Representation practice

  BIG LITTLE LIES

introduction

In this American black comedy drama the big picture idea being represented is age and gender where the people being represented is a young woman and her older mother in law. Using the 4 technical elements i will show the contrast between the two and how the mother in law is portrayed as a typical judgy, passive aggressive and rejecting, and the audience might take David gauntlett's identity theory of how media influences self-identity and self-understanding and agree mother in laws are like that. well the young woman is shown as put together well dressed and polite. This clip captures the uncomfortable nature of the older woman and how she's not afraid to speak her mind even if its hurtful, awkwardly putting the younger woman in a stiff position which the audience can feel. Using Stuart Hall's theory the audience will either completely reject this stereo type, negotiate because it's funny or agree because of their own view.

STRANGER THINGS 

introduction

 In this Netflix American drama the key thing being represented is class + status there are different clicks using the 4 technical elements i will prove the different dynamics. In this clip she's wearing headphones which blocks out noise and people around her but also conveying how she feels inside disconnected, alone, we see a group of popular girls and David gauntlett's theory could show that this is how we as a audience understand school girls. Then we get the main girl getting bullied stereo typical representation of high school which some people may watch and instead of taking the dominant reading reject this idea completely using Stuart halls reception theory. All groups hanging out with people like them like the basketballers are together the popular girls are together and nerds are talking to each other there's no mix. The song is talking about swapping places with someone and she looks numb unemotional she might be grieving and dealing with a loss of someone she loved whos dead she would swap places with them.

SEVERANCE

introduction

In this Tv drama the key thing represented is gender this male is shown as heartbroken and grieving using the 4 technical elements i will show this, we know his wife has passed away as he say's "she was" and we can say they had a good relationship as the narrative dialogue " i loved all this about her - equally". The male is presented as weak and frail we see his dark silhouette picking up pieces of photos of his wife but there's irony in the way he's kneeling down like he's by a grave symbolizing the connection between him and his wife. him being a dark shadow for most of the shots also shows his mental without her he's not really there lost, he smiles when seeing her instead of crying we see his appreciation of his life he's missing her but rather than being sad we see a love he explains specific things about her in detail showing his care for her and how he paid attention to the little things, the slow song carries a romantic song but also conveys how he's thinking about the old times and there times together the past