Upon research, these are some of the lesbian stereotypes that we found, and want to avoiding in the film opening:
We have decided to avoid these stereotypes in our opening sequence and create something that fits a more modern representation of homosexual women. This helps to break out of the current conventions that are in film and to appeal to young adults who are helping to break out of these conventions and are wanting to see homosexual characters used in normal shows without having their sexuality as the main theme of the show or character.
However we have decided not to subvert every stereotype that both females and lesbians portray. This is because trying to fit every subversion will give an unnatural feel the film. To fit both criteria we decided to avoid the stereotypes we found in secondary research but to include the stereotypes we found in our primary research, our interviews.
- In every lesbian couple, one has to be the man.
- Lesbians all dress like men.
- All butches have short hair and are overweight.
- All lesbians hate make-up, shaving, bras and dresses.
We have decided to avoid these stereotypes in our opening sequence and create something that fits a more modern representation of homosexual women. This helps to break out of the current conventions that are in film and to appeal to young adults who are helping to break out of these conventions and are wanting to see homosexual characters used in normal shows without having their sexuality as the main theme of the show or character.
However we have decided not to subvert every stereotype that both females and lesbians portray. This is because trying to fit every subversion will give an unnatural feel the film. To fit both criteria we decided to avoid the stereotypes we found in secondary research but to include the stereotypes we found in our primary research, our interviews.
