Gender representations
Avengers Assemble
Black widow:
In the first avengers film in 2012 Black widow, played by scarlet Johansen was the only female main character in the cast. In this scene where her character is being introduced, can be seen as both a positive and negative representation on woman. Also the darkness in the picture also connotes that she is being threatened. The high angle shot again emphasizes her being threatened.
Negative
In this scene
the character is shown as weak and vulnerable, as she is being tortured and interrogated. She is being interrogated by three men and the only female in the scene is shown as the weak one. The negative stereotype in this scene is that men are stronger and more important than the woman.The character is also wearing objectifying clothing and the men are fully clothed. This is another negative stereotype as the woman can be described as a sex object as she is the one who is being objectified rather than the men.
Positive
After she receives a phone call the tables turn as she takes charge over the situation her captives. She is being represented as brave, heroic and superior. This is a counter stereotype . As she starts to fight them and acts like nothing happened.
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft
This example is quite similar to my first example. As she is being objectified with her clothing and the poster only features from the waist up. However the positive counter stereotype is that Lara is the main protagonist which is good as the main character of most action films feature a male protagonist. It is positive that the main character a female and is presented as heroic, brave and superior just like black widow. In the poster Lara shown as a strong and an intelligent female hero.
In the first avengers film in 2012 Black widow, played by scarlet Johansen was the only female main character in the cast. In this scene where her character is being introduced, can be seen as both a positive and negative representation on woman. Also the darkness in the picture also connotes that she is being threatened. The high angle shot again emphasizes her being threatened.
Negative
In this scene
the character is shown as weak and vulnerable, as she is being tortured and interrogated. She is being interrogated by three men and the only female in the scene is shown as the weak one. The negative stereotype in this scene is that men are stronger and more important than the woman.The character is also wearing objectifying clothing and the men are fully clothed. This is another negative stereotype as the woman can be described as a sex object as she is the one who is being objectified rather than the men.
Positive
After she receives a phone call the tables turn as she takes charge over the situation her captives. She is being represented as brave, heroic and superior. This is a counter stereotype . As she starts to fight them and acts like nothing happened.
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft
This example is quite similar to my first example. As she is being objectified with her clothing and the poster only features from the waist up. However the positive counter stereotype is that Lara is the main protagonist which is good as the main character of most action films feature a male protagonist. It is positive that the main character a female and is presented as heroic, brave and superior just like black widow. In the poster Lara shown as a strong and an intelligent female hero.
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