Women Representation In The Media

78% of news articles written by men
72% of men on question time
84% radio 4's quest are men

Bookers are the main corporates for these statistics due to their 24/7 pressured environment. 5000 women were dropped from broadcasting in the last two years. The BBC have been accused of victimisation.

'woman on the left' - when Hugh Grant was in court about the Levson Enquiry, there was a woman on the left that was flirting with him.


IN TERMS OF THE REPRESENTATION IN MY WORK:

The woman in my trailer is a typical girlie girl, stereotypically prone to romance and happiness who is pretty and wears pretty clothing. There are always these types of girls in romantic movies as they are easier to empathise with from the target audience which are girlie girls themselves. For example, Rose in Titanic, Allie from The Notebook and Savannah from Dear John.

Rose (Titanic)

Allie (The Notebook)

Savannah (Dear John)