Newsom effectively convinces the audience of Miss Representation that mainstream media has definitely misled the public about how a woman should look like through the use emotional stories, facts, and experts’ views. In attempt to convince audience, Newsom shows viewers emotional stories to seek their empathy. Pathos is presented as soon as the film starts with Newsom’s and other high school female students’…
Misrepresentation is defined as “the action or offense of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something”. The documentary, Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom addresses this as definition as it applies to the media and politics for women. The documentary tackles the topic of the media’s representation of women and the consequent socialization into traditional gender roles. Not only are traditional gender messages that are perpetuated by the media pervasive, powerful, and pernicious, but also, women’s delayed progress in politics can be traced back to the media’s representation of women.…
One might say that the media plays a very important role in today’s society. It is viewed, read, and streamed by millions around the world. What they media portrays can highly influence the way somebody thinks if it is constantly brought up in front of them. This can lead to people believing that they have to reflect what they see in the media in order to be approved by society, which is a very common belief that women have. There are many different aspects of how the media portrays women, but the most common is through the use of princesses.…
“10% of conflicts is due to difference in opinion, 90% is due to wrong tone of voice”. Throughout history society has witnessed conflict arise for any number of reasons; we must consider all factors of what is happening and also who is affected by the tension created by the outcome. Often the longer the engagement continues the more varied each parties’ responses will be. Failure to discuss the truth can be simply down to the fear of losing everything or the exact opposite where one’s hubris ego purely believes that he is right no matter what sort of evidence against them. However, society has also seen that the when the people’s responses become more varied this can lead to further conflict in a more physical manner.…
The world as we know it, is being influenced by pop culture and the media, and it is doing more harm than good. In the essay “Still Missing: Women in the Media”, by Megan Tady, she discusses the gender issues and inequality in the media news world. Tady talks about the way men have a greater voice and opinion in the media, and decide “how to represent and portray our population in the media” (Tady, 577).…
It’s difficult to put together a film such as this using clips of objectification without objectifying women. The use of these clips does bring about awareness of the situation but it further exploits the women that are viewed. There are many documentaries that immerse the viewer in paranoia and panic without providing applicable solutions or a way to fix the issue. The goal of Miss Representation is to enlighten people of the blatant sexism in society through different sorts of media-television, advertising, politics, and film. In just eighty-eight minutes the documentary covers a lot of information regarding media’s definition and exploitation of women, and it even includes efficient solutions during the end…
The featured documentary ‘Side by Side’ was an enjoyable, informative documentary that discussed the history of the film industries use of emulsion film and the cautionary switch-over to the new digital movie format. Beginning in the late 1800’s with continued development of emulsion roll film by Eastman and the pioneering photography work of Edweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince the advent of capturing and projecting moving images was at hand. The documentary covers the important developments in the economic and industrial aspects of the film industry, specifically as pertaining to movies and Hollywood in general. Presenting a persuasive argument for the adoption of the new digital medium while extolling the philosophical and existential advantages of traditional emulsion process film.…
A multitude of photos, videos, and graphics were shown that placed women in positions that were mostly sexual, and all inappropriate, showing that media does not take women seriously. Then the topics moves on to women in politics and how that is negatively affected by media. The film then moves on to the topic of women in movies and television, and how the majority of movies made either revolve around men, or are for the pleasure of men. There is incredible denial in the media industry regarding the status of women. B) PRESENTATION MEDIA– Miss Representation was a documentary that was filmed in color.…
After viewing the documentary of “Miss Representation” I found that the message this documentary was sending its viewers was that the media sells the idea that women are visualized and praised for their beauty, sexuality and youth rather than their intellectualism and leadership skills. “Miss Representation” exposes the ugly truth behind the media and politics towards women. I found this documentary to be persuasive and successful in bringing awareness to both men and women, of what the “normal “everyday women goes through and the pressure they attain because of the media by the following supported claims. This documentary highlights the importance of what is advertised through the media and how it affects us, the many different statistics…
It is not uncommon for newly graduated college students stepping into the world to experience a heavy dose of reality. It also is not unusual for college students to feel an overwhelming sense of loneliness when faced with reality. Directed by Mike Nichols,” The Graduate ”, a film that observes a newly graduated college student, Benjamin, played by actor Denis Hoffman, dealing with reality and all of the disconnection it might come with. By highlighting and focusing on Benjamin’s social behaviors, his personal affairs, and his way of living “The Graduate” showcases a theme of not just loneliness but instead something far more torturous: isolation.…
When he came to the film, it was clear to see that it 's the Algonquians focused on survival. The menfolk used on the hunting and gathering wall of the womenfolk used one the food processing. In an early scene of the movie it displayed the women processing the food. They wear matching red berries against fabric for the purpose of eating, along with preparing the meat to be cooked .The Algonquian and also worked on but tentacle skills at the very end of the movie when everyone in the tribe became sick.…
DOPE is a crime dramedy written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa about a black teenager named Malcolm living in Inglewood trying to get into law school. He and his two friends Diggy and Jib are then roped into a wild goose chase when Malcolm is given a large amount of drugs amidst an intense gang war. He struggles to maintain his chances of getting into Harvard while surviving this unfortunate situation. DOPE grapples with several issues regarding race including issues with the school system and with depictions of African Americans in the media. The film parodies and challenges the common depiction of black communities in crime dramas.…
There are 7 billion people in the world, and half of them are women. Thus, women are important to the world. A last decade, women have fought for themselves in some campaign, and they got their power to stand up. However, their value are not treated well by social media. To demonstrate the situation, Jennifer created a movie “Miss representation” which include a lot of information to help women realize their value.…
In Modern Times clip1, the first factory scene, we can see a lot of interesting film skills, especially the editing makes the movie more interesting by using different tips of editing and helps the audience understand the movie. From Modern Times Charlie Chaplin’s movie, we can see different between upper level and lower level (co-worker) during 1990 Modern Times people’s life. Modern Times portrays filmmaker as a mill-hand used on associate degree production line. There, he 's subjected to such indignities as being force-fed by a "modern" feeding machine associate degreed associate degree fast production line wherever he screws nutty at an ever-increasing rate onto items of machinery. He finally suffers a crack-up and runs amok, throwing the…
As you all know, mass media are a significant role in a modern world that broadcasts information in fast pace and give entertainment to audiences. Also, mass media take the role of gender socials in the society that passes norms and values about gender to us. In recent years, we can find more local “reality shows” about the women in TV shows, for example Bachelors at War, Bride Wannabes or Nowhere Girls. They also focus the phenomenon that the women are too educated and too old or no money and no leaks. Hence, this TV shows supply image design, as well as beauty or orthopedic for the participant to improve their self-image and become more popular.…