Representation of gender and sexuality within different types of TV Shows.
In any TV show, men are always seen as the dominant character, whereas women are seen as those who are weak and are exploited for men's needs, for example sexuality. In the TV Show, Vampire diaries, the main character is a women, Elena Gilbert who falls in love with a vampire Stefan Salvatore; however its not a happy ending as his evil brother Damon plans to wreck his relationship. From only knowing about the 3 main characters, we can already see that Elena is going to be used as a sex object
The main typical storyline for programmes such as the vampire diaries is that the young human woman falls in love with a aged vampire disguised in a young mans body, which of course does not end well. As the vampire is the man, it automatically gives the more power towards the other characters especially women, therefore showing how gender plays a big part in vampire TV shows, even in society.
Watching a few clips from Vampire Diaries I have realised that whenever Stefan or Damon are shown, they have much more of high key lighting even though some may see then as the villains bad. Whereas when Elena is shown, she is presented with more of a low key lighting which could connote that she is more in danger than anything else.
^NEED TO FINISH. just saying.
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