Media Plan
- Created by: livscattergood
- Created on: 04-01-18 10:17
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- How Are Women Represented in Romantic Comedies
- Introduction
- Establish that it is a hybrid genre.
- "If humour establishes the love, courtship provides the plot." - Grindon
- Commonly branded as "Chick - Flicks" which shows that they're mainly associated with females.
- The common storyline establishes male dominance / patriarchy
- Women needing a man to feel loved
- Paragraph One
- Women are normally represented negatively
- Love centred goals
- 49% of females have a goal, compared to 60% of men.
- Martha M. Lauzen - "It's a Man's (Celluloid) World: Portrayals of Female Characters in the Top 100 Films of 2015.
- 78% of men have jobs compared to 61% female.
- Trainwreck
- man is surgeon but the woman is a failing journalist
- Trainwreck
- Love Rosie
- Shows a female character who has dreams and a job
- Doesn't actively look for love.
- Contrasts the above
- Paragraph Two
- Emphasis on women finding men
- Women are something to be lost and gained
- Female identification, empowerment in patriarchal structures
- USES AND GRATS
- Rom Coms influence real life expectations
- Dr Michele Shreiber
- Dr Kratzer - Rom coms can make you feel inferior
- when life doesn't meet expectations
- Paragraph Three
- strict character types.
- Love Rosie shows a psycho ex and a crazy friend
- Master of none
- no strict character types and very representative
- Tv shows are easy to incorporate romance without it being the main theme
- The majority, depict that women have to be of these specific things
- heterosexuality is the norm
- love rosie and Trainwreck
- Conclusion
- overall detrimental to women
- male writers and directors
- Can't be an accurate representation of women
- Trainwreck has a female writer.
- very few middle aged characters
- Introduction
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