Representation of Women - Quiz

1. Who wrote about the “Final Girl” in 1992?

Carol Clover.

2. In what book did they write about the “Final Girl”?

Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.

3. List three traits of the “final girl ”/three ‘conventions’.

-(Binary opposition) neither weak female or strong male character.

-She fights back.

-She is conservative/more innocent.

4. Who wrote about existing research on women’s roles in media texts in 1983?

Jeremy Tunstall (The Media in Britain, 1983).

5. What were the 4 roles mentioned?

-Domestic.

-Sexual.

-Consumer.
-Marital.

6. In 1992 research showed that men dominated women on-screen, but by what ratio?
2:1

7. What was the only genre in which the ratio of males to females was more equal?
Advertising.

8. Name one of the three problems with the findings?
-Men had the occupations.
-Men were shown away from the home.
-Men were depicted as authority figures.

9. Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (Alien) is ‘more progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?
Lara is sexualised and objectified.

10. What are the 3 ‘C’s when discussing the portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?
Cooking, cleaning and caring.

11. Who wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?
Laura Mulvey, (Autumn, 1975).

12. (Briefly) describe what is meant by the ‘Male Gaze’.
Technical camerawork/angling and framing shots so that the audience is the “appraising heterosexual male”. Male gaze presents women as objects (to be watched and enjoyed).

13. Give an example
POV, CU, reaction shots (any identification/interaction).

14. Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980s and why?
Cosmopolitan – more funny/humorous than anything else e.g., sexy/arousing.​