Cindy Sherman and the relation of stereotype she uses through film
This essay will look at Cindy Sherman and the relation of stereotype she uses through film. The issues that will be discussed, consists of the way that Sherman explores stereotypes and identity through her Untitled Film Stills series. Cindy Sherman is a photographer and was first recognized in the early 1980s,(Tate) Sherman explores the stereotype of women (forward). Sherman also plays various women in different scenes(Krauss,2006). The images that are being played out are "in media imagery or real" scenarios. (inverted odysseys). Sherman is the director in her film stills, she is the the make-up artist(tate). She works in the movement feminism using references from movies and …show more content…
Sherman Photos looks convicing because they look as though they could be displayed as film posters and posed by actresses. The bold poses that Sherman’s does in her photographs draws the viewers attention. Sherman images seem convincing because of the women in these photograph has different expression, different poses like different scene are happening. The main influences of the roles women play in the Alfred Hitchcock films. Sherman also uses stereotypes (forward) of women playing character who are “Frightened, blond and vulnerable.”(Williamson, J p46) This is a certain stereotype because of the words.
The viewers are free to come up with our own narration for the scene in these stills.(C,AMAND) This essay agrees that that viewer can come up with thier own narration, because the clues that are in these images. The clues are the poses, expression in the faces of these women, and also certain objects around. These items makes it easier to work out what these images is about. It is also easier to come up with a story for this image because it is still, so it is easier to focus on this photograph and there is not a lot going …show more content…
cindy sherman is acting out a women who loves to show her body. This shows how women were viewed in film. sherman is a women and uses herself as the main focus. “to change our identity with a stroke of a makeup brush”.. Through these images Sherman tells us the identity of a women. This essay will agree that Sherman is wearing makeup because she poses as different characters. This essay agrees that makeup does cover our identity like a mask, but it can also be part of our
This essay will look at Cindy Sherman and the relation of stereotype she uses through film. The issues that will be discussed, consists of the way that Sherman explores stereotypes and identity through her Untitled Film Stills series. Cindy Sherman is a photographer and was first recognized in the early 1980s,(Tate) Sherman explores the stereotype of women (forward). Sherman also plays various women in different scenes(Krauss,2006). The images that are being played out are "in media imagery or real" scenarios. (inverted odysseys). Sherman is the director in her film stills, she is the the make-up artist(tate). She works in the movement feminism using references from movies and …show more content…
Sherman Photos looks convicing because they look as though they could be displayed as film posters and posed by actresses. The bold poses that Sherman’s does in her photographs draws the viewers attention. Sherman images seem convincing because of the women in these photograph has different expression, different poses like different scene are happening. The main influences of the roles women play in the Alfred Hitchcock films. Sherman also uses stereotypes (forward) of women playing character who are “Frightened, blond and vulnerable.”(Williamson, J p46) This is a certain stereotype because of the words.
The viewers are free to come up with our own narration for the scene in these stills.(C,AMAND) This essay agrees that that viewer can come up with thier own narration, because the clues that are in these images. The clues are the poses, expression in the faces of these women, and also certain objects around. These items makes it easier to work out what these images is about. It is also easier to come up with a story for this image because it is still, so it is easier to focus on this photograph and there is not a lot going …show more content…
cindy sherman is acting out a women who loves to show her body. This shows how women were viewed in film. sherman is a women and uses herself as the main focus. “to change our identity with a stroke of a makeup brush”.. Through these images Sherman tells us the identity of a women. This essay will agree that Sherman is wearing makeup because she poses as different characters. This essay agrees that makeup does cover our identity like a mask, but it can also be part of our