Identities and Film: blog task

1) Read Media Factsheet 142: Identity and Film.

2) Complete the Twenty Statements Test yourself. This means answering the question ‘Who am I?’ 20 times with 20 different answers. What do they say about your identity? Write the 20 answers in full on your blog.

I am a male

I am 18

I am straight

I am a YouTube user

I am supporter of Manchester United

I am on Facebook

I am on Twitter

I am on Instagram

I am on Snapchat

I am a Goalkeeper

I am a PS4 user

I am a Media Student

I am Greenford High School student

I am a massive fan of Suits (TV Show)

I am going to University

I am a good friend

I am an official badminton empire

I am a Applied Business student

I am going to Disneyland (Florida)

I am running out of stuff to say

3) Classify your answers into the categories listed  on the Factsheet: Social groups, ideological beliefs, interests etc.

4) Go back to your favourite film (as identified in the lesson). What does this choice of film say about your identity? Are there any identities within the film (e.g. certain characters) that particularly resonated with your values and beliefs?

Not really I just like Scarface because it's a brilliant film nothing more nothing less.

5) Watch the trailers for the five films highlighted as examples of gay/lesbian representation in mainstream film. How are LGBT identities constructed in the trailers and how are audiences encouraged to respond to these representations?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4B9AU45P4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y7NGglgjCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Ca-SPeJw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDSqgZ87fM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFY0wHpR5o