A Film Analysis Of The Film: Miss Representation

Miss Representation conveys that media is derogative to the most powerful women in the United States. People learn more from the media than any other source because it is the message and messenger. Americans devote about 10 hours and 39 minutes daily to consuming media (Howard). The media’s misrepresentation of women in movies, television shows, and advertisements negatively shapes politics, our national discourse, children’s inquisitive minds, and ultimately society. The danger behind these stereotyped images of women is that their effect is subconscious, meaning we slowly become accustomed to a sexist portrayal of women without even immediately realizing it. To cease our unrealistic, prejudiced expectations of women, a culture change is necessary.

After viewing Miss Representation, I was filled with anger, frustration, and sorrow at the discriminating portrayal of women highlighted by popular media and culture. I find this topic very thought provoking and realize that this topic is always going to be controversial and highly disputed. Women are often characterized in the media in roles traditionally given by society, portrayed as submissive and passive, mothers or sexual objects. The film paints the impact of mass media on the idea of “Ideal Beauty” for women, through movies, magazines, television shows and video games. The media has greatly impacted the thoughts and opinions, which is seen as the norm by societies where gender equality is far from reality. Miss Representation discusses the aspect of the female roles in politics and leadership. Our society is governed by the immense power of the mass media and the media has the potential to reverse this concept as it has imposed it. The current message that our young men and women receive is that a “woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader.” The whole idea of "Ideal Beauty" has numerous harmful outcomes. The film debates about how women have made great advances in leadership in the last few decades. It remarks how the United States is still 90th in the world for women in terms of nationwide legislatures, women hold only 3% of positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls are

The message of this trailer is to display the inequality of the sexes in our country. The trailer reveals how media, Hollywood, and pop-culture, in all, limit and degrade women before our eyes and as viewers we don’t pay attention to these signs. I agree with what the high school student, Ariella, stated in the trailer, “There is no appreciation for women intellectuals, It’s all about the body not about the brain” (2:09); women in today’s world are praised for their beauty and bodies not for their brains. The semiotic tool being used in the trailer is speech and visuals in the form of assorted videos. The visuals are evidence to back up what the language is stating which is that The message is being transmitted by using influential people, commercials, news, websites and data to attest to the fact that women are underrepresented. Although, the trailer portrays how women are underrepresented it also shows how men are expected to be powerful and better than women. Women are seen as not worthy of holding powerful positions and not as powerful as men, as inferior to men. Living in a world highly influenced by the media women get the message that their bodies are the most important asset to their life. In essence, the film Miss Representation addresses the negative media images of

Miss Representative is a film that everyone should see, it shows how the media downgrades and under represents women in the media. It shows many examples like pictures, newscast, elections and much more. Tamrat talked about how we believe everything we see in the media, its visual manipulation. This media influence is shaping the dominant political views, cultural views of what women should look like and should be and affecting young women in increasingly negative ways. Media is more popular and people use it everyday. People viewing things like this are going to make them become followers and have passive brain dimensions like Tamrat talked about. We need to change this media so people have critical brain dimensions, so they challenge the statues quo and have innovative thinking. Becoming a teacher I think it is important view movies like this, before watching Miss Representative I never realized how bad gender differences really were. Miss Representation opened my eyes to the extremes the media has reached. Young girls need positive reinforcement to realize how beautiful they are inside and out, no matter what the media is telling them. We may not immediately be able to change what we see at the movies, on television, or in advertisements, but we can be positive influences in each other’s lives. Just like in the classroom we can’t change all teachers but by learning about transformative education you can

Miss representation, a documentary film produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and based on sexism in American society and the media, is outlined to inform the audience about the problems women face in the media field. This documentary film paints an ungrateful appreciation towards women who give their time and devotion to the media industry. As the documentary film “Miss Representation” discusses various issues of gender inequality such as the lack of women in the political field which impacts women in the media drastically. The documentary “Miss Representation” elucidates how Jennifer Siebel Newsom the producer persuades the audience to surmise how

Alice Walker once said, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” People dedicate 10+ hours a day towards their media use; the power is in the messages. When I watched Miss Representation I learned that the media plays a pivotal role in how society view women. Watching this video gave insight from different spheres and aspects of women in our society. They face an uphill and impossible to win battle to be perfect. The main point of this video Miss Representation is to educate viewers on the media’s role and impact in shaping society’s expectation of women.

