Representation of Women in Horror Quiz

1.       Who wrote about the “final girl” in 1992?

Carol Clover

2.       In what book did they write about the “final girl”?

Men, women and chainsaws

3.       List three traits of the “final girl”/three ‘conventions’.

-          Androgynous

-          Virgin

-          intelligence

4.       Who wrote about existing research on women’s roles in media texts in 1983?

Jeremy Tunstall

5.       What were the 4 roles mentioned?

-          Consumer

-          Sexual

-          Domestic

-          marital

6.       In 1992 research showed that men dominated women on-screen, but by what ratio?

2:1 (twice the amount of men)

7.       What was the only genre in which the ratio of males to females was more equal?

Adverts (advertising)

8.       Name one of the three problems with the findings?

Men were at work

9.       Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (Alien) is ‘more progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?

She is still sexualised for the way she is dressed whereas Lara was objectified and sexualised

10.   What are the 3 ‘C’s when discussing the portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?

Cooking, cleaning and caring

11.   Who wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?

Laura Mulvey

12.   (Briefly) describe what is meant by the ‘male gaze’

Objectify females by the way of framing them (for example the camera angles)

13.   Give an example

Point of view shots and close ups

14.   Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980s and why?

cosmopolitan