I was surfing on Youtube, and I found a very interesting video... It was Called "The Donna Read Image of Women" (Youtube link). It basically outlines how women tend to be represented in most American sitcoms. The "Donna Read Image" is seen to be very common in sitcoms. The image basically shows women as stay at home housewives while the father goes to work and makes a living. Also, the women that are shown to be like this are never seen to be out of the house, and most of the time have no friends. The video claims this image of women to be outdated, therefore a bit of a biased video, but in some cases very true. It does however mention some sitcoms like the US version of "The Office", where women are shown in a workplace, and there is even a married couple in the workplace, who met there (How often does that happen!?). This is a more positive and "In-date" representation of women, and according to the video: "Should be used more often".
This video is useful to use, because seeing this video now gives me an idea for my practical production.
Yes, you are getting two updates in one blog post, how lucky are you people today!?
Anyway, as I mentioned, the video gave me a good idea for what I want to do for my practical piece. I have decided I am going to make a moving image sitcom, which will involve the roles reversing: A Stay at home father, whilst the mother goes out to work with a full time job. Sound good? Well, heres more. It will be a brand new sitcom, I will shoot a short clip of it (Possibly an entire first half, which is about 10 mins), and this will introduce the narrative, theme and characters of the sitcom - I will post more when I actually have the full narrative! :)
In the mean time folks, have fun, keep moving onwards and upwards, and most importantly, work hard! Exams are fast looming on us...
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