REPRESENTATION An Introduction. Representation This unit is all about the way different groups are...

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REPRESENTATION An Introduction

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Representation Nothing in the media is REAL. It is all a SIMULATION of reality. Media texts are composed, lit, written, framed, cropped, captioned, branded, targeted, censored… Media texts are codified into a series of signs and symbols that we then interpret.

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REPRESENTATIONAn Introduction

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Representation

• This unit is all about the way different groups are represented in the media.

REMEMBER!!!

• Nothing in the media is REAL. It is all a SIMULATION of reality.

Page 3: REPRESENTATION An Introduction. Representation This unit is all about the way different groups are represented in the media. REMEMBER!!! Nothing in the.

Representation

• Nothing in the media is REAL. It is all a SIMULATION of reality.

• Media texts are composed, lit, written, framed, cropped, captioned, branded, targeted, censored…

• Media texts are codified into a series of signs and symbols that we then interpret.

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Representation

• Who produced it? • What/who is represented in the text? • How is that thing represented? • Why was this particular representation (this

shot, framed from this angle, this story phrased in these terms, etc) selected, and what might the alternatives have been?

• What frame of reference does the audience use when understanding the representation?

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Homework

Music VideosFind four or five music videos that clearly

represent the traits of men and women

FilmMake a shortlist of four or five films you have

seen that represent young males

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Representation of Race• How do the following clips represent race?

Mind Your Language (ITV, 1976)

EastEnders (BBC, 2001)

Chris Rock: Never Scared (HBO, 2004)

The Simpsons (Fox, 1994)

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Films – Representation of Youth

• As we watch these trailers, make a note of the way in which young males appear to be represented.

• Do stereotypes exist? • What cultural differences exist? • Do you think the non-diegetic sound (music,

voiceover etc.) contributes to the effect?

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Film Trailer List

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)Kidulthood (2006)Adulthood (2008)Saving Private Ryan (199

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