Are we born straight or gay?

Are we born straight or gay- the making of me john borrowman

Are you born straight or gay?

Is camp natural or learned behaviour?

Are you born gay or is it a choice?

Throughout out the clip john borrowman is going through multiple brain tests to see if he is born gay or if it is something you pick up throughout time. The tests come back and show that half way through pregnancy it is hard wired into the DNA and brain that you are born gay or straight.

Camp can be both natural and learned behaviour, in john borrowmans case the camp behaviour is natural it is in his brain that he reacts much like a women. In the texts taken John is off the scale of a test that women are usually best at and he beats the women's score which shows that he has a brain functioning much like a women and even stronger. However some camp behaviour can be learned as through out society depending on the people that that you hang out with can bring out the camp behaviour.

Being gay is not a choice as a lot of people say that you choose to be what sexuality you are but the tests prove that you are born gay and that it is not a choice it is how you are born, also there are some men that want to be straight but cannot as their sexuality is gay.

Speaking to the man who is going to give the tests

One of the tests taken to text special abilities

Test to see how he is with words

Getting the results

Results of word fluency showing his brain functions higher than a women's 

Object memory test showing his brain functions in a female typical way 

Questions

This is a mind map of different questions that we answered. 

Mock- the hustle

Screening 1-

The clip begins with a long shot which is on the man who works in the store. The man goes up to an older woman who is a customer and shows a judging look as if she can't afford the dress she is looking at. The store owner shows his masculine side by standing above the woman making her feel belittled, in the background a younger customer comes in wearing a very expensive ring and he suggests a designer dress this is where is post masculine side comes out. The key representations of characters in this scene is the store owner who is post masculine, the customer who is feminine as she acts very feminine as when she looses her ring she says her husband will kill her suggesting she's under control but she also shows post femininity by the way she seems in control of the sale. Another key character that is represented is the man who claims he finds the missing ring he is masculine as he stands his ground and acts like the alpha male. The representation of the rich woman is negative as she seems stuck up also the first viewing of the shop keeper when he speaks to the older woman he seems like he does not want her service as she does not look like the rich kind which brings the audience to feel some sympathy for her. Yes the use of naturalism is used everyone acts very natural just like they would in a regular shop.

Screening 2-

The key status characters are the store owner, the rich lady customer and the man who claims he found the ring. The status of the store owner changes slightly as he is post masculine and then he begins to change and try to be masculine in the disagreement with the man but when the man proves his masculinity the store owner goes back to post masculine male. The diegetic music starts at the very beginning of the clip and ends at 0.17 seconds it does this to introduce the clip before the characters begin talking. The camera is mainly stable however when they're searching for the ring it looks as though the camera becomes slightly unsteady. An unusual camera shot I picked up was when a couple of the characters looked at the camera and spoke to it. The shot reverse shots were obvious editing as they don't tend to take much editing so you can tell when they have been edited.

Sexuality

Media-

How does this clip represent sexuality-

Introduction-

What is sexuality

Different sections in sexuality 

Characters I am looking at 

1st para-

The costumes

Camera angles

Characters

High angles, low angles etc

2nd para-

Sound

Background sounds- music in the background 

Character sounds- the way they speak etc- women in the barn- upper class/posh. Women in biker leather jacket- masculine

Sound of creature- masculine- roar 

3rd para-

Editing

CGI- the lion

How it's put together

Transitions

Screen time

4th para-

Lighting

Location- forest 

Set

Props- digger- masculine 

Final para-

Conclusion of what sexuality is and how it is represented in the primeval clip

IT crowd clip

Post masculinity- 

IT Crowd- not very masculine, geeky jobs

Not the typical man- not dressed in suits don't have girlfriends or wives 

Work in IT- IT isn't a masculine job, not much power as a man, don't put across that they are strong and that they're the man of the house.

Stereo types

Stereo types of Disability in the media- 

Villain- freak/abnormal/scary

Hero/brave- overcoming adversity

Ugly, physically incapable and non sexual 

Victim- vulnerable - dominant 

Ethnicity-

Asian- Indian

Asian- South East Thai etc

Middle Eastern

White black- African, Caribbean

Gypsy/traveller

Eastern European 

Exotic 

Dangerous

Pitied- dominant

Humorous

Sexualised

Unified/conflict 

Age-

Unfit

Lazy

Obese

Liable

Old- dominant 

Violent

Immature

Grumpy or greedy

Sexuality-

Straight- dominant

Homosexual

Bisexual

Lesbian

Victim/sympathetic

Threat/abnormal

Sexualised/promiscuous

Gender- 

male- dominant

Female 

Framework for analysis- 

Step 1- significance 

Step 2- relationships of power

Step 3- differences how they're presented as opposites

Step 4- reinforcing/challenging stereotypes

Regional identity- 

Upper

Middle- dominant 

Working

Under

City- dominant 

Country

Northern

Southern 

Modern media-

YouTube

Equal

Anyone

Why? Why do media?

Watch clip 4 times

Hustle- timed essay- 45 mins

Camera

Mise en scene

Sound

Edit

Low angle- masculine

Kettle- feminine

Fade out- feminine because it is slow and soft

Masculine- Sharp quick cut 

YouTube- OCR hustle tv drama

Write about the 4 technical areas

Media notes-

Notes- exam clip

Use mentor partners to help revise as both have information and can help each other revise.

Stereotypes-

Gendered as camp and butch - wasn't butch so is challenging

Victim/sympathetic

Threat- abnormal

Sexualised - promiscuous - challenging the stereotype

Close ups in breasts - male gaze

Close ups also show the emotion of the characters

Pace- slower transition between cuts

Dark lighting- idea of the privacy

Sex scene- set in bed

Sympathy for the characters who cannot express how they feel as lesbians where frowned upon

Man- straight - straight is seen as threatening in the scene as it is a lesbian scene and she does not want anyone to know she is a lesbian.

White apron- virginify/purity

Red- danger

Slow motion- very important to write about

Composition-