Vertigo Trailer 1957 (Historical films)

This historical text links to Sex and the city in many ways however also differs. Similarly to the Sex and the city girls the women in Vertigo are represented as glam, sophisticated and sexy however they are also represented as always needing the male figure to rescue them and be the hero. At the start of the film we see a painting of a women and the real women sitting in front of it suggesting that women were idealized and important in that century and were not just seen as housewives.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VERTIGO MOVIE (from wikipeadia)

Vertigo (1958) is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak and featuring Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore. The film, which was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac, tells the story of a retired policeman who falls in love with a mysterious woman he has been hired to follow. Although it received mixed reviews on its first release, the film has since gained in esteem and is frequently ranked among the best films ever made.

SOME LIKE IT HOT TRAILER 1959

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The main historical text that i will be focusing on linking it to my study is ' Some like it hot' 1959.

In the film the main protagonist is a women who is played by Marilyn Munroe, which in them times could be seen as quite surprising as Sex and the City the movie has a main protagonist of a women and this is recent. Marilyn Munro is known to be a successful sex symbol that has millions of women who idealise her as a person and also her image. Even though Marilyn Munro is not alive now her name is still around and women still try to have the same appearance as her. In 'Some like it hot' she is wearing reviling cloths all the time, her voice can be described as sexy and seductive at all times. We see that she uses her appearance and body to get men for money and for her own pleasure. This film follows Mulvey's theory of the male gaze as this film is quite male dominated. However we can see that the female gaze is appearing in films around this time of year as the main protagonist Marylin Munroe is gazing at the man that she is attracted to. At the beginning of the movie the audience did not see know women showing that the men have to be the first people that are visible, they are shown with weapons representing their masculinity and power. In films now it is normal to see a women holding a gun and acting in a role viewers expect men to be in. 'Some like it hot' 1959, can link to Sex and the city in many ways. Sex and the city girls are always shown to get what they want from men through their appearance and sexual acts towards them. However sex and the city girls are completely dependant on their work and careers and for example Samantha in the movie does not want to get married as she does not believe in such as thing this shows the difference between films in the past and in the present because films in the past such as "Some like it hot" represent marriage as such an important thing and it will be seen as abnormal if a women does not get married when she is quite young.



"Some like it hot film" information from Wikipeada!



Some Like It Hot (1959) is a comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The supporting cast includes George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien, and Nehemiah Persoff. The film was adapted by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from the story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan. Logan had already written the story (but without the gangsters) for a German film, Fanfaren der Liebe (directed by Kurt Hoffmann, 1951), so that Wilder's film is seen by some as a remake.
After the worldwide success of the French comedy La Cage aux Folles, United Artists re-released Some Like It Hot in cinemas in 1981. In 2000, the American Film Institute listed Some Like It Hot as the greatest American comedy film of all time.

key words in my title.

How are females represented in Sex and the City: The Movie, are these stereotypical representations? Do these representation’s differ from representations of women in previous media texts.

THREE examples of historical adverts that feature women either as housewives or sex objects and modern representation of women

Shake and Vac advert

This advert is showing the typical stereotype of an housewife from the olden days. The housewife is represented to be proud and happy of what she is doing. She is singing a song of how cleaning should be done suggesting that this is her profession and this is the thing that she prefers doing. Her dress code is quite professional suggesting that she dresses how she is sup post to dress when going to work therefore this suggests that being a housewife is her profession.

Flash advert spring cleaning

This is another stereotypical advert suggesting that the women's role is just to be a housewife to clean the house and look after the children and also her appearance. Unlike the representation of women today representation of women in the past differ largely due to women in the past just being housewives however now most women are interested in their carers however they do not think about having children now. This advert is extremely sexist as it just shows one sex stereotypes to do this certain thing. It objectifies women in a negative way as it shows that they are not good for nothing apart from cleaning.

This advert is extremely sexist and can be seen as controversies. The two men are dressed as women suggesting that cleaning is a women's job and even though a man wants to represent it he has to dress up like a women. This can either be seen as humorous or offencive. The advert shows men who are sup post to be women on their knees scrubbing the floor suggesting that they are proud of doing this in front of people that are observing them.

Women represented as sexy and seductive in the 1980's

In this advert their is a women eating chocolate however due to it being in the 1950's when the freedom of women being able to be shown in the media just started the lady is not wearing reveling cloths and not exposing her body in any way. The representation of this particular women shows that she is innocent and can be seen as the Madonna instead of the whore.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ADVERTISEMENTS.

