Stereotypes In Film

Cinema has a place in many people’s hearts. There’s some unique feeling about going to the movies with buttery popcorn and watching your favorite actors put their heart and soul into their work. However, cinema has a place in our society beyond just pretty faces and good cinematography; it can drastically tell us a lot about us, and the society we live in. It can reveal truths about ourselves that we are often too uncomfortable or too unaware of to recognize. In modern cinema, an idea is usually presented through the eyes of the main character. This can put any complicated ideas into a story for easier consumption. These types of plot reveals make the plot easier to digest and it becomes much easier to relate to the character. We'll want to bond and relate to the character, watching them go through hardships. This, often times, can make us realize some thing about ourselves. That can be a positive trait, or it can be a negative one as well. For example, if we see a protagonist stand up against a harraser, we want to be like them, strong and resilient with a strong moral code. This can also be

When viewing films, you have to look at it critically. A large portion of movies and theater and sometimes even music, all have some sort of message or theme they are trying to convey, and it can sometimes be achieved by the use of stereotypes or guilt-tripping. How we react two instances such as viewing a woman get catcalled on a street in the movie can often determine how we would react in real life. Movies allow us to see a situation safely from a distance and we can gauge how we react to that real life. Whether the reaction actually accurately portrays how you would react in real life is another story. Music especially lends its hand and making you feel strong emotions just the audio alone. Cinema has the advantage of showing you and letting you hear it, and sometimes, even feel it if the emotion is raw