I think that my interim report is about right, i think that the 'C' grade i was given is an accurate level, that i am working at right now.I think that the submission of assignments is a correct judgement from sir, because occasionally i do hand in work late.However, i think that i put more effort in lessons and that should be classified as 'good', rather than 'satisfactory'. In addition, i also believe i often take responsibility when doing independant work.
Targets:
- Improve writing structure.
- Hand in assignments on time.
- Take more time doing work.
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Monday, 26 November 2007
Other Key Texts
1. Representing Men
Kenneth Mackinnon
Arnold Hodder headline group
2. Representing Race
Robert Ferguson
Arnold Hodder headline group
3. How to do media & cultural studies
Jane Stokes
Sage Publications
Kenneth Mackinnon
Arnold Hodder headline group
2. Representing Race
Robert Ferguson
Arnold Hodder headline group
3. How to do media & cultural studies
Jane Stokes
Sage Publications
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Findings From Books
1) The Cinema Book 2nd Edition
Pam Cook& Mieke Bernink
British Film Institution
Narrative structrures are defined by opedipal desire,which should be both social political economy dominated by mens control of women as a way emphasisinmg the sexual origin of women.
Other books to refer to:
1. Introducing Film
2.investigating culture and identity
3.how to do media & cultural stdies
Pam Cook& Mieke Bernink
British Film Institution
Narrative structrures are defined by opedipal desire,which should be both social political economy dominated by mens control of women as a way emphasisinmg the sexual origin of women.
Other books to refer to:
1. Introducing Film
2.investigating culture and identity
3.how to do media & cultural stdies
Links!
Asian Representation
Provoked
More about the film
http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/aacinema/intro.html
More on sterotypes of asians
http://hbns.org/news/stereotype11-13-03.cfm
Indian men stereotypes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/05/08/apop.DTL&feed=rss.asianpop
More on stereotypes
Provoked
More about the film
http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/aacinema/intro.html
More on sterotypes of asians
http://hbns.org/news/stereotype11-13-03.cfm
Indian men stereotypes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/05/08/apop.DTL&feed=rss.asianpop
More on stereotypes
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
10 Keyswords AGAIN!
1) Sub-Genre: A genre within a genre.
There are many genres within the film,apart from drama.
2)Iconography:The distinguishing elements, in terms of props and visual details, which characterise genre.
You can see that the film is a drama because in many posters and dvd covers,there is a candle lit which is the candle that she lit her husband to his death.
3)Subjective: shown from a subject's point of view.
The whole film could be said to be 'sbjective'.
4)Levi Strauss: The theory of binary opposition, two things opposing each other.
Kiran- Deepak
5)Deviance: Unacceptable behaviour that goes against the norms and values of the society.
Deepak beating up Kiran. In my hypothesis i am trying to prove this right.
6) Marxist Femenism: Ideology which shows a femenists perspective that sees captilaism as the principal source of gendwr inequalitites.
Deepak is shown more powerful than Kiran.
7)Key Concept: Any of the core concepts on which a media studies programme focuses on: Audience,genre and ideology.
All of these are used in the film.
8)Male Gaze: Laura Mulvey, a theorist on the male point of view.
This is related to kirans point of view how she felt about a man overpowering her.
9)Culture: a social practice of a group.
The asian culture may find beating up a women more acceptable than a different culture.
10)Actuality- Something filmed or reported which is an real event.
The film is a true story.
There are many genres within the film,apart from drama.
2)Iconography:The distinguishing elements, in terms of props and visual details, which characterise genre.
You can see that the film is a drama because in many posters and dvd covers,there is a candle lit which is the candle that she lit her husband to his death.
3)Subjective: shown from a subject's point of view.
The whole film could be said to be 'sbjective'.
4)Levi Strauss: The theory of binary opposition, two things opposing each other.
Kiran- Deepak
5)Deviance: Unacceptable behaviour that goes against the norms and values of the society.
Deepak beating up Kiran. In my hypothesis i am trying to prove this right.
6) Marxist Femenism: Ideology which shows a femenists perspective that sees captilaism as the principal source of gendwr inequalitites.
