ProposaL...
‘You Can’t Force A Woman Against Her Will’- with reference to ‘House of Flying Daggers’ (2004 d. Zhang Yimou), have women become the protagonists in action/adventure movies OR are they still perceived as inferior to men?
My independent study will be focusing on the representations of women and their roles in action films. I have conducted my research over various resources, such as looking at reviews on ‘House of Flying Daggers’ and other sub texts which I will be referring to such as ‘Kill Bill’. I will be concentrating on the subject of the feminist theory, exploited by Laura Mulvey, and such texts ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’.
MediA LanguagE:
Speedy camera movements connote an adventurous and action packed film. Long-shots help audiences to understand the setting and create a more fantastical look whereas close-up shots convey significance of and object or an action.
InstitutioN:
A foreign arts film produced by ‘Sony Pictures Classic’
GenrE:
Action/adventure movies contain many combat scenes. However, in the ‘House of Flying Daggers’, there is a common love triangle forming; you can presume that this film will end in tragedy.
RepresentationS:
Both males and females are participating in more active roles. Women are becoming superior and ones with higher authority.
My independent study will be focusing on the representations of women and their roles in action films. I have conducted my research over various resources, such as looking at reviews on ‘House of Flying Daggers’ and other sub texts which I will be referring to such as ‘Kill Bill’. I will be concentrating on the subject of the feminist theory, exploited by Laura Mulvey, and such texts ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’.
MediA LanguagE:
Speedy camera movements connote an adventurous and action packed film. Long-shots help audiences to understand the setting and create a more fantastical look whereas close-up shots convey significance of and object or an action.
InstitutioN:
A foreign arts film produced by ‘Sony Pictures Classic’
GenrE:
Action/adventure movies contain many combat scenes. However, in the ‘House of Flying Daggers’, there is a common love triangle forming; you can presume that this film will end in tragedy.
RepresentationS:
Both males and females are participating in more active roles. Women are becoming superior and ones with higher authority.
AudiencE:
Men may be attracted due to the theory of the ‘MALE GAZE’, however due to the element of a love story; women may also be quite intrigued. Due to the martial arts being conducted by both male and females, portrays the film as being exciting and unique and targets Chinese / Japanese audience as well as a western audience.
IdeologieS/ValueS:
Feminism
Equality
NarrativE:
Story builds up to the epic battle at the end between the hero and the villain. Who or what is it over?
SociaL ContexT:
Women are no longer recognised as just domestic housewives; they peruse life-fulfilling careers.
HistoricaL ContexT:
Films such as ‘Enter the Dragon’ only screened fights between males; women played the dependent and caring female roles.
EconomiC ContexT:
Action/adventure movies have higher budgets compared to other films.
PoliticaL ContexT:
OtheR TextS:
Kill Bill
Lord of the Rings
Enter the Dragon
Bibliography:
"House of Flying Daggers"
Empire Magazine
http://www.imdb.com/
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/
posted by Dinni at 6:11 AM
1 Comments:
hey dins
firstly i have 2 say, im loving ur question, with a focused question like that i think your on the right track. You've covered migrain and other texts, but maybe you should think about theorists, that can be relevant in your study. Tc BuShAra :) x
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