Mest 4 Coursework

Moonlight is a coming of age movie that focuses on 3 different chapters of one person's life. This movie is directed and written by Barry Jenkins. The whole plot of this movie was that there is this boy living in a ghetto area where he grows up in. Growing up with his mother, she was addicted to drugs which led him to struggle with his identity and his sexuality. Essentially, with no guidance from his mum, he ended up in jail where years later, he comes out as a very big and masculine character.  Chiron is a character of few words. Why is this? How do the three actors use body language to communicate Chiron’s emotions to the audience? Why is he reluctant to make eye contact with people? - Within the film, Chiron is a character that was always bullied and harassed from young age due to his looks and the way he dresses with not much care from his mother. Simply being called names and not having many friends led to his low self esteem which resulted to Chiron being a charact...

Textual Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIfPq3biW_o This particular scene consists of a brutal fight between the females who are the amazons against the German soldiers who were all males. The fight errupted as soon as the male pilot invaded the island which the German soldiers followed and they also invaded the island afterwards. Then the amazons vs the German soldiers fight became apparent. I chose this scene specifically because I thought it was a very defining and a spectacular scene that almost represents females as very strong and fearless even though many of the amazons can be seen dead. The representation of all females being dominant against males in one scene is very unusual in Hollywood movies, even a strong female character. The use of editing such as the slow motion effect when the female character jumped and killed 3 soldiers with one bow made it look more dramatic in the sense that the audiences are given a more detailed and a slower version o...

Wonder Woman (2017) – Primary Text The changing representation of females in mainstream films. Hypothesis: I do think that the portrayal of females in mainstream films has changed over the years. The films before in the 20th century especially portrayed females to be the weak, foolish and for sex appeal characters whereas now, in the 21st century, it has changed a bit as more females are having the chance to have a higher role in films like The Hunger Games. However, they are still sexualised and the representation of females hasn't changed completely in a fair way. How do films such as Wonder Woman reflect the changing representation of women in Hollywood movies?  The Wonder Woman film consists of a female protagonist that beholds power and authority over mankind. She leads people and fights alongside men to end all wars. The portrayal within the film is essentially a subversive portrayal of females which is very unusual especially with mainstream films like Wonder ...