Using examples of films set in American high schools from the past three decades I will be exploring how females are represented. The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines representation as “The act of presenting somebody/something in a particular way; something that shows or describes something” [Item 4]. My primary focus film is The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985) with Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) and Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004) as my secondary examples. As teen movies are not only about teens but aimed at them they are important as how girls are represented in film can reflect in how they see themselves as they mature. Specifically they are aimed

The film, Miss Representation, directed by Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, was not an extremely surprising film for me. I attended an all-girls high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where the inequalities that women face on a daily basis were presented to us throughout our educational experience. I actually viewed this film in high school where my teachers, and the film, helped solidify the fact that woman are not only objectified and sexualized, but we are also perceived as lesser than and less incompetent human beings to our male counterparts. I do not think that this film exaggerated by any means what women go through on a daily basis in this male driven world. Men are not cat called on the streets for their physical appearance, they are not made to look submissive in advertisements, and they are not constantly demeaned for looking or acting “bitchy” on the television.

Miss Representation is a short trailer that introduces a women’s position in our society and show how media will influence of women’s values. The trailer starts with Alice Walker ’s quote states: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any”. In the first half trailer, they used slow and serious emotion music, and it changed to fast tempo till the end of the trailer. This trailer provides many interviews from different kind of people.

In the media, journalist, film also "abused" the image of women in a casual way. As we have seen, in movies, women are like "games" for men to enjoy and play, which is really sad for women. They cherish men like a hero, and see women as their servants, the existence of the woman has always been considered wasted. The video " Miss Representation" is the video has been made to defend and protect the rights of women. As an encouragement, this movie has taken a lot of reviews of many

Miss Representation was an overall good film in portraying how women are currently underrepresented in our current society. While some of the content in this film were not really new, it probably gave a good “heads-up” to people who may be ignorant of how women are being treated in our society. What most surprised me about the film was the fact that television shows and movies are made mostly toward male viewers. When I watch television shows on my free time, I generally do not even consider the audience it is for. It usually seems like it is normal for anyone to watch. It may be possible that the shows I watch are not part of that group as it is not possible for me to watch every single show that is available.

Women’s representation remains an ongoing issue that not only affects the lives of women, but the entire society. Females have been raised to believe that appearances will get them far in life instead of other factors such as intelligence and the ability to succeed without depending on their looks. Along with the hindering misconception of females’ level of intelligence, the media continues to support the minoritization of females. Students must realize that to change how society perceives women, students are the ones that need to take action. A way to target the issue of women representation is by using some of the most powerful platforms in modern day such as, advertisements, films, and magazines. Having students focus on changing the demeaning aspect of women in the media, students should join the #NotBuyingIt campaign from the Representation Project, which allows consumers to identify companies that use offensive stereotypes to sell their products and bring light to the issue.

Representation is the portrayal of something or someone in a particular way. In media every gender, race and ethnicity is represented in a certain way. Over the years women have been represented stereotypically as sex symbols and have been objectified to men. In this essay I will be talking about how women are represented in the media. I will be using Beyonce's music video ‘Run the world’, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell and T.I and All in my head by Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap.

13th was a very interesting and thought-provoking movie that really opened my eyes to the reality of the history of black people in this nation, the justice system, and how politicians and people in power have systematically oppressed black people and people of color for hundreds of years. The movie, along with ISS 210 really allowed me really understand the circumstances that have led to the United States having 5% of the worlds populations, yet housing 25% of the worlds prisoners, of which a disproportional number are people of color.

Miss Representation (2011) criticizes the media conglomerate's portrayal of women in film and the disproportionate amount of women involved in the industry. Whether we accept it or not, media consumption heavily influences our daily behavior and societal norms. When Hollywood casts women in a monochromatic light, often sexualizing them for sensationalism, it is hard for women to envision themselves in roles other than those portrayed and even harder for men to acknowledge women as complex individuals greater than their film presence.