Your opinion on the representation of men in music videos?
 

hey all, just wanted to get your ideas and thoughts about how men are presented in music videos, especially in heavy metal music videos.

Like do you think that they are characterized or stereotyped in a aparticular way??

This isnt just random thinking, its for my media coursework, and i need your opinion for my primary research. Thanks loads xx

i feel like someone is making fun of me.

All I know is my gut says 'maybe'.

i get that feeling every single time i open a 'first guitar' thread.

should we wait a few days before actually having legit discussion on this so as to not do another person's homework?

then again men in metal videos always look super tough and extra angry. it's the only way to show the world how metal one truly is.

long hair and makeup is not super tough

how is this post making fun of you??

& thanks you guys are seriously helpful -_-

As you have the exact same IP address as Kimmage & Shanz23 who also happen to be asking us to do their homework i'll leave this thread to explain yourselves before I ban the lot of you.

uhhh...they are all related and share a common interest in the portrayal of either sex in their respective stereotypical music genres?

it could happen.

look the reason why we all have the same IP adress is because we are at school. We are not having people do our bloody homework what we are doing is gathering primary research on the opinions of people with regard to our essay questions. This is a requirement of the course that we have to carry this out you can look at the A2 AQA Media outline. We are taking the answers and analysing them. So it would be appriciated that you not ban us and re-open our threads please and just let people answer the damn questions.

Hi! and welcome to the internet. You're obviously new here so I'll provide you with some useful tips. Getting saucy with a mod will not get you your own way. Presenting yourself as a 'researcher' and being unable to properly type full sentences gets your written off as a spammer. Most importantly, the majority of people posting on forums don't give a crap and therefore most of your 'research' will be worthless as the opinions presented are often devoid of real substance.

if you were actually trying to do research you would be in a library or in contact with legitimate consumer research firms to find out where you can find published results of valid studies. asking a bunch of randoms on the internet about a generalization = worthless.

besides, the initial question in this thread is worded in a yes / no fashion. there's no room for debate.

first off that's a horrible sentence, starting it with 'like' makes the poster sound dumber than Britney Spears at the start of her career when she was supposed to be vapid as possible. 'aparticular' is also not a word. either way 'Do you think that they are characterized or stereotyped in a particular way? = yes or no'

so here's your answer and i think everyone here will agree...

yes - men are characterized and stereotyped in music videos.

good luck on your homework.

Yes, men are characterised and stereotyped in music videos.

Yes, women are characterised and stereotyped in music videos.

If this really is a school assignment I think you should watch some music videos yourself and discover the ways in which different genders are stereotyped and come up with your own original contentions, rather than trying to get people on the internet to come up with a profound observation that you can copy and paste into your assignment.

"Primary research" should be watching music videos yourselves, not surveying random people on the net.

The representation of the sexes in film does not vary according to the intent of the film; that is, in short films, music videos, movies, etc., it is consistent.

Godard said all you need for a film is a gun and a girl. This summarizes half the reason women are in film, they're a plot device. They move the story along.

The other thing they contribute is tits.

What's amazing is that this is the case in films marketed to women as well; Pretty Woman is an excellent example of this.

So, there you have it. Any woman in any film is nothing other than a plot device with tits.

thanks loads!! this is really helpful :)