THE BECHDEL TEST

In class we looked briefly at the Bechdel Test. The Bechdel Test is a test which names three main criterias for a film, for example it has to have at least two women in it, the women have to talk to talk to each other, the women have to talk to each other about a topic besides men. The test is known as a 'benchmark' for movies and was developed by Alison Bechdel in 1985 through her comic Dykes to Watch Out For in a strip called The Rule.

From looking at this test it will help me identify whether scenes in my AS (film opening) and A2 (film trailer) have scenes that agree or pass this test. I will have a better idea and be prepared for a theory that could come up in my A2 examination.

My film trailer project there is a scene between Sydney and the Female and Male Migrants talking about passports being collected. However, my film trailer fails the Bechdel Test as the Female Migrant merely nods and smiles in answer to Sydney's question, "You want your passports don't you?". The two females don't have a conversation.

From Vogue HERE

Found HERE