1. Advertisement has increased from 20 billion to 180 billion



2. People are exposed to 3000 ads everyday



3. three years is spent watching advertisements from a persons life.



4. Advertisement is the foundation of the mass media



5. Advertisements not only sell the product but they sell the image for example of an exposed women, romance, sexuality and freedom



6. Advertisements tell people who they are or who they should be



7. Women and advertising the most important thing that advertisements tell women is their image



8. advertisements are full with ideal women beauty that women aspire to be like.



9. women learn from a young age that they should be spending vast amounts of money time and effort to look their best and if they don't then they feel like they should be guilty.



10. The advertisements show that the women never has any lines wrinkles her skin is always perfect and flawless showing the rest of the women that this is how they must be.



11. 1 in 5 women have an eating disorder



12. Advertisement has very critical roles between femininity and masculinity.

Modern women advertisements today.

Here is an advert which relates to Mulveys theory however not the male gaze the female gaze. Here the man can be seen as the one being exploited but the women is taking pleasure in what he is doing and saying. The whole advert is focused on the male most of the time it his on his very well toned body showing that this advert is mainly linked to women as women are seen to like chocolate after a bad day and due to a male advertising it more 'it will make the pleasure more intense'

MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE 1950-60's Mr. Clean 60 second Promo

This advert emphasises the fact of conjugal roles showing that the man is not ashamed to do the housework around the house. This advertisement shows that the man is doing the same as his wife and also singing along to the sound of cleaning suggesting that he is doing the women's stereotypical role.

Dolce and Gabana The one Man

This is another example of a female gaze on the man. The man is positioned as the main icon. Even though this is a male advertisement it still will engage the women's audience through the semi nudity of the man.

Reasons why women directors are such a rare sight.

FIVE reasons why women directors are such a rare sight; research FIVE women directors and put brief summaries of them and their films on your blogs; suggest THREE ways the number of female directors could be improved.

Men directors are more likely to make more successful films than women directors.

women may be discouraged by the lack of women being film directors.

Men are more likely to be preferred over women in a directors job.

Women are not as interested as men are in the film industry

Women may be seen as unreliable relating to men.

BEBAN KIDRON

Beedan Kidron was born in 1961 and is a successful British television and film director. Her work includes (USED PEOPLE, ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT, SWEPT FROM THE SEA, TO WONF FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING AND BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON.She will next be directing an adaptation of the 60's memoir Hippie Hippie shake (2008) adapted by her husband Lee Hall.

SARAH RADCLIFFE

Sarah Radcliffe was born on the 14th of November 1950 sometimes credited as Sarah Radcliffe is a British Film Producer. She began working as Associative producer in the late 1970's on movies like The tempest by Derek Jermain. In 1984 she worked on the series The Comic Strip Presented and in the same year she founded the proucstion company working title films together with her partner Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The first major production for that company was the Stephna Frears film My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985

DOROTHY ANZLER

Was the only women film maker to survive in this unfriendly environment. She did so by producing well made but formally rather conventional films. Nevertheless, she succeeded in smuggling in feminist elements into her films.

GILLIAN lYNNE

Gillian Lynne was born on the 20th of February 1926 and is a British ballerina, dancer, actor, Theatre director. television director and choreographer. In 2005 she choreographed the Sherman Brothers' film musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the stage. It played in London, and later on Broadway, both times successfully. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang brought Lynne back to the London Palladium after 50 years and she has also rehearsed Cast Changes for the shows National UK Tour

SARAH JACOBSON

Born in August 25th 1971, Norwalk, February 13th 2004 New York City. Sarah Jacobson was an independent filmmaker, writing, producing, and filming her own movies. After studying with George Kuchar, Jacobson began making her first film while in her early twenties. Jacobson's two major releases were I Was a Teenage Serial Killer and Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore. Both were well-received at film festivals across North America, such as the New York Underground Film Festival

Women directors can be improved in three different ways.

1. Get to know more about the film industry



2. Be interested in the films they do.



3. Be more reliable
   

Stereotypical women in advertisements.

The above image is representing the women as a sex symbol with all the men around her and holding her down suggesting that they are in controll of her. This women will be known as a whore instead of a Madonna as she is dressed as in sexy tight revealing clothing, not only that but she has men all around her holding her down suggesting that she needs the male for support. The red lipstick suggests that the women is a 'femme fatal sexy lady and gets things her way through her looks.

Historical housewife

However comparing this image to the Dolce and Gabana advert their has been a huge turn over. This women is wearing a pretty dress and her hair done up suggesting that she has to look pretty at all times for her husband. Her cleaning gloves connotes that she is wearing them proudly and is happy that her role in the house is just to do the housework and be their for her husband.

