Homework: Mock Exam Representation in V & CoM

Session 1 Recap Outcomes
Analyse stereotypes for meaning in CoM & V - comparing
Apply (psychoanalysis) Yonic & Phallic symbols & explain how it constructs meaning

Representation = Messages

"To what extent does V & CoM conform to film stereotypes and what messages are behind these representations?"


How is it using these stereotypes of gender? 
Points for your essay

1. "Men act, Women appear"?
2. (Slasher films) Final Girl relevant?
3. (Action Hero) Hypermasculine?
4. (Sex Object) Objectification of women?
5. Psychosexual analysis - Phallic/Yonic imagery - tunnel, train, penetration, male castration
6. Mother/nurturer? (metaphorical birth/rebirth)
7. Father/Procreation - 'the fatherland?)
8. Dystopian representation of British National Identity - (Empire, Nationalism, Facism, Repressed emotions, Non-confrontational?)

 Outcome
To select your key scene for analysis - comparative 4 or 5 points to discuss
To formalate an argument - answer the question, what YOU think this means & back up
To analyse meaning using Psycho-sexual meaning? Mother - symbolic role
To justify reasons for the representations and the messages/themes of the film