Friday 13th September 2024What is representation?
L/o: To explore the concept of Representation & Stereotypes
Representation - is what the media choose to be shown of something
Stereotypes - is a generalised representation of a person, place or thing
Spider-man is a positive representation of a teenager because he is 15 and he is saving people and people want to be just like him
Lamine YamalLamine Yamal is a positive representation of a teenager because he is a successful football player who has put the effort in and people want to be like him and he proves even being young you can still be successful as long as you put the effort in.
Friday, 20th September 2024
Do Now!
1. Representation is what the media choose to show to give a specific view or impression
2. Whether it is positive or negative
3. a stereotype is something someone thinks of you baste on something you cant change such as gender or skin colour
4. There are 2 exams in media
5. Media Audiences
Stereotypes
Teenager - Moody, messy, sleeps a lot
Football player - muscular, fast, quick reflexes
Grandmother - always has sweets, old, moves slowly
In the trailer the stereotypes of a british school and british teenagers being moody and obnoxious are reinforced, however this videos challenges the stereotype that students hate there teachers.
in the next trailer there is the stereotypes being reinforced by girls having lots of makeup people in trollies and being loud
Representations in magazines
L/o to explore the representations found in magazines
Masthead – normally at the top – the title
Main image – all over the magazine – the image of the magazine
Cover lines - A line of text on the front cover of a magazine, around the main image- describing and promoting the content
Main cover line – its normally the largest cover line promoting the biggest feature in the magazine
Puff - A sticker on the magazine which promotes an item or has the price of an item shown in the magazine
Colour palette - Colour on the magazine based on who the aimed audience is such as a beauty magazine would have pink and purple colour pallet
Direct address - The model is looking directly at the audience/camera
Star vehicle -
Friday 27th September 2024
Do Now
1. masthead is the title of the magazine
2. Cover lines
3. puff is a sticker on the magazine which promotes an item or has the price of an item shown in the magazine
4. is it positive or negative
5. stereotypes
Representations in magazines
Cover 1 - Casual, Normal, Sweet
Cover 2 - Rockstar, Powerful, Celebrity
Cover 3 - Wealthy, Sophisticated, Happy
Differences:
colour palette - one is pink and purple the other is black and blue
star vehicle - one is a female and one is a male
audiences - they are both targeting different audiences
men are represented as liking football because of the cover lines
he is well dressed in a suit
the cover lines suggest that men like shoes and watches
dark colour palette conote that gentlemen are sophisticated
me are interested in fashion
women have been represented as wanting to look a certain way
light colour palette to show stereotypes
likes fashion and men
Friday, 4th October 2024
Representation Task
Do Now!
1. Biggest writing on the magazine, at the top, Different colour, over the main image
2. the picture is looking at you, or using you or we in texts
3. Puff
4. black and blue
5. When a person is treated as an object instead of a person
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