My Chosen Question And Why

Does the representation of young females in 'Mean Girls' and 'Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging' reinforce or challenge stereotypical viewpoints?"

In this investigation i will be examining the representation of teenage girls in Mean Girls and ATAPS, i will be applying Mulvey's theory to key scenes within the films, i will investigate if the stereotype within the films challenge or reinforce the representation that comes with the film and the typical layout of a teenage film. 

Femininity is defined as a set of attributes, behaviours, and roles generally associated with girls and women. I chose to explore this to show how teenagers are shown and represented in different films depending on the audience or age. when researching this I will chose to focus on the way in which they are dressed, speak and act.

The films I have decided to view and study in the research of this part of my media course work are, Mean Girls and Angus Things And Perfect Snogging I have chosen to look at these three films when researching how is Femininity represented in teenage films. 

I have chosen to use this as my research question because i have a strong interest in the way women are presented in different type of teenage films, creating representations and comparisons to real life, I have also decided to study this as it allows me to see how in the different type of teenage films are presented by the message that they are trying to portray.
As well as this, it will allow me to compare how teenagers act differently in different parts of the world, Mean Girls id set in an american high school and ATAPS is set in a british high school, it then gives me a chance to also compare how femininity contrasts between America and the UK.