| |
| author |
Audrey Borba
| | title |
Aesthetic Directors Creating Space for Complex Female Characters
| | abstract |
In an exploration of shot variety and film aesthetic, I seek to show how the alternative
directors Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola create space for complex female characters. I will be
doing a close shot analysis of Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Moonrise Kingdom
(2015) as well as Coppola's Lost In Translation (2003) and The Virgin Suicides (1999). I will be
looking the feminist theorists Betty Friedan's "The Problem That Has No Name from The
Feminine Mystique" and Valerie Solanas' "From SCUM Manifesto," to show there is no
definition of woman. Though the issues of women are important, I am looking in these films to
see women as people. I am looking for representation of the imperfect and the equity of
representation that should be used for all characters. I will look at women and gender expression
in film through Jack Halberstam's "The Transgender Look," and Laura Mulvey's "Visual
Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." These films take steps away from reality and cinematic risks
that change how we can perceive the characters they bring to life. The shot variety brings the
audience to new perspectives that allow for the female characters not be any more fetishized than
any other character.
| | school |
The College of Liberal Arts, Drew University
| | degree |
B.A. (2022)
|
| advisor |
Jeremy Blatter
|
| full text | ABorba.pdf |
| |