Deepak is shown more powerful than Kiran.
7)Key Concept: Any of the core concepts on which a media studies programme focuses on: Audience,genre and ideology.
All of these are used in the film.
8)Male Gaze: Laura Mulvey, a theorist on the male point of view.
This is related to kirans point of view how she felt about a man overpowering her.
9)Culture: a social practice of a group.
The asian culture may find beating up a women more acceptable than a different culture.
10)Actuality- Something filmed or reported which is an real event.
The film is a true story.
Blog Buddy Research
Next weeks work:
*More research about the representations of women.
*How has the role of women / men changed in films.
*How has men’s roles in film changed and is Bollywood changing for the better or the worse?
This weeks findings:
Cinema is such an important industry and cultural influence in India that studies of films and audiences are almost irresistibly intriguing. It is valuable and interesting to get informed opinions about this field of life. Steve Derne's ethnographic study Movies, Masculinity, and Modernity: An Ethnography of Men's Film going in India is no exception....very enlightening and instructive.
Men in India are attracted to Hindi films partly because of their attraction to depictions of "modern" lifestyles. Derné argues that films help men handle their ambivalence about modernity by rooting their sense of "Indianness" in women's acceptance of traditional food habits, clothing, and gender subordination.
Derné considers the effects of films' eroticization of domination and submission on men's sexuality. The study provides ethnographic support for Mulvey's argument that film going prompts men to make women the object of a controlling look. Association with Indianness with limitations on women's movements, and by portraying men as rational and modern, and women as emotional and traditional. One of the first ethnographic studies of film going and one of the first to focus on mainstream male audiences, the book contributes to a rethinking of some key arguments in media studies. While media studies have rightly focused on how films prompt men to gaze at women, this study shows that films simultaneously encourage men to see themselves as the object of controlling looks. Derné exposes as one-sided the scholarly emphasis on how Indians value hierarchy and group guidance, asserting that Indian films instead celebrate individualism and love.
*More research about the representations of women.
*How has the role of women / men changed in films.
*How has men’s roles in film changed and is Bollywood changing for the better or the worse?
This weeks findings:
Cinema is such an important industry and cultural influence in India that studies of films and audiences are almost irresistibly intriguing. It is valuable and interesting to get informed opinions about this field of life. Steve Derne's ethnographic study Movies, Masculinity, and Modernity: An Ethnography of Men's Film going in India is no exception....very enlightening and instructive.
Men in India are attracted to Hindi films partly because of their attraction to depictions of "modern" lifestyles. Derné argues that films help men handle their ambivalence about modernity by rooting their sense of "Indianness" in women's acceptance of traditional food habits, clothing, and gender subordination.
Derné considers the effects of films' eroticization of domination and submission on men's sexuality. The study provides ethnographic support for Mulvey's argument that film going prompts men to make women the object of a controlling look. Association with Indianness with limitations on women's movements, and by portraying men as rational and modern, and women as emotional and traditional. One of the first ethnographic studies of film going and one of the first to focus on mainstream male audiences, the book contributes to a rethinking of some key arguments in media studies. While media studies have rightly focused on how films prompt men to gaze at women, this study shows that films simultaneously encourage men to see themselves as the object of controlling looks. Derné exposes as one-sided the scholarly emphasis on how Indians value hierarchy and group guidance, asserting that Indian films instead celebrate individualism and love.
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Blog Buddies
My class buddy is:Hasna
My other blog buddy is: Nazia.
My study is about the representation of asian males in 'Provoked' with particular reference to Deepak, the main male protagonist throught out the film.
Nazias independant study is on,How has race and Gender been seen in Asian British films, in particular reference to 'Provoked'. This could help me in many ways seeing as the big factor is we are studying the same filmm therefore we could come across some synoptic points helping both of us.
My other blog buddy is: Nazia.
My study is about the representation of asian males in 'Provoked' with particular reference to Deepak, the main male protagonist throught out the film.
Nazias independant study is on,How has race and Gender been seen in Asian British films, in particular reference to 'Provoked'. This could help me in many ways seeing as the big factor is we are studying the same filmm therefore we could come across some synoptic points helping both of us.
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