMINISM AT THE TIME PERIOD AND MORE LOOKING AT FEMINISM AT THE TIME PERIOD RESEARCH AND MORE RESEARCHBRI LIBRARY AND MORE BFI LIBRARY DON’T SLACK AND DON’T SLACK SERIOUSLYBE ON THE BALL EVERY DAY