Hauser, Kirsi (2024) How did German Female Filmmakers of the 1970s Combat the Narratives and Imagery of Women Produced by the Male-Dominated Film Industry? Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Until the 1970s, women in German cinema existed only as a myth, ascending from male fantasy. Mirroring the dominant patriarchal ideology, the cinematic medium was permeated by images and stereotypes that degraded the female on screen to an object of erotic pleasure. In understanding the emergence of Germany's critically acclaimed feminist film culture, this theoretical research will attempt to uncover how female filmmakers of the 1970s combated the narratives and imagery of women produced by the male-dominated film industry. Two representative works, The All-Round Reduced Personality – Redupers (1978) by Helke Sander and The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978) by Margarethe von Trotta, will be reviewed using a narratological and a mis-en-scène analysis. Acknowledging that the world of film is still characterized by severe gender inequality, the paper will illuminate how these findings can be valuable for contemporary filmmaking. Ultimately, four central lessons will be identified: (1) a focus on identity, (2) allyship, (3) the disembodiment of voice; and (4) the fusion of fiction and documentary styles. The research reveals how our unconscious is shaped by the images we consume and how film can be utilized to drive forward the liberation of women in the realm of the moving image and beyond.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | McKeown, M.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 07:44 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 07:44 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/412 |
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