What I learnt from the 'Representation of women in horror movies task'

From this task I have not only learnt a new theory, that being Mulvey's "male gaze" theory, I have also learnt the different ways women are portrayed and represented in horror movies. From my analysis on this it is clear that whilst women are portrayed as weak and vulnerable and there seems to be a focus on their sexuality, due to the fact we are seeing the movie from the eyes of a man meaning that the common stereotypical images of women are then applies, because of the fact the movie is a 21st century movie stereotypes also differ quite a lot presented new representations of women as being dominant and powerful. Because of this when characterizing the female characters in my movie, me and my group are going to have think carefully about whether we are going to try and adhere to Mulvey's theory, by presenting the women in our movie as stereotypically weak, vulnerable and desired as we are seeing it through the eyes of a man, or if we are going to challenge this by presenting a different view of women perhaps not focused on your typical horror movie. This task as a result, has been very beneficial in helping us to see different ways in which we can characterize our characters.