To look separately at the role of women in the fields of film, video and television in Britain is to recognise that the experiences of women in these areas are somehow different to those of men. The work by women in moving image production both reflects and informs the position of women within British society since the 1920s.

During the 1990s, shifts in politics and a transformation of production and exhibition technologies allowed greater accessibility to the media, but the new market economy and a backlash against feminism contributed to a move away from overtly feminist practice.

These 2 paragraphs on representation of women is taken from a website i found that i thought would be useful for me when doing my independent study. It will strongly benefit me for the wider context, particularly the historical context as it talks about the past.

The website is:
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/824060/index.html