Essay Plan

My Independent study is going to focus on the ways Asian women are represented within film. By looking at the history of women and how they are presented in today's media -I decided upon using the 2006 film Provoked as my main focus, as it predominately focuses upon an Asian woman’s’ fight for freedom, after being imprisoned for life for murdered her abusive and alcoholic husband.

Paragraph 1- My 1st paragraph is going to focus on the changes in women in general. –talk about how women were seen to be weak and passive in the 19th century (in both Bollywood and Hollywood films) and how its continuing into modern day film (Provoked).
-Introduce the characters and the film.
-Talk briefly about the film genre (British film drama) how it appeals to a variety of audiences. –talk about unfair justice

Paragraph 2- I will be including a detailed M-I-G-R-A-I-N and SHEP analysis to demonstrate links to the key and wider content of women in society today and how it relates to Provoked.
- I will be looking at how Asian women are stereotyped in the media- mainly film and television (i.e. weak/passive, token characters)
-include theorists to talk about these things.
(Firstly explain how stereotypes are formed- and how they can influence audiences in a way of thinking) along side talk about the Hegemonic and Pluralistic ways thinking.

Paragraph 3
Look at the historical text and talk about how it links with Provoked.
- How have women in film changed over the last 50 decades. Focus on ‘Mother India’ (1957).
Modern Day- look at how women in Hollywood movies are being portrayed as dominant instead of the "object of desire".
-look at theorists who say that females have always been unrepresented, ‘in need of a man’. Why have women always been portrayed like this? Why does society allow this happen?

Paragraph 4
-Talk about theorists- Laura Mulvey(1975) about how Kiranjit was seen by a sex symbol by her husband.
Also talk about theorists such as: Levi Strauss- Binary oppositions
-Good vs. Evil
-Husband Vs Wife
- What affect the film has on audiences? MIGRAIN

Conclusion
-Talk about the hypothesis, say weather I proved it or not.
-Answer the question ‘How are Women represented in ‘Provoked’?’
This will be done by summarise key information from the essay and concluding it so say whether women’s representations have changed over years (and if so, how) and have Asian women’s’ representations changed (relating to historical texts).

References
-Feminism, femininity and Popular Culture- (2000) Joanne Hollows
-Representing Women, Myths of Femininity in the Popular Media- (1995) Myra Macdonald
-Representing Men, Maleness and Masculinity in the Media- (2003) Kenneth MacKinnon