Adam's Rib (1949)

 As a part of my final project research I have watched a romantic-comedy film 'Adam's Rib' (1949) directed by George Cukor starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. The film tells the story of married couple who come to oppose each other in court.

(Adam's Rib Poster)

After Doris Attinger is charged with the attempted murder of her philandering husband Warren, happily married attorneys Adam and Amanda Bonner find themselves on opposing sides of the courtroom. It's a simple case for Adam; the facts aren't in question; Doris shot her husband after she found him with his girlfriend. Amanda, on the other hand, takes a different approach; she believes that women are handled differently in the courts than men and that Doris should be released. They try to maintain their legal squabbles in the courts and not at home, but it inevitably leads to a tumultuous family situation. (Gary, n.d).

The character of Amanda Bonner (Katharine Hepburn) is really interesting; she is refusing to be passive when it comes to the topic of sex equality; she believes that women are treated enormously unfair. There is one specific scene that is way ahead its times; the scene of the final speech made by Amanda before the final verdict. Amanda tells that judges should apply the same law to Doris just like they will apply if she was a man; she told them to picture her as a man that tries to save his marriage; Doris; a woman; is in that position; once again she begs them to judge her fairly. 

(Adam's Rib - Speech Scene)

The film shows a strong woman, a lawyer, who fights for the woman rights and fairness. Katharine Hepburn with that role payed homage to all the ambitious women; who tried to be taken seriously by the society. She played a role of a lawyer who believed in equality and at the very end of it she won her case; letting everybody know that she has the guts to fight against her husband working in a same profession as she is. 

REFERENCES: 

Gary, K., n.d. Adam's Rib (1949) Plot Summary. [online] IMDb. Available at: <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041090/plotsummary> [Accessed 3 May 2021].

Hazelton, J., n.d. ADAM'S RIB Movie Poster (1949). [online] Filmposters.com. Available at: <https://www.filmposters.com/pd/ADAM-S-RIB-Adams-Rib--Movie-Poster-1949/20708> [Accessed 3 May 2021].

Movieclips, 2017. Adam's Rib (1949) - Equality Scene (7/10). [online] YouTube. Available at: <https://youtu.be/hdQOL2aFufE> [Accessed 3 May 2021].

 

Ethic Form

 

Action Plan

In today's post I am going to display my action plan for my video review about Katharine Hepburn and her legacy,

ACTION PLAN

1. Doing research on video podcast; finding the creator of those and writing about key points taken from the video.

2. Doing research on Katharine Hepburn and writing post about it.

3. Doing research on one of the films starring KH and analyzing it (Adam's Rib).

4. Doing research on software; that would be used while creating video podcast.

5. Doing research on interviews that Katharine Hepburn appeared on.

6. Writing a script for the video podcast and posting it on blog

7. Creating video podcast using chosen software

8. Displaying the progress of creating video podcast using software; attaching screenshots of the process and its results.

SMART OBJECTIVE: Idea for my major project.

 The topic that I have chosen as the theme of my final project is 'Katharine Hepburn; an icon ahead of her times'.

(Katharine Hepburn Banner)

I am going to make a podcast;  I have never done a podcast and I am a person who prefers to speak rather than write; I feel like my words when spoken are taken more seriously so I think it would be exciting to do a podcast. The work of mine will focus on the legacy of legendary Katharine Hepburn; the roles that she played; the importance of those and the impact that these parts had on the cinema. Since the beginning of her career she refused to present stereotypical beauty standard; wearing pants became her signature; in those time she was one of the first woman, public figures to wear pants; by doing so she broke gender norms; that were telling; 'women wear skirts, men wear pants'. 

Other than roles that were representing strong female characters fighting with stereotypes she also took a part in the film, that changed situation of black actors in the Hollywood ever since; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). The first big box office film that showed interracial couple as loving and beautiful relationship. After its release the film cast started to receive death threats. (Fleishman, 2017).

It is just a sneak peak of her large legacy; the final podcast will include way much more detailed information.

REFERENCES:

Fanpop, I., 2020. Katharine Hepburn - Banner. [online] Fr.fanpop.com. Available at: <https://fr.fanpop.com/clubs/katharine-hepburn/images/38254435/title/katharine-hepburn-banner-fanart> [Accessed 22 April 2021].

Jeffrey Fleishman, 2017. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' is 50 and racial tension still a problem in America. [online] latimes.com. Available at: <https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-guess-dinner-anniversary-20170131-story.html> [Accessed 22 April 2021].

Piktochart board

Recently we were asked to present our '3 amazing project ideas' as a iconography using Piktochart; here are the results:

Three Amazing Ideas

In today's post I am going to describe three ideas that I would consider when it comes to creating my final project for the Media II module. 

The 1st and the most interesting idea that I would like to develop would be an essay (with a possibility of making podcast out of it) about Katharine Hepburn and her influence on the cinema world; symbol of feminism (Little Woman 1933, Woman of the Year 1942, Adam's Rib 1949, African Queen 1951). She also took a role in a film that has changed the way African-American people were shown in films ever since; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967; it was one of the first films that has showed interracial couple as a good, loving couple (at the moment of its release in many states of America interracial couples were still illegal) 

(Katharine Hepburn wearing her signature pants)

The 2nd idea would be about writing a script for a short film; since currently I am writing a script for Film and TV Studies module about depression/isolation/rejection this one would be more cheerful; I am thinking about writing about the importance of our environment and how pollution could destroy it .

(unsplash.com - the internet source of free-usable images) 

The third idea would focus on supernatural themes used in films. The essay will describe the very first movies related to that topic and also explain why so many people love films that have paranormal themes attached to it. I will later on describe one of the most known thriller/horror films from The Golden Age of Hollywood; Gaslight (1944) and some recent supernatural related films like Hereditary (2018). 

(Gaslight 1944)

REFERENCES:

Oxenreider, n.d. Katharine Hepburn Wearing Pants. [image] Available at: <https://theartofsimple.net/styletruths/katherine-hepburn-pants/> [Accessed 20 April 2021].

Gasquez, 2015. Gaslight de George Cukor, quand la colère incandescente devient émancipatrice (1944). [image] Available at: <https://www.deuxiemepage.fr/2020/06/15/gaslight-george-cukor-1944-ingrid-bergman-colere/> [Accessed 20 April 2021].

Icebreaker challange.

 During today’s class we were asked to draw a machine that relates to us in some way; the machine that I have chosen was a video camera.

Video Camera is a symbol of my interest;  the cinema world. I might even suggest that video camera is a allegory of it; it is the machine that started it all; it allowed artists to capture their vision through it.