Men and women have their differences and own distinguishing traits that determine their individuality from each other. Both have their own preferences over things like food, hobby, clothing, television shows etc., which are heavily influenced by how society dictates it. Sometimes, as an individual, people would tend to have likes or dislikes that would be deemed inappropriate for their stand in society, like gender for instance. Men are expected to be masculine in all aspects – behaviour, personality, gestures, generally in everything they do. Women are also expected to do the same, but by doing so, women tend to stay weak and vulnerable, allowing men to exert dominance over them. These are stereotypical, but dominant perspectives that still exist in society, which were effectively implied in the short films “American Male” by Michael Rohrbaugh and “Dawn” by Rose McGowan.
The first film “Dawn” focuses on a young girl named Dawn, who has hopelessly fallen in love with Charlie, a worker from a gas station, who apparently became the cause of her death in the end. …show more content…
The angle shots were also appropriately and nicely shot for each scene, ranging from close-ups, mid close-ups, over-the-shoulder shots, long shots, and double shots. The appropriate use of these shots effectively emphasized each scene by providing the necessary focus over the important points in the film, like how the shots were focused on Charlie’s and Dawn’s facial expressions during their first meeting, implying that this meeting would be vital in the following scenes to happen. Although Dawn’s story was set approximately 50 years in the past, several reactions from the film stated that the social values and messages shown in the film still exists in our society today (Emory,
The first film “Dawn” focuses on a young girl named Dawn, who has hopelessly fallen in love with Charlie, a worker from a gas station, who apparently became the cause of her death in the end. …show more content…
The angle shots were also appropriately and nicely shot for each scene, ranging from close-ups, mid close-ups, over-the-shoulder shots, long shots, and double shots. The appropriate use of these shots effectively emphasized each scene by providing the necessary focus over the important points in the film, like how the shots were focused on Charlie’s and Dawn’s facial expressions during their first meeting, implying that this meeting would be vital in the following scenes to happen. Although Dawn’s story was set approximately 50 years in the past, several reactions from the film stated that the social values and messages shown in the film still exists in our society today (Emory,