How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Gender
Femininity
In Black Widow femininity is presented as stylish. Women are shown to be well dressed and look knowledgeable on the subject of fashion. This is due to Raven Hearst and her costume, the trouser suit with the wedges.
Women are also presented as being psychotic through the unsettling frames when the actor (me) is looking straight at the camera. This shows that Raven Hearst is psychotic to the audience because looking directly at the lens is breaking the forth wall (in theatrical terms).
Females are also presented as calm and controlled, shown below in these two shots. When the actress is talking about the murder that she has just committed she looks composed which not only reinforces her psychotic nature but also shows females in a calm and controlled light.
Masculinity
Males are represented as ordered due to the uncluttered table, the colour co-ordination of the black and white and the general aesthetics of the shot.
Males are also represented as being laid back due to the slow moving morning routine and the shot of Detective Berkhart rubbing his eyes, this is also reinforced through the use of the song 'Lonesome Town'.
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