GTA characters (poster)

What is the criminal’s facial expression

• relaxed lips/ parted lips → shows confidence, suggestive → gesture code

• sunglasses on tip of her nose → direct gaze→ confident → reach male target audience

describe the criminals body language

• open and relaxed → creates male gaze → objectified through her posture → leaning over bonnet

• skin and body shape and skin is revealed → hinting at sexualised meaning, objectified, male gaze→ gesture code

describe the criminals hair, costume and makeup

• wearing summer clothes → short shorts are suggestive and conforms to stereotypes →baggy off-the-shoulder top to be enticing

  • Hair is down and messy → stereotypical women → golden blonde hair → enhance allure and attract attention, emphasising femininity.

  • Makeup enhances her facial features, especially her eyes → stereotypes of feminine beauty are aimed at attracting men → male gaze

  • damsel in distress → passive

Describe the criminals props

• handbag → potentially full of stolen money

  fancy car → potentially stolen → car and bag suggest she’s disgusted as a damsel, but really the villain

• Phone and hairbrush → typical feminine objects → suggest police have searched her

how does the criminal subvert yet conform

• Subverts in the way of being arrested

• Conforms in the form of her outfit → feminine

• She is being sexualised and objectified at the same time

Describe the police officer’s facial expression

• serious → negative, angry, not impressed, glare, furrowed eyebrows → indicate authority and intensity, displaying a no-nonsense attitude towards crime → This reflects the typical representation of law enforcement as stern and focused.

Describe the police officer’s body language

• stiff body language → upright, quite controlled suggests readiness for action and authority.

describe the police officers costume, hair, and makeup

• Hair is tied back neatly (slicked bun), wearing no makeup → subverting stereotypes

• police uniform (blue) → high rank and intelligence, represents the law and stability → masculine authority → subverting, confidence

• police belt has a holster → gun reinforces danger and their role as the protector → hero → active, masculine

who does the police officer play in terms of Propps character theory

• hero, however, As the aim of the game is to commit crimes, she could also be the villain

does the police officer subvert or conform

• Subverts stereotypes as women aren’t typically police officers, it is seen as a man’s job → she has the power