Representation:
Revision AS Media Studies
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Representation - A definition
Representation
Representation Lesson - TV Drama
Your exam will be focussing on the representation of one of the following groups of people:
- Gender
- Age
- Ethnicity
- Sexuality
- Class or status
- Physical ability/disability
- Regional identity
View the three short clips and identify how the individuals have been represented according to the following issues:
Clip 1: Hollyoaks:
How are the female characters being represented according to their gender and class?
How are the male characters being represented according to their gender and class?
Identify framing, camera shots, angles, movement and editing and state how this supports your opinion of how the characters are being shown.
Clip 2: Coronation Street:
How are the female characters being represented according to their gender and class?
How are the male characters being represented according to their gender and class?
Identify framing, camera shots, angles, movement and editing and state how this supports your opinion of how the characters are being shown.
Clip 2: Waterloo Road:
How are the female characters being represented according to their gender and class?
How are the male characters being represented according to their gender and class?
Identify framing, camera shots, angles, movement and editing and state how this supports your opinion of how the characters are being shown.
Stereotype and Representation
Stereotype: A stereotype is an over-simplified representation of people, places or issues giving a narrow set of attributes. Stereotypes frequently thought to be entirely negative but this is not necessarily the case.
Sometimes stereotypes are demonstrated at their most exaggerated form through comedy.
Although this can sometimes be contentious, for the purposes of understanding some of the over-simplified features of the groups of people you may be asked to write about in the unseen clip I have included clips below.
Please note that you will NOT be given a comedy clip in the exam. Humour might be used but this is different from comedy.
list some of the stereotypical characteristics the comedians have focussed on:
Regional Identity
Class and Status
Famous clip illustrating class divides
Ethnicity: This is ironic look at how some British people behaved in Indian restaurants
Sometimes stereotypes are demonstrated at their most exaggerated form through comedy.
Although this can sometimes be contentious, for the purposes of understanding some of the over-simplified features of the groups of people you may be asked to write about in the unseen clip I have included clips below.
Please note that you will NOT be given a comedy clip in the exam. Humour might be used but this is different from comedy.
list some of the stereotypical characteristics the comedians have focussed on:
Regional Identity
Famous clip illustrating class divides
Ethnicity: This is ironic look at how some British people behaved in Indian restaurants
G322 TV Drama: Representation - Disability
Below is a more condensed version of the BFI report on how disability is represented in film, called "Stereotypes of Disability".
The document explains how disable people are commonly represented in film.
Read carefully and thoroughly, as it might be helpful to you in identifying key features of stereotypes such as listed below:
Click on the link to hear David Proud (the wheelchair bound character in Eastenders) discuss the representation of his character on the soap.
Disability representation on Eastenders
Click on the link to read the document on disability and film.
film and disability
Which stereotypical categories would you say the characters in the following clips fall into?
Give your reasons why.
The document explains how disable people are commonly represented in film.
Read carefully and thoroughly, as it might be helpful to you in identifying key features of stereotypes such as listed below:
- The Hero: bravery stereotype
- The Villain: freak stereotype
- Tragic Figure: victim stereotype
- Ugly.
View the clips from the award winning film "The Miracle Worker" 1962. The representation of the early meeting between Helen keller and her governess was interesting and shocking for it's rawness
the family indulged her. The expectation of her abilities was possibly less.
Ann Sullivan recognised that much of the girls behaviour was wilfulness and not lack of ability even though her disability was severe.
The film ‘Born of the 4th of July’ shows Tom Cruise playing the young Ken Kovic and how he is treated in hospital and the reactions of his family when he returns home.
View the clip and look at the production codes (film language i.e. close up, low angle etc) to analyse how he is being represented and how others in the scene are responding to him.
Does the way he is represented fall into the categories at the top of this posting?
Does the way he is represented fall into the categories at the top of this posting?
The clip of the film "Notting Hill" we see friends dining together. Watch the clip through 2 or 3 times and then write bullet points of how the disabled character is represented.
Is she being shown in a different way then disabled people are more usually represented in film? If so explain why you think she is.
Click on the link to hear David Proud (the wheelchair bound character in Eastenders) discuss the representation of his character on the soap.
Disability representation on Eastenders
Click on the link to read the document on disability and film.
film and disability
Which stereotypical categories would you say the characters in the following clips fall into?
Give your reasons why.
G322 TV Drama: Representation - Sexuality
What do you consider are the vital ingredients/characteristics of a leading man or leading lady?
List of some stars you know, past and present, and what was their appeal?
The representation of sexuality in film will be slightly different from gender representation although they are linked.
Many film stars are described as icons because they are often revered and have mass appeal.
Here are some of the features of iconic celebrities:
G322 TV Drama: Representation - Femme Fatale: Definitions
Referenced from Wikipedia
Femme fatale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a type of dangerous woman. For other uses, see Femme fatale (disambiguation).
A femme fatale (pronounced /ˌfɛm fəˈtæl/ or /ˌfɛm fəˈtɑːl/; French: [fam faˈtal], with all [a]'s) is a mysterious and seductive woman[1] whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype or stock character of literature and art. Her ability to entrance and hypnotize her victim was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural, hence the most prosaic femme fatale today is still described as having a power akin to an enchantress, vampire, female monster or demon.
The phrase is French for "deadly woman". A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure. Typically, she is exceptionally well-endowed in addition to possessing these qualities. In some situations, she uses lying or coercion rather than charm. She may also be (or imply to be) a victim, caught in a situation from which she cannot escape; The Lady from Shanghai (a 1947 film noir) is one such example.
Although typically villainous, femmes fatales have also appeared as anti-heroines in some stories, and some even repent and become heroines by the end of the tale. In social life, the femme fatale tortures her lover in an asymmetrical relationship, denying confirmation of her affection. She usually drives him to the point of obsession and exhaustion so that he is incapable of making rational decisions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale
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