THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Essentialism, 180-Degree Rule
13 Mar 2017
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Your goal: persuasive presentation that convinces the class of your group(cid:495)s perspective on the play or film, assume everyone has seen film/play, use clips (demonstrate proof) Key tasks: define the social issue clearly, be specific in your analysis of the production elements, prove through analysis, relate the analysis to the argument of the play/film as a whole. Film festival topic: the representation of women in film. Entry: the female of the species (d. w. griffith, 1912) Female of the species: women are dangerous when guided by anything but maternal affection, guiding question, argument: the film offers an essentialist representation of women, proof, women seen as mothers (cid:494)by nature(cid:495) the girl refuses the husband(cid:495)s advances. Initial stages: women as strong and noble: narration the husband dies the women walk across the desert. Central section: women as prone to jealous violence the wife wants to kill the young girl in revenge.
