What is your impression of the sixties era?
My first impression of the sixties was that it was very heavy on stereotypes, specifically clothing, for example the women often wore mini skirts and tight clothing to appeal to men. The sixties also feels much more unique than previous decades such as the fifties as the trailer uses a very colourful font usually seen at hippie festivals which is fitting as the sixties was when hippies started to appear. But the sixties still feels very civil, it was only until the 80's and the 90's that when people started to become rebels and break out of the rules of chivalry.
Where does this come from?
I was getting this impression as the trailer used a colourful hippie font. I also got a sense of class when looking at Austin's clothing. It's the kind of clothing you would see at a fancy dinner with it's fabric and frills. Some of the women too wore tight clothing making their bodies more revealing, similar to how in the Avengers (a sixties show) Emma Peel wore skin tight clothing.
Write down five key events that shaped it
The Vietnam war, the cold war, the civil rights protests, The first moon landing and the assassinations of Martin Luther king and John F Kennedy.
Write down five famous figures associated with this era
Muhammad Ali, Neil Armstrong, Martin Luther King, The Beatles and Bob Dylan.
Mark 15/15
ReplyDelete1. Good on 'flower power', confidence of youth and hippies; also remember assertion of female power
and 2. Good on individuality and self-expression
3 and 4. Good choices.