What were Jeremy Tunstall's 4 character roles for women and do they apply to the cabin in the woods?
Jeremy Tunstall argues that women in films are represented
in 4 main ways; -Domestic-Sexual-Consumer-Marital He says that women are
depicted as busy housewives, as contented mothers, as eager consumers and as
sex objects. This theory only apply partially in the film cabin in the
woods.The Sexual character would be Jules because she is the most sexual
character in the film,but in part all the characters in this film are sexually
active and promiscuous so this debunks the theory but only partially. A great
example of Jules being sexual and seen as a sexual object is the scene where
her and Curt make out in the woods.
The domestic character would be Lin the assistant because
she is seen through the film helping out the men and being ordered around but
this is a vague connection a most so it isn't a strong example of the theory.
The consumer would be both the girls Dana and Jules because
they are a perfect example of the typical teenage consumer,on of the first thin
we see in this movie is when Jules tells Dana that she dyed her hair this is
very consumer.
The martial character would be Dana but much like the sexual
character it is a weak example at best,she shows a slight less sexually active
side than the other characters and isn't rushing into anything,although not
married to Holden she is still attached shows a type of "loyalty"
How is Dana typical of Clovers "final girl theory"
through the ending ,her appearance and actions?
Clovers theory basically sums up the character archetype of
the strong female lead or assistant who fights for her life to survive and
leave the horror.
Dana is typical of the final girl because she shows the
following characteristics.
> She is not blonde
> She is dressed less revealing than Jules
> She is not as sexually active as some characters.
> She fights for her life on many occasions including the
time she fight with the animal killing her at the end
> She (Sort of) survives till the end
Although this film follows this theory it also breaks it in
one vital way,in the end there is no more equilibrium and there is no peace. So
even though she survives she is most likely going to die.
Jules undergoes mental and physical transformations during
he film,what are they and how do they cause her to become a horror archetype?
Her physical change is her change of hair color from brown
to blonde this is typical o a horror archetype because the blondes are famous
for dying first,which then proceeds to happen. A second physical change would
be her death where she becomes typical of a horror film. Her Mental change
would be when she enters the house or the first time where her attitude changes
and she becomes a lot more lustful and sexual active than before. The second
change would be when she is in the woods and she is not willing to do anything
more with her boyfriend (Not conventional of this theory)but as the gas arrives
her mode of thinking changes and she is more willing.
Is Mulvey's Gaze theory exemplified in the film if so,how?
include framing camera angles and point of view shots.?
Mulvey's Gaze is when the camera acts as a hetero-sexual man
who is lusting after a women,it often shows women as sexual objects for the man
to ogle.
The movie shows this by often showing or low angle
"revealing shots" of her and this treats her a sexual object. In this
case the male gaze would be from the character Curt who often ogles his
girlfriend. The framing quite often features sexual parts of the body,the
camera movement emphasis this by often scanning down and then up or up then
down.
In the film we,as an audience,are made to be voyeurs;when
does this happen and why is it important in regards to representation of
character?
Voyeur
Definition
A person who gains sexual pleasure from watching other when
they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
We are made to be voyeurs multiple times during the film
this is used most when using Mulvey's Gaze. For example when she is making out
with the wolf he boyfriend looks on.
This is important for representation because it clearly
shows that some characters are much more sexually active than others.
Summaries the way women are treated in the Cabin in the
woods. Are they objectified and thee to provide satisfaction for heterosexual
males and/do they fulfill another role/purpose?
The way Cabin in the woods portrays women is very objective
but they use it for satire and sarcasms purpose,they only use the camera to
portray them this way because they are making a parody and joke of the whole
horror genre but through this they still fulfill the purpose for the hetero
sexual males.
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