My question for Film & Media

' A close study of whether representations of women in Disney films mirror the societal and cultural changes that have dominated gender and cinema over the last 70 years.'

My chosen three focus films are:

Snow white

Mulan

Cinderella

I have chosen these films to compare and contrast the different representations of women over the 70 year period (Snow white being the earliest in 1938 to Mulan 1998) to see if the representations that Disney has of women have moved on in these films as much as it has in society.

I am interested to find out what people consider to be a 'Princess' and why these representations have stuck throughout the years and are now being taught to younger children.

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Tuesday 20 January 2009

The Accused

The Accused (1988) Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. 
The shocking factor in this film for me is the rape scene. I feel that the camera movements help to emphasize this scene as being horrific and terrifying. The camera cuts between jaggerred movements in-between the crowd of men standing in front of Jodie Foster who plays the victim. In certain shots the camera plays Jodie Fosters eyes as a piont of view shot. This engages us, the audience into feeling as if we are there, rather than standing on the sidelines. The intensity of the scene also adds to the suspense. For instance we also see a point of view shot from the 'accused' men. which makes the audience feel as if we are the ones that are taking turns as to who rapes her. this scene is very full on and violent, it isn't glamorized or covered up. It shows it how it is.

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