Thursday, April 20, 2017

Representation: help with case study films

Representation is probably the most challenging Media key concept to understand and apply to our own choice of text.

If you're struggling to write your paragraph analysing the representation of people or groups in your chosen trailer, use the questions below to help you:

Taken
  • How is the white middle-class male hero presented? Is this representation conforming to other representations of white men in action films? Why?
  • How are females represented? Are the women being rescued by men? Why?
  • How are eastern-Europeans represented? What might the fact the human-traffickers are Albanian suggest to the audience? 
  • How is Europe represented? Remember, the film involves an American girl visiting Europe for the first time - is Europe presented as safe? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.

Suffragette
  • How are women represented in the trailer? What specific examples can you provide from the trailer to support his? Are traditional female roles subverted?
  • How are working class people represented in the trailer? How are the middle or upper classes represented? Does this reinforce or challenge traditional stereotypes?
  • How are men represented in the trailer? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.

Spectre
  • How are men represented in the trailer? Is this representation conforming to other representations of men in action films? Why?
  • How are females represented? What message might this send to the audience?
  • How is Britain or London represented? Is this a stereotypical representation of Great Britain?
  • How are European people represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How is social class represented in Spectre? Does it reinforce or challenge stereotypes about the British class system?

Juno
  • How are teenagers represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are teenage girls represented? Does the film use stereotypes? Are stereotypes reinforced or challenged?
  • How is the issue of teenage pregnancy represented? Is this the representation you would expect in the media?
  • How are teenage relationships represented? Do these representations reinforce or challenge stereotypes?

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • How are teenagers represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are teenage boys represented? Are the boys traditional American teenage 'geeks' or does the film subvert this notion? Why?
  • How are females represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are white people represented? Is this typical? Why?
  • How is the gay character represented? Is he an outsider? Why?

Frozen
  • How are females represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • Does the film subvert tradition gender roles? How is the Princess different to princesses in other Disney films? Why?
  • How are males represented? What examples can you provide to support his? 
  • How are fairy tales represented? Why?

Captain America: Civil War
  • How are men represented in the trailer? Is this representation reinforcing the representations of men in Hollywood action films? How? Why?
  • Is there any female representation in the trailer? What message might this send to the audience?
  • How is authority represented - police, government etc.? Does this fit the typical representation of authority in Hollywood action or comic book films?

Django Unchanined
  • How are black people represented? Is this a fair and honest portrayal of slavery? Why?
  • How are women represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are white non-American represented? Why?
  • How are white men represented? Why?
  • Is it as simple as saying black people are represented as good and white people as bad? Why?

Precious
  • How is family represented? Is this a stereotypical dysfunctional American family? Why? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are black people represented? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are obese people represented? Why
  • How are women represented? Why?
  • How is disability represented? Why?
  • How is American life represented? Is this the picture of American life we normally see in Hollywood films?

Moana
  • How are women represented in the film trailer? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are men represented in the trailer? Is this a typical representation for Disney films?
  • How are Pacific Islanders represented? Is the representation fair? Accurate? Does this reinforce or subvert stereotypical representations of race/ethnicity in Hollywood film?

The Hunger Games
  • How are women represented in the trailer? Are traditional female roles subverted? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points.
  • How are men represented? Is this different to what we'd expect in a Hollywood action adventure film?
  • How is the political hierarchy and those in power represented (President Snow and his army)? Why?
  • How does the Hunger Games trailer suggest the film might be making wider points about real life and the media (reality TV, materialism etc)? What might these representations suggest to the audience?


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