Essay Plan

To what extent is the way that woman are represented in Furious 7 affecting the health and wellbeing of woman watching the way in which their celebrity idols are portrayed?  

Intro - Essay looking at how the representation of women in Hollywood franchise films is affecting women’s health and wellbeing

P1 – Franchise differences – the representation of males and females

P2 – Fast and Furious 7 – Women being objectified and presented as sex objects

P3 – Are women presented as sex objects with the sole objective to be to help the film ratings?

P4 – What does the representation of females in Hollywood franchise films really do to women’s health and wellbeing? à Statistics

P5 – Film comparisonà Historical text: Bond film franchise

·         Lady comes out of the sea in a bikini – First real representation of a women in a Hollywood film
·         “The first appearance of a ‘girl’, in Dr No (UK, 1962), when Ursula Andress emerged from the ocean in a bikini, emphasized that these women were sex objects”.  (Page 66) à MEDIA MAGAZINE 34: THE CHANGE ISSUE, ENGENDERING CHANGE

P6 –   Wider Picture: Nowadays, the representation of women day to day in comparison to the historical text. How has it changed, if anything?

P7 – View from the eye of the Hollywood stars. Do their opinions count? Or do they have to just get on with it because it otherwise would limit their job opportunities?

Conclusion - Overall, What does the representation of women in Hollywood franchise films currently say for the future of their representations? Will it get better? Or will films carry on as they are like Fast and Furious 7 in order to keep on growing with the sole target being profit driven?

Theory Links
·         Laura Mulvey – The Male Gaze

·         John Berger -  “Men act and women appear”

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