Gender Representation analysis

Gender Representation analysis

Gender representation in movies vary to the genre and story of the movie as well as the characteristics and personalities of the characters in themselves like a villain either it be male or female can be strong,smart heartless while a hero is likely to have certain characteristics between genders while the male is quite strong in most aspects in superheros films the female is more or less based as a slightly weaker or more intellectual character. Males in most movies are seen to be the main characters/lead when it comes to more physical roles or roles you would likely associate with a man while playing as women in film may be associated with more dramatic and emotional characters within a film and its genre. A genre will always represent a gender different to the other making either the female or male more prominent in the role and how they are seen/perceived to the audience.When the audience sees a man as a leading role they expect a very stable strong role that will take control of the situation and when the audience sees a female they expect a more emotional role than a action like role instead a more vocal role that takes the situation into account. Genders in film are always taken into account when films are being cast as well as what the character needs to be

as you can tell in superhero movies the main type of character is directed towards the male while the female seems to play more of a supportive role while the males take the lead in the situation. Males are perceived in film as the more tough and serious roles while females take more of a supporting dramatic role within the movie genre we are following.