REVISION LESSON

EXAM: Friday 23 May (am)

Write down at least 3 Dos and 3 Donts for the exam

How is age/gender/ethnicity/ issues/ events REPRESENTED through the MICRO ELEMENTS?

PEE structure

• POINT: Ethnicity (Area of representation) is represented through (micro element).

• EVIDENCE: What you DENOTE and What it could CONNOTE

• EXPLAIN: An explanation of how this subverts/conforms or reinforces stereotypes

• - Theory• - Debates

Good answer?

• Snoop’s ethnicity is represented by cinematography and depth of field.

• The shallow focused close up on Snoop’s face connotes she is dominant within the scene.

• This subverts stereotypical representations of a young black woman who would normally be portrayed as more insignificant within a scene with a white man but here she is showing confidence and is superior within the scene.

Good answer?• Snoop’s ethnicity is represented by cinematography

and depth of field.• The shallow focused close up on Snoop’s face connotes

she is dominant within the scene.• This subverts stereotypical representations of a young

black woman who would normally be portrayed as more insignificant within a scene with a white man but here she is showing confidence and is superior within the scene.

• Analysis terminology• Technical terminology

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYj7q_by_2E

PEE structure

• Ethnicity is represented through mise en scene.• Omar’s costume of a casual black and red

baseball jacket juxtaposes with the white smart tie he puts around his neck before entering court.

• This mockery of a conformist attitude to dress smartly before a judge signifies that he is rebelling and reinforces the stereotypical representation of black people behaving badly.

Q&A

Any questions?

Teen DramaSkins This clip of Skins involves a Muslim father being told that his son’s friend, Maxxie, is gay.

• It is typical for people who are a part of the Muslim culture to be against homosexuality, therefore in this clip it is expected that the Muslim family would not take well to the fact that Maxxie is gay.

• AGE - Chris who is a white character in the clip appears and he uses language which is typical for a white teenager, using bad language.

Representations

• Do you think hegemony is challenged in this clip? Are the dominant beliefs challenged?

Yes.

• Hegemony is challenged in this clip regarding ethnicity as it challenges they typical Muslim belief about homosexuality.

Is hegemony challenged?

Skins

• It goes against the stereotype that Muslims are completely against homosexuals. The dominant group seems to be Muslims as there are more of those characters. The subordinate is the English character. Hegemony is challenged as the belief of the dominant group is that homosexuality is wrong, however the character seems to go against this view.

P.E.EIntroduce

Poster adverts for Channel 4 programme – purpose?

Ethnicity is represented through….•Mise-en-scene – Feral Boy•Gesture - Aggressive•Anchorage – Tag line•Shot type – Close up•Language – “Gypsier”

•This conforms/ subverts the stereotypical representations of…….

•Theory? Gramsci and Hegemony•Although Channel 4 remit is to show programmes that have diversity, the representation of ethnicity in the advert play the hegemonic function of reinforcing dominant values.

•This could enforce prejudicial views against the gypsy and traveller community and likely to cause serious offence to some members of the subordinate group.

Rep of women/Issues…

• Women? Sexualisation of children?

• Tessa Perkins – Some truth?

It also ruled that Channel 4 acted irresponsibly by depicting a child - one of the two young teenagers pictured in low-cut tops - in a sexualised way.

• Ethnicity - Heavily made-up, wearing low cut tops, combined with the strapline and in particular the word "Gypsier", the ad implied that appearance is highly representative of the gypsy and traveller community in a way that irresponsibly endorsed that prejudicial view.”

• Women - This CONFORMS TO THE stereotypical representations of young women who are often portrayed within the narrow set of representations in the media.

• Sex object - Theory – Laura Mulvey• Although Post feminist view - changes in society femininity

stronger/ independent – think spice girls!• Reinforces patriarchal society –media like most industry is

male dominated• Debate – Does channel 4 have an obligation to present

minorities positively – PSB – codes of practice.• Tessa Perkins said there is some truth in stereotypes.

• Two adverts for Channel 4's My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding have been banned as offensive and irresponsible.

• The ruling, from advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority, is a partial reversal of a decision earlier this year.

• But the ASA, on advice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, decided the adverts featuring the young boy and the low-cut top-wearing teenagers could enforce prejudicial views against the gypsy and traveller community and were likely to cause serious offence to some members.

• It also ruled that Channel 4 acted irresponsibly by depicting a child - one of the two young teenagers pictured in low-cut tops - in a sexualised way.

• "We noted that the boy in the image was shown in close-up and had his lips pursed in a manner that we considered was likely to be seen as aggressive," the ASA said in a statement.

• "We considered that negative image, when combined with the strapline which suggested that such behaviour was "Gypsier", would be interpreted by many members of the gypsy and traveller communities and some of the wider public to mean that aggressive behaviour was typical of the younger members of the gypsy and traveller community.

• It said of the ad featuring the two teenagers: "We understood that the photo was an accurate depiction of how the young women had chosen to dress for the occasion at which they had been photographed and we considered that it was clear that they were dressed for a night out.

• "However, we noted that they were heavily made-up and wearing low cut tops and we considered that, when combined with the strapline and in particular the word "Gypsier", the ad implied that appearance was highly representative of the gypsy and traveller community in a way that irresponsibly endorsed that prejudicial view."

• It said that Channel 4 "acted irresponsibly" because, even though the girl on the right of the poster was wearing an outfit she had chosen herself, she was 15 when the picture was taken.

Harry Brown trailer

practice answer

• practice writing PERFECT PEEs in response to your example

• Include LOTS of evidence/terminology, analyse well and link to the area of representation