Movies II: The Sequel its back and its mad as hell

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Movies II The Sequelits back and its mad as
hell!

• COM 160, Chapter 7 Lecture
• Mike Slefinger
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

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Movies II The Sequel

• Films with a Purpose
• Assumptions about Race Film
• Stages of Film Representations

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Films with a Purpose

• Do films reflect or lead society?
• Realistic films with a purpose can depict
• Present
• Future
• Past

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Films with a Purpose

• Using the PRESENT
• Establish Familiarity
• Expose Variable
• Establish Familiarity
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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The Best Years of Our Lives
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Films with a Purpose

• Using the FUTURE
• Establish Familiarity
• Expose Variable
• Establish Familiarity
• Guess Whos Coming to Dinner (1967)

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Guess Whos Coming to Dinner
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Films with a Purpose

• Using the PAST
• Establish Familiarity
• Expose Variable
• Establish Familiarity
• Hotel Rwanda (2004)

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Cheadle called for help in Sudan
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Assumptions about Race Film

• Race Minorities
• Positive vs. Negative Representations
• White vs. Minority Directors

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Race Minorities

• White ? Race, white is the norm
• Most filmmakers dont deal with issue of race
• Minority filmmakers ? political accountability

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Positive vs. Negative Representations

• Assump. clear distinction between /-
• Assump. film offers one or the other
• Important to understand harm/benefits

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Positive vs. Negative Representations

• Often misrepresent status quo
• Film may displace tension to deal with it
• Diversity of white roles prevents each from being
  representative

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White vs. Minority Directors

• Strictly positive or negative
• Stereotypes applied to whites
• Stereotyping minorities

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Range of Inclusion for Minority Groups

• Invisibility
• Stereotypes
• Progressive but false/distorted
• Ideal

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1. Invisibility

• Not visible ?
• Not important
• Minority group members never see themselves
• Films made that cater to the majority

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2. Stereotypes

• Generally better than invisibility
• Limit, confine groups to certain roles
• Groups then have to break out of these roles

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3. Progressive but False/Distorted

• Sidekicks
• Tokens
• Role Models

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4. Ideal

• Back to Invisibility
• Multiple representations
• Group is integral part of society
• More on TV shows