13/03/13 - Sexual Identity

What i have learnt.

Before lesson

Before lesson i had no prior knowledge on sexual identity and the meaning and what it means.

20 Minutes into the lesson

As the lesson went on i learnt much more than i knew before, i have learnt that Sexual identity is which gender you are attracted to; or how you are attracted to that certain gender;

I.e.

• Sexual
• Physical
• Spiritual
• Intellectual
• Emotional

There are many different variations of stereotypes of sexual identity;

- Straight men
- Gay men
- Lesbian Women
- Straight women

Straight man -

• Casual clothes / Suits,
• Deep voices,
• calm and cool,
• Standard jobs,
• Authority,
• Ignorant
• Players
• Confident
• Lazy

Sexual identities are displayed differently throughout different cultures and types of media.

Class and Status

Class and status is related to the job of individuals, location of their home, and how they speak.
 
Middle class male - Smart, rich, suited and booted, i.e. stock-brokers, bank managers, head teachers,

Middle class female - Smart, rich, well-looked after, good looking, i.e. business women, headteachers,

Working class female - Dull clothes, Cheap clothes, brown;grey or black clothes, ugly, i.e. receptionists, cleaners, dinner ladies.

Working class male - Dull clothes, Cheap clothes, brown;grey or black clothes, i.e. shop keepers, taxi drivers.

Gender Identity - Stereotypes

Stereotypes

 Male;

• Heroric
• Violent
• Skilled
• Lone-wolf
• Stronger than women
• Superior

Female;

• Damsel in distress
• Sex icon for hero's
• Assistants of hero's
• Useless
• Look up to hero's
• Sexual in every movie

Gender Identity (Traits)

Traditional Traits

Male;

• Loud
• Strong
• Muscular
• Tall
• Stubborn
• Strong-minded
• Out going
• Bottled up emotions
• Fearless
• Arrogant
• Ignorant
• Authoritative
• Dominant 
• Focused
• Determined
• Competitive
• Aggressive
• Violent

Female;

• Kind
• Caring
• Emotional
• Hormonal
• Flirtatious
• Sweet
• Fearful
• Talkative
• Self-conscious
• Envious
• Sly
• Forgiving
• Friendly
• Understanding
• Determined
• Passionate
• Focused
• Two faced

Representation of Gender

Representation of gender using Mise En Scene

What is Mise-En-Scene?

Mise-En-Scene is basically everything inside the frame, or as its commonly described as 'putting things in the picture'. Its how everything is put together  Mise-en-scene includes clothing, background, props, cast, decoration, even the placing on stage. Everything you see is Mise-en-scene. Every aspect of the act or play is  there for a reason. Mise-En-Scene also includes lighting. There are two main types of lighting, low-key and high-key. The low-key lighting is mostly used for thrillers and horror movies, which contain allot of shadow, low-dull lighting. This creates more dept of the image. Then there's high-key. This includes the frame with hardly any lighting, pretty much no shadows and tension-less.

Merlin; Representation of Gender

In this section i will talk about the representation of the female and male gender in the TV show 'Merlin'. As i mentioned before 'Every aspect of the act or play is there for a reason'. First of all, i am going to start on the representation of Male's in Merlin. The two young men are fighting, they are shown to look strong, noble and  courage-full. The chain-mail is used to show that they are not easily killed, they are strong. Then if you look at the main character sitting on the bench, without no armor protection. This shows that he is at a lower stage then the fighters. Moving on, when the individuals get to the room, you notice that the young fighter is wearing all red, which back in that decade was a royal color along with the color blue. That shows that the young guy is also high in rank rather then just strength. The main character had all dull color like brown on, which were easily accessible back in them days. however, he has a red scarf around his neck, which shows he is property of royal blood.

Moving on, the first women we come across in this episode are seen as old hags. They are standing around some ritual of some sort. Clearly represented as witches, evil and dark entities. They are all wearing the the same clothing, grey robes which their faces covered to show anonymity. The dark colors of the robes convey that they are part of the cave, anywhere else and they would look out of place.