Essay Plan Idea - After tutorial (2nd December)

Question – we may need to look at the wording slightly. Perhaps try and make it a bit sharper and consider impact on audience (remember the impact may be on a male audience).

Introduction – lay out argument, primary text and any secondary/historical texts. Present your angle/hypothesis. 250 words.

Section 1 – F&F7 women being objectified. Textual analysis. 400 words.

Section 2 – Does objectification of women contribute to financial success of films? Perhaps use this to bring in secondary/historical texts. 200 words.

Section 3 – Historical text comparison – Bond against F&F. Historical textual analysis. 300 words.

Section 4 – Audience research: effects theory. What impact do these representations have on audiences? Full of quotes/research/examples etc. Wider context/SHEP. 500 words.

Section 5 – Hollywood stars and their contributions to this debate (continuing from research above). 250 words.

Section 6 – Feminism. Feminist perspectives. Research. This may be built into Section 4 – whatever works best for you. 300 words.

Section 7 – How have representations changed over time? Where might this debate go in future? Is there hope for women going forward? 250 words.

Conclusion – sum up your argument, snappy ending please! 150 words.


Next steps… update/finish your plan based on this tutorial. You don’t need to stick to the above by any means but hopefully it has at least clarified your thinking and provided a potential structure that will be easy to follow.

I need to have a quick read of your opening paragraph when it’s written but otherwise you are good to go.

This essay has great potential – the key is making sure there is a strong thread running through it and that you focus heavily on the academic research/feminism/effects theory side of it.


Publish this tutorial to your blog with your next steps as usual.


Next Steps
  1. Complete opening paragraph of essay for Mr Halsey to take a look at before we break up for Christmas so that I can write my first draft over the holidays
  2.  Complete/build on what I already have for the historical text task 
  3. Continue to build on notes and quotes document
  4. Put textual analysis into notes and quotes
  5. Watch 'Miss Representation' Documentary add to notes and quotes
  6. Read PDF files on M:Drive add to notes and quotes from these 

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