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1950's

These are two movies form the 1950's. We see the camera angles shots are constantly making the male roles look dominat through the low angled shots. They are seen as role model figures which means they must of been highly influential in that period of time. The males would have more screen time and it was clear that women had no main roles as yet other than accompanying the lead male.

High Noon

DOA (film noir)

1960's

Alfred Hitchcock's Physco was a huge hit. Statisticly, this was also a big time for women as they were now getting more screentime which meantthat theyw ould have some type of leading roles. 'The final girl' was a phrse used to describe the lead character who survives in the end. This was a classic and showed how women were starting to take on lead roles. another hit fom the 1960's which also show women with leading roles was the movie Hypnotic Eye, we see a character who is shown as strong reflecting on how the woemn were geting lead roles.

Phsyco

Hypnotic Eye

1970's

This time also show how women are noe with many leading roles. The famous star wars movie, the women is a highly admired figure. In 1972 Sharon Smith also said how ''The role of a woman in a film almost always revolves around her physical attraction and the mating games she plays with the male characters''.

Star wars

1980's

The femma fatale female was introduced. The backlash had also come along. Women were hsown as superior roles and dominated leading roles which men woiuld take on. The femme fatal which originated in the 1940's shows women as sexy and classy yet wuith the power to almost do anything in their will so that they can destroy the lead male.

Fatal Attraction

1990's

men had a percentage of prime time tv roles whilst women were in many leading roles as well. The new generation of women were gainin identity and also had the role of new and challenging roles. This would show them as powerfull and their vioew changed in society. The women were all free and independant yet their sexuality was used a moajrity of the time aswell.

Three men and a Baby

Contemapry Texts

Movies in todays society have the females with leading roles. A lot of the females are young and independat and can be put on screen just as men are. The new women are shown as storng as the males and not only their for sexual pleasures or the token. They can play lead roles. such as charlies angles and lara croft in tomb raider.

Charlies Angels
Tomb Raider