Bibliography
1. http://filmfervor.wordpress.com/tag/objectification/
. "The classical Hollywood format has always
empowered men and directly objectified women through ‘visual pleasure.’"(1)
2. Documentary- miss-
representation 'Females are not represent in the Media
for doing something, they are represented for how they look'.(2)
3. - http://www.bellaonline.com/site/HorrorMovies
“Horror films, and the slasher subgenre,
are famous for portraying women as hypersexual damsels in distress who are
usually murdered within the first five minutes as punishment for their
indiscretions…”. (3)
4. film- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtsmQlLuQpc (4). this clip helps show that scream can be seen as a parody and that
its self aware that it is a typical horror/slasher film.
6. Internet-. http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/womenslliberation/womensliberation.htm .
quote " The Nineteenth
Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920. This fight
for equality was later termed the “first-wave of feminism”. The “second-wave”
began in the early 1960’s and ran through the late 1980’s. In this wave, women
strived to reach a further sense of equality with men and to allow women to
have a greater control over their body and the protection from physical abuse."(6)
7. Book- directed by Alfred Hitchcock , Psycho (the ultimate film guides) pgs.
66-84. this is a helpful piece of research as the book explores different
interpretations to the actions and ideology of Marion. Quote 'the attitude
towards unmarried sex in psycho can be related to the prevalent social ideology
of the day'. 'Feminist critics who have analysed psycho see this as evidence
both of Alfred Hitchcock’s misogyny and of the more pervasive patriarchal
ideology of Hollywood'(7)
8. .Internet- http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/scopophilia/scopophilia.html. awsome article on voyuerism and scopophillia,
relating to psycho. quote "Voyeurism and
the gaze are major themes in Hitchcock's movies as well as elements of his
technique." (8)
9. internet- http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/22/nicole-kidman-hollywood-violence-women. here we have an account that speaks about Nicole
Kidman and how she accused Hollywood being a catalyst in violence against women
and portraying them as sex objects. the article quotes kidman when she says
that she has refused parts depending on how the female character is
represented. this shows a clear change in society and strength in female
actors, not just a change in the characters. quote "when asked whether the film industry "played a bad
role" in the way it portrayed women, Kidman replied "Probably",
before going on to say that she refused to take roles that portrayed women as
weak sex objects. "I can't be responsible for all of Hollywood, but I can
certainly be responsible for my own career." (9)
10. http://www.slideshare.net/lalaland_xo/horror-film-forms-and-conventions. Talks about the conventional characters in slasher
movies. quote ' (10)
'
11. documentary- miss- representation, '97 quote % of publishing companies are
owned by Males'. ' 10% of writers of film are female'. (11)
13. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/alfred-hitchcock-women-psycho-the-birds-bidisha. this article speaks about Hitchcock and Psycho, and how he fails to see women in a positive light. it also touches on the fact that in a lot of his work there are set types of women all having some trait, whether that be deceitful or sexual, but all being weak and deservant of punishment.
14. eBook-women,+murder+representation. this books looks at the change in women’s attitude
throughout the years, from being passive and dependent on the men to becoming
the suspects in more and more crimes committed on their spouses.
15. http://screampsychohorror.wordpress.com/representation-of-women-in-horror-films/cine-literate. "Traditionally women are represented in horror films as
the damsel in distress and are usually being attacked by the killer because
they have committed a sinful act.”.
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