FEMINISM AND FILM THROUGH THE 1950’S – 1980’S

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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