WWW
- Focus on feminism - excellent choice and so relevant
- Very good choice of images to illustrates issue
- Primary text very clear and introduced
- Excellent use of media language + theory, as well as institutional issues + audience.
- Good focus on Hathaway and link back to the wider question, idea of awareness of stereotype is very good - does this make it post-feminist?
- Reverse of gender roles is interesting, excellent way to conclude.
- Good link to wider film industry
- Great quote from Jolie - but surely she ways cast partly due to her sex appeal and fame?
- Point on costume left to the end.
Self assessment
Overall, I believe my presentation went well because I had a clear focus on my question and argued both sides of my question as well. Notably, for every point I made I backed it up with evidence and explained the impact it would have on the female and male audience. Moreover, my research helped me a lot with my presentation as I included quotes from the actresses, institutional information, media terminology relevant theories and background information on the films. When researching information for my question I could not include everything I wanted and therefore I had to pick the important quotations for the actresses which would link to my question and demonstrate that I have a clear focus. As part of my preparations I practised a lot and therefore whilst delivering my presentation I did not go over the time which was useful as I had time to quickly read for my notes my next slide. Furthermore, the reason why I chose to investigate this topic is because I have an interest in Feminism and therefore I wanted to focus on the way females are represented in films because I believe it is relevant in contemporary society as some female actresses are now challenging the stereotypes. Moreover, for my academic essay I am considering to use the same question for this presentation as I am already exploring both sides of the argument and had a clear focus. However, if I change my critical investigation to music videos I may change the question 'From the past to a now post feminist society, are female singers challenging the traditional female stereotypes or reinforcing these dominant ideologies? Furthermore, I want to focus on Feminist perspective of female stereotypes, especially in the media, and I am considering to compare films from the past to now.
