Homework

 Key theory 4: Stuart Hall (1995), Alvarado (1987)

Western/white cultures continue to misrepresent ethnic minorities as in the media due to underlying racist tendencies. (the other, evil, barbaric, pitied, humoured)

I agree with Stuart Hall, for example catwoman is almost pitied in the Batman due to her actions and also only really challenges the stereotypes of gender and not so much ethnicity.

Cat woman is someone who is pitied in the film as she is an orphan who learned to survive on Gothams streets by being a thief, leaving her to be someone the audience as well as the characters have empathy for. However due to her being a thief there is also a sense of evil and barbaric as she is a criminal who Batman should be stopping, instead she is basically his sidekick and becomes an accidental hero making her seem even more ‘the other” (not relevant).

Key theory 5: Earp and Katz (1999)

Men have a pathological need for control and violence. (patriarchy - Male dominated society).

Could also argue against as I have a powerful violent woman (post feminist).

I also agree with Earp and Katz theory and I think it is very relevant within my film in particular due to it being quite violent and male dominated. There are a few scene which stand out to me but one in particular when Batman is fighting off a group of thugs in the metro and he quite brutally beats one of them. There is a mixture of sound effects and camera angles which make the scene seem so violent. As the first thug attacks batman he quickly puts him to the ground and then repeatedly smashes his face which makes a gruesome sound, the camera isn’t pointing at the thugs face but instead Batman’s face and upper body where you can see the power and violence he is putting into his punches. Furthermore all of the main antagonist are male villains who all seem to have dark violent tendencies and desires towards either Batman or just the public in general. For example in the opening scene loads of criminals are shown using cross cutting however they all seem to be male based of their physical appearance and body shape.

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