Jacob Dean Media

Gender Stereotypes David Gauntlett argued in 2008 that males in films are stereotyped as; 'Traditional alpha males who dominate the action with violence,' (Gauntlett 2008) In 1975, Laura Mulvey argued women are used in films as; 'Erotic objects of desire for males in the audience,' (Mulvey, 1975) Why do stereotypes work? Because they sell the product and represent the needs of the audience who want to be entertained (Blumer and Katz 1973) Link to Trailer With Serious Stereotypes: https://www.traileraddict.com/baywatch-2017 This trailer shows the gender stereotypes for all the above theories.

How is tension and suspense created through media language in the TV scene within The Conjuring 2? Within the scene, there is use of digetic sound of thunder and lightning. The use of lightning in this scene signifies something bad. Lightning usually has negative connotations in movies and in this case, when the lightning strikes, there is a close up shot of the TV screen turning to static. When this occurs, the girl in the scene gets out of the 'safety' of her chair and tries to fix the TV.  Next, after hitting the TV in an attempt to fix it, the static stops and the screen is blank. Then it goes to an over the shoulder shot with the girl looking at the reflection of the screen where an unknown man is sitting in the single person seat where the remote was previously.  Next comes to a variation of swish pan, 1-2 shots looking at the remote and back to the girl. This is also double upped with the remote floating in the...