Women...and the Media from Leila Graham on Vimeo.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Women have been represented in many fashions in film, yet despite all these different roles they play, it's usually the same thing over and over. They're always shown in the same way and told to act in certain ways that make watching them like watching a old cartoon, the same ol' background playing constantly in hopes that the audience doesn't notice it's the exact same thing. Just a few examples of this were brought up in my essay and powerpoint presentation but still it's enough to see that despite all the changes the film world has made, some things will never change.
Final Paper
Power Point
Final Paper
Power Point
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Woman and The Dance
My video is 41 min. long, so I wasn't able to upload it to this site or YouTube. I've included a link where you can download the video and watch it on QuickTime.
I interviewed several dancers from around the world about their views on the representation of women in dance and the influences of machismo (sexism), patriarcy, ideas of the female image, etc. and asked them to talk about their experienceas a female dancer and the challenges that they have faced.
This project was such an eye-opener and as a dancer, it gave me insight on my role in this art form.
Link to download: The Woman and The Dance
My video is 41 min. long, so I wasn't able to upload it to this site or YouTube. I've included a link where you can download the video and watch it on QuickTime.
I interviewed several dancers from around the world about their views on the representation of women in dance and the influences of machismo (sexism), patriarcy, ideas of the female image, etc. and asked them to talk about their experienceas a female dancer and the challenges that they have faced.
This project was such an eye-opener and as a dancer, it gave me insight on my role in this art form.
Link to download: The Woman and The Dance
In the eyes of west & In the eye of east
Final Project by Brendan Cheung
My project is actually little zine about this topic. I am trying to compare how people are viewing women from west and from east. It is an interesting topic, which western sides have a few types of stereotyping of asian women, however, on the east side they do not really have too much comment toward about the western women. It is not these eastern people ignore them , but just they have totally no interest on them.
I am going to post some videos, that I cannot shows in my project, in addition with references about my work.
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?&next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Da54Pu9dTJfQ
My project is actually little zine about this topic. I am trying to compare how people are viewing women from west and from east. It is an interesting topic, which western sides have a few types of stereotyping of asian women, however, on the east side they do not really have too much comment toward about the western women. It is not these eastern people ignore them , but just they have totally no interest on them.
I am going to post some videos, that I cannot shows in my project, in addition with references about my work.
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?&next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Da54Pu9dTJfQ
Girls Against the World: The Rise and Fall of Riot Grrrl
As a musician, I am always looking for different styles and genres of music. While in class, I was briefly introduced to Riot Grrrl. The thought of these all girl bands playing punk rock definitely peaked my interest, so I decided to explore the movement further.
Riot Grrrl experienced its beginnings in the Pacific Northwest in places such as Olympia, WA and Eugene, OR. At first, the movement started out with different DIY zines, such as Bikini Kill or Girl Germs, which would write about and discuss important issues regarding women’s rights, feminism, sexual assault and sexual abuse. In addition to making these DIY zines, many of these groups of girls began to start bands. These bands include Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Heavens to Betsy. These bands began to enter the punk scene of Olympia, WA and were, at first, received with mixed feelings. Whenever they played for all girl audiences, the crowds would always be really into it, but when they would play for more male dominated audiences, the bands were not always as well received. In an interview with Bikini Kill drummer Toby Vail, she talked about how when they would play for male audiences, the shows would sometimes get really violent and that sometimes the guys would try and beat them up.
Regardless, the Riot Grrrl movement really began to create its own buzz as a scene in the Pacific Northwest. It gained a lot of notoriety in both a music sense and as advocators of women’s rights. However, with its growth in popularity, the Riot Grrrl movement started to gain attention in the mainstream media. The problems that began to arise from this attention were a lot of misrepresentation in the causes that these bands stood for and a devaluing of the social problems that they addressed. The mainstream belittled the movement by saying it was just an offshoot of the Grunge movement, even though Riot Grrrl began before Grunge. The mainstream would also focus on the fact that these were girls playing instruments and being outrageous, instead of bringing attention to the issues that these bands were trying to bring to the public eye.
