Representation of Gender

Stereotypical women are meant to have 'clean jobs' such as being a teacher or secretary. Because of this they are portrayed as not being as strong as men and are just meant to be pretty to look at instead of being hands on. Whereas men are stereotyped as having 'dirty jobs' that include technical skills such as being involved in mechanics or construction and are usually involved in the engineering or science fields. 
Because the genre we have chosen for our own title sequence is a drama I decided to look at some of the stereotypes used throughout TV dramas.

Men

• Active roles
• Mentally and physically stronger then women
• Outnumber females
• Allowed to gaze at women (treat them like objects)
• Dominant 

Women

• Passive roles
• Objects for males (grab attention of male viewers)
• In need of protection
• Not independent 

Nowadays there is a lot more diversity with more and more women playing stronger roles than the men, for example in The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is portrayed as being an independent, strong minded woman who manages to take control. 

In our own film opening we don't really have any stereotypes as our opening is based on true events, so because of this we have to dress our characters to suit their role.