COP 10 Mins

A COP PRESENTATION: My Thought Process A REALLY long complicated thought journey

Katie Wade

THE BEGINNING To what extent does social responsibility impact on the role and function of illustration?

how the creative sector challenges the norms of society through film and illustration <Is there an acceptance or legacy of the extreme or weird in the mainstream>

Katie Wade

CHANGING DIRECTION

Researched for a week but realised it stepped too far away from what I was interested in so I went back to COP 2 (representation of A.I in films) it started me thinking about representation in the Female film industry?

Representations

Lack of racial variety in films: white washing in the Hollywood

Oscars are predominately won by white straight males.

Emmys are more diverse.

Why?

Can society break away from the white heterosexual males mindset?

Backlash against John Boyega for being a black male leading role

No backlash against Alexander Skaagard for being a white male (in Tarzan… )

Females are given overly sexualised side roles; Harley Quinn, Black Widow. Is this because of artists? Or because of directors?

“Becoming a man is a active process requiring some physical or sexual prowess on the part of the subject.

Becoming a woman, in contrast, is a passive process” Started to investigate where this was most prominent: Horror// Thriller Films

I found a lot of research suggesting that females are simply a narrative tool for their male leads.

This interested me so I decided to carry this on.

Katie Wade

EXPLORATION INTO HORROR

What really changed the research for me, was the introduction to two different games.

“Inside ”

“Until Dawn”

It started me wondering, does horror effect men and women in different ways and if so, are films tailored towards a certain gender?

Katie Wade

BOOKS TAKEN OUT FROM THE LIBRARY SO FAR •

Drawn and quarterly twenty five years of contemporary cartooning comics and graphic novels

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500 essential cult movies the ultimate guide

fundamentals of illustration how to generate ideas interpret briefs and promote oneself

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Women and film a Sight and Sound reader

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Redefining black film

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Diversity in Disney films critical essays on race ethnicity gender sexuality and disability

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Film theory and philosophy the key thinkers

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Film theory and criticism

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European nightmares horror cinema in Europe since 1945

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X Men and philosophy astonishing insight and uncanny argument in the mutant x verse

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What is illustration

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What if I had been the hero investigating womens cinema

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Aesthetic theory

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Katie Wade

PLANNING THE PROJECT

I mind mapped my thoughts and potential questions, I then went through each question individually and assessed the merit of the question, why I was interested, if it was researchable and what was itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose.

I also made small lists underneath of potential practical's that could coincide with the questions.

Katie Wade

WHERE I AM NOW I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet defined the title the basic gist of it will be thriller/horror movies angled genders fears and what are devices employed to do so?â&#x20AC;?

properly but â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are certain a particular the creative

The next step for me will be researching further into this topic, collecting quotes and choosing a set number of texts as examples to refer back to in the essay.

The potential practical to come from this is a proposal for a gender tailored/ individually tailored video game, this would contain a set number of landscape proposals, character designs and possibly audio recordings (the essay will inform me of what creative devices to use etc) that would presented in the form of an exhibition? This is only a first initial thought.

Katie Wade