For this piece, I decided to combine my skills as a video editor and animator and create what I like to refer to as a video collage. Basically what I did was take different interviews from some of the women who were involved in the movement, along with some live footage and music videos, and mashed them together to create a narrative documentary discussing the beginnings of Riot Grrrl and how it was belittled by the mainstream media. In addition, to add to the narration of the women, I animated what they discussed with the aid of different images I found on the Internet. My goal by making a project such as this was to try and repackage and revamp Riot Grrrl and bring attention back upon the movement in a way that helps it to achieve its original message; women’s rights and playing badass music.
Riot Grrrl experienced its beginnings in the Pacific Northwest in places such as Olympia, WA and Eugene, OR. At first, the movement started out with different DIY zines, such as Bikini Kill or Girl Germs, which would write about and discuss important issues regarding women’s rights, feminism, sexual assault and sexual abuse. In addition to making these DIY zines, many of these groups of girls began to start bands. These bands include Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Heavens to Betsy. These bands began to enter the punk scene of Olympia, WA and were, at first, received with mixed feelings. Whenever they played for all girl audiences, the crowds would always be really into it, but when they would play for more male dominated audiences, the bands were not always as well received. In an interview with Bikini Kill drummer Toby Vail, she talked about how when they would play for male audiences, the shows would sometimes get really violent and that sometimes the guys would try and beat them up.
Regardless, the Riot Grrrl movement really began to create its own buzz as a scene in the Pacific Northwest. It gained a lot of notoriety in both a music sense and as advocators of women’s rights. However, with its growth in popularity, the Riot Grrrl movement started to gain attention in the mainstream media. The problems that began to arise from this attention were a lot of misrepresentation in the causes that these bands stood for and a devaluing of the social problems that they addressed. The mainstream belittled the movement by saying it was just an offshoot of the Grunge movement, even though Riot Grrrl began before Grunge. The mainstream would also focus on the fact that these were girls playing instruments and being outrageous, instead of bringing attention to the issues that these bands were trying to bring to the public eye.
For this piece, I decided to combine my skills as a video editor and animator and create what I like to refer to as a video collage. Basically what I did was take different interviews from some of the women who were involved in the movement, along with some live footage and music videos, and mashed them together to create a narrative documentary discussing the beginnings of Riot Grrrl and how it was belittled by the mainstream media. In addition, to add to the narration of the women, I animated what they discussed with the aid of different images I found on the Internet. My goal by making a project such as this was to try and repackage and revamp Riot Grrrl and bring attention back upon the movement in a way that helps it to achieve its original message; women’s rights and playing badass music.
Enough of this Mickey Mouse Bull Crap
Franklin Taveras
Media 384
Final Project
12/7/09
Silly Rabbit, cartoons are for kids. Even though many of us adults may find ourselves watching Little Mermaid on a rainy day, cartoons are mainly intended for young audiences. The thing that bothers me a lot is that many of these cartoons in modern days are rated G for children, which, in reality should be really rated PG-13 and in even some cases should be rated R. Many cartoons we see are shoved into children’s faces by their parents who see a cartoon and automatically think it’s innocent because it’s a cartoon. Many adults have a twisted view point on this and really need to re-educate themselves on this. Thank God I am here, to inform you about how huge corporations like Disney are trying to buy our children.
Read my article below:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24131977/Enough-of-this-Mickey-Mouse-Bull-Crap
Media 384
Final Project
12/7/09
Silly Rabbit, cartoons are for kids. Even though many of us adults may find ourselves watching Little Mermaid on a rainy day, cartoons are mainly intended for young audiences. The thing that bothers me a lot is that many of these cartoons in modern days are rated G for children, which, in reality should be really rated PG-13 and in even some cases should be rated R. Many cartoons we see are shoved into children’s faces by their parents who see a cartoon and automatically think it’s innocent because it’s a cartoon. Many adults have a twisted view point on this and really need to re-educate themselves on this. Thank God I am here, to inform you about how huge corporations like Disney are trying to buy our children.
Read my article below:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24131977/Enough-of-this-Mickey-Mouse-Bull-Crap
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