Follis.Jordyn.SnowWhite.Blog5

Looking through the Gender lens, anyone who watches the Disney production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs can see that Snow White is an example of what a female is. From the very start you can see exactly what a women should look like by her clothes, she is wearing a pretty little dress with a bow in her hair and she is wearing grown up lipstick. Through the cinematic techniques the audience notices how Snow White possesses the stereotypical characteristics a women should maintain. Snow White is caring, gentle, extremely nurturing, wants things clean, and wants to find a prince who will love her. Snow Whites soft voice shows how caring and gentle she is. Her voice is also at a stereotypical women's pitch. It isn't a low scratchy sound, it is a high suprano pitch. The lighting encompassing Snow White brings out the warm yellow color of her clothes to give the entire atmosphere a calm feel to it. From the beginning of the movie it shows how all the animals in the woods trust and like Snow White. They surround her whenever she is outside. For example when she is sitting on the ground scrubbing the steps with soapy water, birds land on all the tree branches around Snow White and sing along with her. A stereotypical women is supposed to be gentle and sweet to everything around her. The animals trust Snow White so much, when she gets caught in a horrible situation they lead her straight to the seven dwarfs home. The first thing Snow White notices when she takes a step into the little cottage is how dirty it is. The audience is shown this my how the camera is being tilted all over the house showing the dirty dishes and dusty shelves. Snow White automatically   starts cleaning the entire house. Her actions show how her character is identical of how a stereotypical women should act. 

Follis.Jordyn.TheThird ManBlog.

The gender lens points out all the evil within the men and women that is shown throughout the movie "The Third Man". The scene that I noticed that showed how there is evil within men and women is when Holly Martens buys some flowers and brings them with him when he knocks on Anna Schimdts apartment door. When he comes the light is darker on him then it is on her. The lighting shows how he has a bad side to him. When he walks in most of the light is focused on the flowers which show exactly what they are meant to represent. Holly Martens thinks that Anna Schimdt is a whore when talking about the Madonna or Whore Theory. That Theory states that women are either a Madonna, a gentle care giver, or a Whore, a sextual creature. Holly Martens thinks that Anna Schimdt can just be won like a little stuffed animal at the county fair grounds. He tried to win her over by bringing her bright and fluffy flowers. Since Holly Martens thought Anna Schimdt was a Whore the flowers were suppose to be the easy way to get her with him. Also this scene brings out the evil and bad that is within Anna Schidmt. Holly Marten try's to win her over and forget about Harry lime with some bright and fluffy flowers. It doesn't work, she is the Whore he thinks she is. In the end though she is the oblivious stereotypical women. She knows how bad of a man Harry Lime is, but ignores the truth and still falls in love with him. Within this scene the camera shows how powerless Anna Schmidt is and how absent she is to the truth by putting a downward angle when she is viewed. Within this scene of the movie "The Third Man", the Gender Lens shows how men and women can be evil. 

Follis.Jordyn.Blog4.

I really enjoyed all the Ted Talks and everybody did so well but I'm going to write this blog about Shaena's Ted Talk. I really enjoyed listening to her speech, she really caught my attention with what she was saying. Like at first in her introduction she drew me in to want to listen more about what she was saying, which is exactly what you want to do. Her delivery was very good! Her speaking was very smooth, it was the right speed and the perfect volume. I also really liked how she included her own personal experience with her poverty topic. She showed us lots of pictures which clicked my understanding better with what she was saying. The pictures she showed she compared what things were like here and what things are like in Kenya. They don't get electronics, vehicles, and toys like we do. She told us a story of how happy and a excited a middle age boy there was for getting a container of bubbles. If a middle age kid gets bubbles here, it's boring and not as excited. She showed with this little story how we aren't as appreciative for things then all the other people are for things they get. Here, we just expect it, there it is absolutely amazing to get anything to play with because there used to having to make or imagine there one toys and games. I really enjoyed hearing about her trip to Kenya and how poverty isn't always such a bad thing. Like we think we have it so bad here at times, but there they have it two hundred times worse and still are happy spirited. They never show through their personality or attitude how bad they really have it. The little things there mean the world to them, but aren't as meaningful here compared to them. It was really cool to here how she put the whole Ted Talk together. Her whole presentation was organized and easy to follow.