My chosen film trailer to discuss how women are represented through films is 'We're the Millers'. I chose this text because it has two different examples of women shown in the trailer. Both females in this trailer are represented in different ways.
The first female we see in this trailer is Jennifer Aniston's character, Rose, who is a stripper. Immediately we she her character being objectified for the male audience as she is wearing provocative clothing and performing as a stripper. Laura Mulvey's theory of the male gaze is being used here. This automatically gives us the impression that she is not an intellectual women and that she is probably dumb too. Also she has blonde hair and the stereotypical impression of a blonde haired women is that they are very dumb so this does clarify that her character could be quite dumb. Rose's character does have some of the stereotypical characteristic of what the female role is categorised into. For example a typical women should be in the kitchen cooking and cleaning but in Rose's case she does have a job even if it is being a stripper, but on the other hand she has been objectified as we see her wearing only underwear a lot of the time throughout the trailer.
The second female we come across in the trailer is Emma Roberts character, Casey, who is the complete opposite to Rose's character. Casey seems to be homeless and steals money to supply for herself. Casey's character hasn't been objectified compared to Rose. Casey is the complete opposite to Rose as she has been made to look scruffy and wears a lot of black and wears very heavy black makeup which makes her look quite gothic. Casey is nowhere near the stereotypical female character because from what I interpret from the text is that she is homeless so she has no one to rely on and is independent and has to fend for herself living on the streets so she resorts to stealing money. Later on in the trailer because of the change in situation she is wearing nicer and more colourful clothes, also she isn't wearing as much makeup and looks more presentable. Casey's character is still far from the stereotypical female as she isn't being objectified still.
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