Points:
- Male Gaze - objectifies women
- Hyper masculinity - over exaggerated
- Phallic imagery
- Yonic imagery
- Women naturally nurturing (motherly)
- National Identity
Male Gaze:
V for Vendetta -
* Evey is sexualised throughout and seen to be vulnerable
* Evey gains power when shaving her head and looses her femininity
* Evey is seen as a sex object by the pope
* Power = masculinity
* Women can act but they have to be masculine
* V for Vendetta conforms to the typical Hollywood idea
Children of Men -
* Women are not sexualised - even when Kee is either giving birth or naked in the barn she is not sexualised; the only thing that is focused on is the meaning behind the image not Kee herself
* Kee giving birth = a distraction from Kee being sexualised
* Women act without having to be masculine
* Does not conform to the typical Hollywood idea
Mother & Father:
V for Vendetta -
* V is a mother figure to Evey - he takes her in when she is weak and vulnerable; he cooks, cleans, dances, cares for her, wears a pink apron and has feminine and mother like characteristics and features
* Sutler is a dominant father figure towards the nation looking down on everyone whilst he gives orders; we know he is dominant due to him being placed on a big screen central to the scene
Children of Men -
* Theo is a father figure to Kee and the baby; he cares for Kee and the baby helping them to escape to freedom and safety
* Theo uses the father figure towards Kee and the baby as a redemption from his past as he failed as a father to his own son
* Jasper is a father figure to Theo; sacrificing himself in order to help his 'son' Theo
V for Vendetta editing:
* Dominoes scene - shows cross cutting - V is important
Hyper Masculinity:
V for Vendetta -
* Final fight scene - V is shown to have some form of super powers as he doesn't die no matter how many times he gets fired at - this shows strength
Children of Men -
* There is no hyper masculinity within Children of Men; this makes the story more realistic and gets the messages across
* We know that Theo is not a hyper masculine person due to him running away from the fishes
* Theo avoids conflict
* Theo has no influence on anyone apart from Kee as a father figure
Phallic Imagery:
V for Vendetta -
* Knifes and Guns used represents power
* Fascism government
Children of Men -
* In Children of Men all phallic objects used are destructive - links to hyper masculinity
* Men are dominant and women are only used for children
* Challenges stereotypes; men can be maternal
Yonic Imagery:
V for Vendetta -
* Evey being re-birthed
* The rose V places on each victim's body - represents after birth
* Train going through the tunnel uses Yonic imagery
Children of Men -
* Theo wounded - this shows birth into after life
* Theo & Kee escaping through the tunnel - birthing their freedom
* Challenges stereotypes - the world would fail without women; they are not just for child bearing
National Identity:
V for Vendetta -
* Set in a clean city, giving a positive view and representation of London
Children of Men -
* Set within a polluted London giving off a negative representation and gives an insight of what the future could be like - a sense of realism
* The government are against immigrants - Fascism
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