Mustang Film with Feminist Narrative Approach and Evaluating Research Methodology for Setting Feminine Language; Digital Storytelling Workshop Cover Image

Feminist Anlatı Yaklaşımıyla Mustang Filmi ve Dişil Dilin Kurulmasında Bir Yöntem Değerlendirilmesi; Dijital Hikaye Anlatım Atölyesi
Mustang Film with Feminist Narrative Approach and Evaluating Research Methodology for Setting Feminine Language; Digital Storytelling Workshop

Author(s): Nüket Elpeze Ergeç
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Evaluation research, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Serdar Öztürk
Keywords: Feminine Language; Feminist Narrative; Digital Storytelling Workshop;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, based on feminist theory and feminist narrative approach in cinema, it was aimed to draw a frame about the possibilities of establishing feminine language in cinema through the female director. The Digital Storytelling workshop practice was designed to include the female audience and to see the connection with film. For this scope, Mustang film directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven was chosen in this study. The film has been evaluated through feminist film narrative of Smelik (2008) how she presented to the audience with feminine language by feminist film narrative, the point of view and characters. It has been seen that the film presents gender differences with a female view and presents criticism of the asymmetric power relationship between the genera. In this study, “My scene” Digital Storytelling workshop practice was organized with the film’s women audience and so six digital stories were produced during the workshop. The potential to create a feminine language was observed in the stories that evaluated the film through the scenes they identified with the Mustang film. The results indicated that the participating defined “women” in the center of digital stories those analyses content and thematic. Finally, the participants experienced feminine language through their story in “My scene” workshop practice.

  • Issue Year: 4/2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 10-27
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish