HUM 3321 Final Study Guide Important Movie Clips Shown 1 Battle Ship Potemkin of all time Battleship Potemkin has been called one of the most influential propaganda films The scene of the baby in the carriage rolling own the steps It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers of the Tsarist regime 2 Modern Times Killing Us Softly Advertising and the objectification of women An American feminist documentary by Jean Kilbourne Focuses on images of women in advertising in particular on gender stereotypes the effects of advertising on women s self image and the objectification of women s bodies 3 The Celluloid Closet Documentary about how Motion pictures especially Hollywood films had portrayed gay lesbian bisexual and transgender characters from the sissy characters to the censorship of the Hollywood Production Code the coded gay characters and cruel stereotypes to the changes made in the early 1990s 4 Reel Bad Arabs Arabs are villified by Hollywood This documentary argues that the slander of Arabs in American filmmaking has existed since the early days of the silent cinema and is present in the biggest Hollywood blockbusters today 5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Shattering glass is the motif Important Articles 1 McIntosh Move Rendition White Privilege Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack To redesign social systems we need first to acknowledge their colossal unseen dimensions The silences and denials surrounding privilege are the key political tools here They keep the thinking about equality and equity incomplete protecting unearned advantage and conferred dominance by making these taboo subjects Most talk by whites about equal opportunity seems to me now to be about equal opportunity to try to get into a position of dominance while denying that systems of dominance exist 2 McRobbie Movie Blue Jasmine The overall effect being the formation of new sets of body image status and privilege norms within the middle class while vilifying the working class and depriving the disadvantaged for aid opportunities Maternalism and neoliberalism 3 Risman Movie Blue Jasmine Cannot separate race class gender and sexuality gender as a structure internalization interactional and institutional aspects Biological sex isn t what gender is gender roles gender theory Gender as a Social Structure Theory Wrestling with Activism 4 Marx Movie Blue Jasmine Destructive power of money alienation of the worker diety Humanity is enslaved by money People need money to live Money is everything now 5 Rubins Movie A Single Man Sex essentialism only reason to have sex is to reproduc domino theory of sexual peril what you find offensive the person next to you may not sex negativity we find sex negative in the US compared to othes 6 Garnets Move A Single Man Sexual Orientations in Perspective Old paradigm rigid dichotomy between heterosexual versus homosexual New paradigm sexual orientation is a multidimensional and flexible category 7 Fuller Movie Arranged A huge divide between classes of women Feminism has created a huge gap between lower class women and upper class women While it has helped upper class women it has left lower class women behind 8 hooks Movie Ivictus do not capitalize really need to understand the 3 isms racism materialism deals with class and militarism need to be changed in our society that keep racism in place People need to come before profits and property rights Social transformation activism Went to high school reunion where it was now racially integrated A Revolution of Values 9 Giroux Movie Invictus National Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism Nationalism need to stray from melting pot idea and see cultural differences as strengths o We have stared to see nationalism as zenophobia fear of outsiders unhealthy nationalism totalitarianism o We want nationalism but we don t want to fall over to fascism Social transformation activism National identity and politics of multiculturalism References so many people already learned about in this course Film Related Terms 1 Cahiers du Cinema Young French critics recognized that film particularly American film was worth studying and started the journal 2 Auteur Auteur Theory French for author seeing directors as authors of their work The director was the author everything you see they are directing you to see o He is more than just a camera Using to camera to tell the story the way he 3 French New Wave cinema journal wants it to be told the first and most influential new wave cinema came to prominence in the late 1950s and 60 s with an exceptionally rich variety of films from such diverse filmmakers First journal dedicated to cinema 4 Reaganite Cinema During the 1980s films began to return to patriarchal and conservative values and we have a period of feel good movies This is called 5 Star Persona Belton says that in order to become super stars artist must create a Madonna Lady Gaga You must sell yourself to be a star 6 Motif 7 Allusion 8 Homage reoccurring theme pastiche in a neutral way parody or an homage pastiche in a positive way ex In the untouchables Recreate something in a positive manor opposite of parody 9 Parody pastiche mocking film 10 The Catholic Legion of Decency Group that pressured enforcement of standards for films no nudity bad language From the catholic church a rating system sensorship board wizard of oz on etc the bad list o To be a good catholic you cant see certain moves that they ban In The Celluloid Closet we are introduced to a new stock character This character called was male but occupied the space between men and women He made the women feel more female and the men more male 11 Sissy The first gay character seen In beteen male and female First stock character 12 The Hays Production Code A code governing the making of motion pictures formulated and formally adopted by The Motion Picture Alliance NO sex vulgarity Obscenity Profanity Nudity Dance Religion etc celluloid closet 13 Montage 14 Male Gaze speeds up or slows down time Lord of the Rings a scene meant for the pleasure of heterosexual male audiences woman slowly getting out of the beach tended to linger on women films from a man s point of view A scene meant for the pleasure heterosexual female audiences Michael Jordon 15 Female Gaze laying on his bed 16 Gay Gaze A scene meant for the pleasure of gay audiences don t see how this is diff from male or
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