Factsheets task

Read Media Factsheet 142: Identity and Film.

2) Complete the Twenty Statements Test yourself. This means answering the question ‘Who am I?’ 20 times with 20 different answers. What do they say about your identity? Write the 20 answers in full on your blog.

I am female

I am indian

I am a person

I am an artistic person

I am a person who likes music

I am a sister

I am a friend

I am a cousin

I am a funny person

I am a person who likes to do henna

I am a person who has a very bad sweet tooth

I am kind

I am independent

I am mouthy

I am a person who people come to for advice 

I am a person who does alot of baking

I am 17

I am a person who doesnt like the colour pink

I am a person who doesnt like the cinema

 

3) Classify your answers into the categories listed  on the Factsheet: Social groups, ideological beliefs, interests etc.

 

Intests, social groups and ideological beliefs

4) Go back to your favourite film (as identified in the lesson). What does this choice of film say about your identity? Are there any identities within the film (e.g. certain characters) that particularly resonated with your values and beliefs?

5) Watch the trailers for the five films highlighted as examples of gay/lesbian representation in mainstream film. How are LGBT identities constructed in the trailers and how are audiences encouraged to respond to these representations?