Analysis of the trailer: Provoked!

Within seconds of the jovial familial ideology created, this consensual and harmonic depiction of the family is demolished as forms of female oppression are evident in this biased marital relationship as the male inflicts violence onto Aishwariya Rai which promotes the ideology that society is still patriarchal even in the 21st century. The short caption which then appears stating “victim” when the female faces abuse followed by a freeze in the movement of the trailer emphasises the shock value of domestic violence, and can also reflect the fear in the females emotions. Also, the significance of the high angle shot highlights male superiority and paints the image of the female as being vulnerable and intimidated by her husband. Alongside with this, the typical stereotype of females being emotional is reflected through the medium shot of the mother hugging her two children, and no references are made to the male showing affection to his children which shows females are still perceived to be the main nuturers in the family. However, beyond this moment, this British Asian film attempts to subvert the sterotype if females in many ways. For example, many of the criminals in the prison are females which to some extent exemplifies that females are infact capable of commiting devious crimes in life too, and that they are not as innocent as they are not as innocent as they were in previous ages. Moreover, Aishawariya Rai confides to Southall Black sisters who forward her case and bring attention to the members o the public in order to server Aishawariya Rai justice. They are successful in doing so, which depicts that females in modern day society are capable of taking control of significant issues in a diplomatic and intelligent way and will still be heard. Moreover, the ending slogan: “In prison she found her freedom”, not only acts as a catalyst to lure the audience into watching the movie, but also conforms to Levi Strauss’ theory of binary oppositions as prison is normally associated with isolation and that is where she found her freedom which is unusal. Nevertheless, this represents how socially deprived she was in her marriage and now that she has gained freedom by going to prison higlights her happiness as she never did endure that before. She is now an indepedant lady as the trailer shows her wearing smart attire which subverts the sterortype of females up the social hbeing a housewife as she can move up the social hierarchy in the workforce and has the ability to predominantly be a breadwinner. Therefore, Provoked challenges the sterortype of women as it represents them as ambitious females in the end.