intro to representation
TRANSCRIPT
The poll tax was the central policy of the Conservative Party’s winning 1987 general election manifesto, but it was met by fierce resistance. The working class felt they were under attack.
The public opposition reached its climax in a riot that turned London’s Trafalgar Square into a pandemonium. On 31 March, 1990, 200,000 showed up for a demonstration while approximately 3,000 of them turned violent; in a shocking echo of the Fall of the Berlin Wall mere four months before, they shouted “Stasi” at the police; 340 were arrested. Of 113 people injured, 45 were police; 20 police horses were also injured. Four tube stations were shut; central London was essentially cordoned off. Damages were estimated at £400,000. The riot was a fatal blow for not only the poll tax but also the prime minister.
The Mob’s Brief Rule
“Sir: In last week’s article about the poll-tax riot in Trafalgar Square (“The Mob’s brief Rule”, 7 April) there is a large photograph labelled “A West End shopper argues with a protester”. The woman in the photograph is me, and I thought you might like to know the true story behind the picture….
Literally a RE – PRESENTATION
ALL media texts have been carefully selected and constructed in order to create meaning
Understand what representation means in
relation to the media
Explore how different representations can be
deconstructed
• Split into 2 groups
• Look at the sheet you’ve been given but don’t show the other group
Discuss the following
Does what is being represented reinforce or
challenge stereotypical or commonly
assumed notions?
How was this achieved?
Does society influence the media?
Or
Does the media influence society?
Explain what representation is, in relation to media, in a Tweet (130 characters)
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Explain what representation is, in relation to media, in a Tweet (130 characters)
Representation is how information is re- presented through different media forms. Media representation often reflects society’s dominant ideologies
Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Does what is being represented conform to, or challenge, stereotypical ideas or common assumptions or notions?
Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
You will watch an extract from a TV drama
You will be assessed on you ability to:
Analyse how different representations are constructed through media language (AO1)
Using examples to illustrate your analysis (AO2) Using media specific terminology in your
analysis (AO1)
Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Class & status Gender Ethnicity Sexuality Ability/disability Regional identity Conduct a macro and micro
analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Answer the following questions
1. Which social group(s) are represented?2. What message is being sent?3. Does the message conform to or challenge
dominant notions of society?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IscFlwFNB6I-June 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq7SdgQZOzg
Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Using TubeChop, find an example of a camera angle, an edit, an element of mise-en-scene, and a sound which you feel constructs the meaning/ representation behind the extract
Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Answer the following questions
1. Which social group(s) are represented?2. What message is being sent?3. Does the message conform to or challenge
dominant notions of society?Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Terminology (AO1) [10 marks]
Example from the extract(AO2)
[20 marks]
How meaning is created AO1[20 marks]
Conduct a macro and micro analysis of an extract from a TV drama
Understand assessment objectives of exam
Terminology (AO1)
Example from the extract (AO2)
How meaning is created AO1
Long shot AO1
At the beginning of the sequence as the paper boy is cycling up the drive to the grand house AO2
Establishes the status of the characters. Audience are awed by imposing house and picturesque location. Extreme wealth will also be presented as the exact opposite to the servants who live and work downstairs. Dichotomy between rich and poor played out within these 4 walls AO1