Media Blog 1 Mr Halsey

Read the Media Magazine feature 'Representation old and new'. This is in MM51 on page 6 - go to  our Media Magazine archive  to find the article. Complete the following tasks: 1) Why is representation an important concept in Media Studies? When we see a person, place, object or idea being represented in a media text, it has in some way been mediated by the very act of representation. A representation is a re-presentation and so images and ideas we see on screen, in print or online are removed from the original object.  2) How does the example of Kate Middleton show the way different meanings can be created in the media?  There are many meanings. For example a photographer takes her picture and if it's an official picture Kate and the royal family will have to have given considerable thought as to the outfit she is wearing and other factors, even her facial expressions. It can also be represented by a photo editor as something else as they have the tools to crop, resize

1) List the different people/groups represented in the trailer (men/women/Americans etc.) -French Men -American Women -American Men -Teenagers 2) For each group you identify, decide whether the representation is a dominant or alternative portrayal. Explain why you think this. Firstly, the white man represented in this trailer is a dominant representation as he is seen as the hero of the film saving those that need saving and being the main character. The teenagers are seen as weak and needing support which means it is a dominant representation. The antagonists being French is a dominant representation as the enemy in these type of films is usually not from somewhere abroad. 3) What stereotypes can you identify in the trailer?   The stereotype I see in this trailer is the girls being the damsel in distress needing to be saved by the main character who is almost always a man 4) Why might the Taken trailer offend or alienate certain groups? The trailer may highly offend f