To what extent have gender stereotypes been used to construct female representations in

this trailer? (10 marks)

Fierce- cheater print, a lot of low angels, revealing clothes and also fully clothed but tight to show body
shape, the man is the side kick however he does the stuff most men would do for example flying the
plane, there poses are quite feminine e.g., the way they stand, and the other woman does a pose of like
a fierce cheater

YES = stereotypical

 Male character was piloting the plane, however ww knew more about flight technology than he
did, she was the passenger
 Ww is the hero – confident, fierce, aggressive/physically strong
 Costume = revealing, even when full armor still skintight and revealing curves. White dress high
split, curly hair red lipstick, overtly feminine costumes- camera- low angel shot when she shoots
into the sky looking up her skirt, mid shot as she was pushing the lorries apart focused on her
thighs, low-level mid-shot as she swipes her leg past the camera revealing an upskirt shot
 Female vs female = jealously ‘’you've always had everything...’’- male villains are about
domination and power, female villain here is about jealousy and wanting what the other woman
has.

NO = challenging stereotypes

 The fact that the hero is a woman- wide angels of tribe of women lined up like an army in
combat costumes.
 She works independently – often seen alone in shots fighting enemies- the ‘helper’ is a man, but
he is portrayed as useless.

In the wonder woman trailer women have been represented stereotypically, for example she is shown
fierce and aggressive, both the female characters. Evidence to support this is in the fighting scene the
blonde woman is shown wearing a cheater print costume and is also shown in animal like poses showing
how women are similar to cheaters or animals in general. And for wonder woman her facial expressions
are quite firm and serious most the time. This exemplifies Laura Mulvey's male gaze theory because she
says women are shown to look sexy which the cheater print represents. The male character was seen as
the side kick when the women are usually shown as that in the movies, however in one part when he is
piloting the plane he is shown as the manly one and in a way portrays that she can't pilot the plane even
though she knew more about it than he did, also she was the passenger. Again, this is another
stereotype that men do the manly jobs whereas women do the ‘work’ whereas in this case the work she
is doing is fighting the villain.

On the other hand, women in the trailer also challenge stereotypes, for example wonder woman is
represented as the hero in the movie as a whole. Evidence to support this is the wide angel shot of the
tribe of women lined up like an army in combat costumes showing they are ready to fight and she works
independently, often seen alone in shots while fighting the enemy. This also exemplifies Laura Mulvey's
male gaze theory because of the type of revealing clothes she is shown worn. Throughout the movie she
is showing mainly legs but in one part when she is shown fully clothed it is skintight revealing the curves
in her body. The fact that the hero and villain are both women shows a stereotype that women are
more jealous and competitive with each other, evidence for this is when in one part she says ‘' you've
always had everything...’', imply she wants what wonder woman has. However, going onto Laura
Mulvey's theory the male villains are about domination and power and the female villain her is about
jealousy and wanting wat the other woman has.

5/10