Images of Women in Film

Question 1

Three Male Gazes

Answer 1

Characters on screen, from the camera, the viewer

Question 2

How many Male Gazes

Answer 2

3

Question 3

What’s the power dynamic of the Male Gaze

Answer 3

The viewer has power, the viewed is diminished

Question 4

Pam Grier

Answer 4

Starred in Foxy Brown. Often considered to be the first female action star who acted in a female led action movie

Question 5

Primitive Slasher Film

Answer 5

Psycho

Question 6

Characteristics of the Golden Age of Porn

Answer 6

Reasonable complex plots and it was chic to go see them in a theatre

Question 7

Is Claire in Breakfast Club passive or active?

Answer 7

Active

Question 8

Exploitation Genres that featured female protagonists

Answer 8

Blacksploitation and Women in Prison Films

Question 9

Character traits of protagonist in classic slasher

Answer 9

Isolated, Virginal, Female, Smart, Practical, Androgynous name

Question 10

Character traits of monster in classic slasher

Answer 10

male, child like, suffering from gender distress, uses sharp objects to impale victims

Question 11

Purposes of LGBT+ characters in mainstream films

Answer 11

comedic or deranged killers

Question 12

Elements of Femme Fatale in Body Heat

Answer 12

maintains typically feminine traits, escapes punishment, subtly manipulates the protagonist

Question 13

Elements of Femme Fatale in Fatal Attraction

Answer 13

Displays strong masculine traits, punished by the film’s end, takes control of the protagonist, dominating his will