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  First off, I would like to say this a very beautiful assignment to complete. Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Not all females want to dress like a girly girl and not all males want to dress masculine. In the video with Judith Butler, it shows the difference between what performed and performative gender is. Performed means gender is there before the performance and performative means that gender is the performance itself. Gender won’t exist until it is performed. Judith Butler stated a good point she states that “Think about how sissy boys or tomboys have to functions around others”. To me, she made a point by saying that because sissy boys are going to be called gay because of how they may dress. People see that it is more feminine clothes so of course others will assume their sexuality. Tomboys are going to get asked if they are lesbian because of how masculine they may be dressed. In this society toda...

  1.T he difference between narration and narrator is that narration is the act of telling a story and a narrator is one who tells the story. 2. The difference between omniscient and restricted narration is that omniscient narration is when everything can be told and unrestricted information provided. Restricted narration is when there is a singular perspective and limited information provide.  3.Part A: The difference between (a) the camera narrator and a third-person narrator is that a camera narrator focuses more on the visual elements such as angles and shots. But a third-person narrator is not a character in the story they are telling. Part B: A first-person narrator and a third-person narrator is first-person deals with hearing one narration while watching the camera's narration and third-person the narrator isn't in the movie 4. A major character can be flat and a minor character can be round because characters it is how the character is characterized. There can be all ...

  The idea of representation has to deal with being based on actual experience and based on an actual reason. Representation also has to also deal with a specific group being labeled and once a specific group is labeled or a stereotype is created for that group others will never look at the group the same because of how much prejudice is built up. According to Chapter 4 Representation, states, " The term has the capacity to suggest that some media  re -present, over and  over again, certain images, stories, situations. This can make them  seem ‘natural’ or familiar – and thereby marginalize or even exclude  other images, making those  un familiar or even threatening." In other words, this evidence is saying once the media is brought up man of times it can make the labeling seem more comfortable to others so, it won't be that hard for someone to make a preconceived opinion on a topic. 

  Representation is the act of giving a full description on behalf of someone or something. An example of representation is how people see a black African American male. Most African American males have always mostly represented stereotypically the reasons these stereotypes may be created is because of media and how the media creates prejudice, and prejudice is when an opinion is not based on a reason or actual experience. I will provide an example video of different examples explaining black men stereotypes the link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJvPsFuSDdI  (Links to an external site.) Personally, I feel as if you guys should watch the video because there are really a lot of stereotypes pertaining to African American men so in this video there will be a better understanding.

 What is cinematic language? Cinematic language is how the movies communicate with viewers/audience through different types of methods. Cinematic language includes elements such as camera angles, sound, movement, and lighting, also using visual design can create the form of mise-en-scène. Mise-en-scène controls the overall visual representation of the production so, an example is when a stage of a play is being held to include, mise-en-scène  is defined as setting the stage in English. When an actor or actors are in a shot their performance and emotions will communicate with the viewers.  In filming, there are different types of shots: long shot, low shot, and close upshot these shots create cinematic effects. The elements that are being discussed are elements that help determine the film and how people will judge the film.