Another modern advertisement.

This advertisement is of a very well known celebrity Britney Spears. Due to her being alone in the advert it suggests that she is independent and free. Unlike the Dolce and Gabana advert Britney Spears is not positioned in the middle of many guys. She is wearing quite reveling cloths however it is all neutral and white colours suggesting that she is neutral and innocent.

Bibliography for book reaserch so far............

• David Gauntlet- media gender and identity. This book was published in 2002

This will be relevant to my study as it shows me many different examples of women in modern society in comparison with women in the olden days. This links to my study very well due to me being able to see the major differences with Sex and the City girls how they are presented in modern day society and linking it to the women of the olden days.

• Faludi's 1991 book backlash: The undeclared war against Against American Women. Argued that the 1980s saw a backlash against feminism especially due to the spread of negative stereotypes against career-minded women.

This book will help with my study because it will make me understand the stereotypes that have been labelled upon successful women due to them working and not staying at home. Sex and the City girls are the same they are independent and hardly man related therefore this is why this book will link to my study.

• Laura Mulvey. Mulvey is best known for her essay, visual pleasure and narrative cinema written in 1973 and published in 1975 in the influential British film theory journal screen

The male gaze is quite a big part in my study. The male audience may watch Sex and the City girls to get pleasure from the girls in the movie. Their dress code and how they act attracts the male audience majorly and this is something i will be looking at through out my study.

• Gunter Television and representation (1995)

• Linda Williams (1984) Talks about the women's gaze in films.

Linda William's book will relate to my study because in Sex and the City we can see that now their is something called the women's gaze instead of the male gaze. This is when a women looks at a man in a sexual way. We only see this happening in modern day films such as sex and the city however not in olden day films.

• The cinema book published in 1981

The cinema book is useful to me in many ways. It has many different views on gender today and in the past. It has many different views on many feminsits such as the liberal feminism.

Film history from the 1990's to the 1950's

Representation of gender today (chapter 4)

Gender in contemporary TV programmes

• During the 1990's and into the new century, gender roles on television became increasingly equal and non stereotyped within some limits. Although the majority of lead characters were still male.
• A key study of portrayal of women shows during the 1990's by ELASAMER, HASEGAWA and BRIAN was not published until six years after.
• In prime TV shows that men took 61% of the total number of speaking main roles with women having the other 37%
• However the 1992-1993 study found that only 3% of women were still represented as housewives as their main occupation, this was a massive decrease since the 1970's.

Representation and gender linked to sex and the city

• The women in sex and the city are represented as week even though they have a good working position in society such as being a very good lawyer such as Ally Mcbeal. However she is represented as being quite desperate to find a husband. Ally's colleagues both have been out with men from the law firm who are typically geeky and lacking confidence showing that women now are often making fun out of the man and it is not always the women that is lacking confidence.
• Women in sex and the city are also represented as promiscuous they are portrayed as not caring how they get their sex but as long as they get pleasure from it it is seen as normal.

Representation of gender linked to Buffy

• Buffy is seen as a role model to young girls as it encourages them to use physical strength to get the things they want.
• Buffy has won 'Best television sow' in SFX magazines annual readers poll over and over again. The 1990s Superman was relaunched (Louis and Clark, a.k.a The new adventure of Superman, 1993-1999) he was sweet & insecure and always consulting his small town parents.

Gender in contemporary movies

• quote from Feminism and film " film... often and anxiously envisions women stereotypically as good mother and bad hysterical careerists. in the past and today, every Hollywood women is some eles's other.
• It is seen as impossible to provide a meaningful analysis of representations of gender on the Internet because there is no mainstream that a majority of people are looking at.
• There are many other hit films where the male action hero works along side a more or less equally powerful female action hero

Charlie's Angels (2000)

• Barrymore, Diaz and Liu represent redhead, blond and brunet respectively are all representing them selves in a negative way by using their body's for things they are looking for. However they are also seen as role models through them being represented as Strong as a man and even stronger.

Does girl power lead to girl violence

• A study shows that young women may also be known as the "laddetts" instead of the lads" due to linking the fact that when women fight, drink, swear speed are all usually associated with the man however this study by Muncer Campbell shows that it can be associated with women as well as men.

Gender in some recent films.

• Lara Croft 2002 The girl power icon dreamt up by video game boys is 100% tough, resourceful and successful.
• The Matrix (1999) Carrie Anne is a powerful women who is equal or superior to any man.