feminist media
Through out this semester, I watched so many different kinds of media to encounter feminist media. I believe that feminist film is about women’s story, in that film itself teaches us about our society. When I had to watch the movie piano, I thought that it is feminist movie, because the movie focuses on women instead of men for subject. Although women were portrayed as weak and not as powerful as men, camera focuses on woman, her journey and her experiences or thoughts.
I don’t think there is definite line to categorize which movie is feminist movie or not, but what is more important is audience’s reception. We all know that film production cannot be done without audiences. I think it is audience who determine what is feminist media and some are not, because there are diverse audiences as well as diverse mass media. Therefore I believe that media should aware that who is going to watch and know what the impact on watching media is going to be.
In this class, I learn how to watch media critically, not just for visual pleasure, and understand what director’s tension making film. It was very good for me to take this class, because I learn both mass media(especially film) and feminist theory on film that is around people all the time.