This essay will analyse how the components settings and costume/make-up from the concept Mise-en-scène show the differences between homosexual characters and heterosexual characters. The representations and stereotypes that made the differences visible together with the theory of semiotic and what signs we interpret in the films help us find the connection between the settings, costume/make-up and stereotypes. Together with the social Mise-en- scène this essay analyses three Swedish films with homosexual main characters and their love lifes. Previous research focuses on the homosexual representation in films so we can see how the homosexual characters earlier has been represented. The analysis uses the components settings and costume/make-up to look into the aspect of stereotypes and representations of homosexual characters compared to heterosexual ones. At the end of the essay in the discussion the previous research and the analysis of the films are discussed and in the last part the research question is answered.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-55116 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Ljunggren, Caroline |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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