Feminist theory

An example from a clip from resident evil

– Resident evil retribution trailer.

This clip is a very strong representative of a female character breaking the stereotype. Usually females in films play either dumb, ditzy characters or popular pretty characters. In this clip milla Yovovich (character name - Alice) plays a woman who has her life changed by a company named umbrella corp. In this clip there are explosions guns and numerous fights thrown at our main character

 
 The story behind Alice. Alice was always being tricked by the umbrella corporation they created her memories thereby tricking her by taking away everything that wasn’t real making it seem as it was real.

 

 The genre of this film is Action horror. It has lots of gunfire, explosions, blood and other action conventions but also has zombies and death. Usually in a film like this there would be the stereotypical good male character, the hero, But in this film the woman is the main character (Hero)doing the shooting and other badass stuff instead which completely breaks stereotype

 

 A lot of time she is viewed as most women are in films for the purpose of male gaze. In this film she is portrayed in the same way but differently at the same time as most females put into films for male gaze are either dumb or not main characters like hero etc. They usually play the role of the helpless princess or helpless girl. In this film she is shown the same way just as the hero and in a badass type of way.  

Queer Theory

I will use an example from mean girls then an examlpe from silence of the lambs

In mean girls Damian is the queer character he is very feminine. relating to queer theory he is stereotyped as a queen which is a very flamboyant, affectionate gay man who is considered a drama queen at times.

 

 in the film mean girls homosexuality is portrayed in a positive way as all of the homosexuals seem and appear happy which shows homosexuality in a positive way for.

 


 

Damian might be judged but in the end he is excepted for who he is and appears happy and positive which shows that homosexuality isn’t actually that bad



In the picture above it shows you that even though damien is gay he still has friends and that the character seems happy as it is

Queer theory is shown in many different ways in certain horror films it is shown as bad, shameful evenwhereas in a film like this it is portrayed as okay.


In silence of the lambs buffalo bill is considered homosexual for what he does and what he wears. He kidnaps women steals their skins to make a jacket.


He is also portrayed as homosexual for the way he speaks and acts for instance in one scene he is shown dancing in female clothes to female type music with make-up and female body language etc.

In silence of the lambs buffalo bill is the evil villian who must be found, Becuase he is evil. It shows in this film that homosexuality is wrong and that it is in a way evil.

Buffalo bill is a stereotypical murderer but in another way breaks stereotype with the way he acts he does not come across as a harsh evil man (until you see and understand what he is doing) he looks like a misunderstood homosexual man but because of what he does it shows him and homosexuality as bad, evil and shameful