Monday, 3 November 2008

10 keywords for study

1. Contexts- relevant historical, social, political and economic contexts. This is very important as i will need to try to interpret and to view my text from different contexts, also looking at the different contexts incorporated in the film.

2. Further reading- further reading is very important aswell during my independent study as i will need to do more further reading as the time goes along in order to bring my research and my answer to a more rounded conclusion.

3. Bibliography- a detailed reference of all texts and resources used. This is one of the most specific and vital details in the whole study as i will need to record every website, book or other resource that i use as the examiners will be checking where all of my information has come from.

4. Theorists- theorist such as stuart hall, richard dyer and ray stafford all need to be researched as they aswell as their theories are all un heard of. could use one of their theories in my study to see whether or not they match with my topic or with my text.

5. Gauntlet.D- A media, gender and identity theorist. It will be interesting to see his/her complete idea and complete theory because at the moment with me having no knowledge of his/her theory its impossible to include this theory in my study.

6. Feminism- this is one of the main keywords that i will be using in my study as my topic which is the representation of women, is very much to do with the theory of feminism, looking at the first and the second wave of feminism.

7. gender- male or female, this is a keyword that i will have to look at in a different context in relation to my film as i could interpret the movie in many different ways however, i have to be careful not to only focus on one side of the gender scale.

8. mulvey- the feminist theorist who believes that women are being objectified in the media. obviously i would include laura mulvey in my study as my question very much stems back to her original theory of the male gaze.

9. representation- the process whereby the media construct versions of different people. the key work in my study out of them all as this is the main focus, the main focal point of my study, to focus on the representation of women in the james bond movies and how or if they have changed over the years.

10. institution- the company who makes and produces the text. this is not a major keyword in my study however it is a good thing to look at as i can look at previous movies worked on by this institution and determin from that what are the typical representation of women by this particular company.

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