Tuesday 1 October 2013

Representation Task


Age




This is a scene from he 1994 film Trainspotting. The film is about a man and his friends taking drugs and the effects of them. However, this scene is based on what happens when he is in a night club and what he can see. It starts with the main character and then it goes into a POV shot where it shows what he can see. I think it shows a negative representation of young people as not all 20-25 year olds go out night clubbing for girls and drugs. He manages to spot someone he is interested in and it makes her look like an easy target. The film as a whole is rather powerful and definitely a serious film but a lot of the representations of the younger generations are negative. 

Representation Task

Gender



This is part of an episode of mistresses. It's an American programme. I think it represents women in a few ways, dizzy, active and sexually. The way she walks into the kitchen at the beginning is rather light and like a small child plus she is dressed in a pink top so it could show that she is a bit simple minded and like a child. it shows that they are either weight conscious or active as they are off out on a run and she is absolutely shattered. The sexually representation comes in because one of the girls are lesbian and is asking if the other has ever thought about it. They are also sexualised as the one in the pink has her clothes fitted well to her body. Most women would see this as abad representation as not all girls are sexually attractive or a bit dizzy. 

Representation Task


Class-Newspaper



This article is for class. it is an article from the daily mail and it is based on a family which was not allowed a council house as they have dogs and budgies. the representation is both negative and positive. It is negative to say that the family aren't living well as they are too stubborn to let there pets go but it also makes you feel sorry for them to think that they are being made to give them up. In the article it say that she is 54 and has five children this is a bad representation as she clearly needs the house but is refusing it, so it makes her look careless.