How Hitchcock uses a typical female stereotype in his films?
Presenter: The three films I will be focusing on are The Bird, Frenzy and Psycho. My focus film is Psycho I choose this film because I feel that Janet Leigh portrays one of the biggest female stereotypes in the history of black and white films.
Projector (image of Psycho)
Presenter: Marion Crane portrayed Janet Leigh is a typical sexual object and gullible women who believes her lover will actually leave his wife for her this shows she is also stereotyped the home wrecker and scarlet women. She also extremely trusts which this foolish behaviour leads to her death. She is a typical blonde and very attractive which isn’t completely shocking because Hitchcock was notorious for picking actresses that are particularly known for being eye candy. There is a particular scene that caught my eye Marion is a receptionist at a bank but what I noticed is that there is two receptionists but only Marion is paid attention Caroline the other receptionist is a sort of plain Jane character with lank brown hair and no features that really stand out.
Projector (Image of Caroline)
Presenter: I also thought that the character Mrs Chambers portrays the stereotype of the doting wife which I feel connects to Mrs Oxford the doting wife that is featured in Frenzy. Mrs Chambers is very homely and attentive
Presenter: Lila Crane is completely opposite to Marion her sister. Lila is more sensible and responsible not jumping in to things but thinking about situations all way through instead of rash decisions. She seems more of a homemaker and wife material unlike her sister.
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