revise terminology
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Monday, 14 November 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Representation of Ethnicity
Stereotypes
Asian people: Rich, business people, religious, have been portrayed as terrorists, good at making curry. Own cornershops. They have big families and the all live in one house with all relatives.
Travellers: AKA gypsies, are usually Irish/foreign (Bulgarian/Romanian). We associate them with fun fairs, live in caravans, they take over peoples land/destroy it. They make a mess and steal. Lacking in education. Wear vests and jeans and slobber everywhere sometimes long hair. Excess of lynx. Women wear big dresses and hooped gold earrings. British/Irish travellers prefer to be called ‘Travellers’
Polish people: cheap labour. Poor. Have young families. Own kebab, chicken, pizza shops. Take all of our jobs. e.g. builders
žGypsies: in waterloo road they moved there caravans onto the school grounds, many people were unhappy and they confronted them with conflict. It caused many problems and the police got involved.
žAlso in the Simpsons homers house got taken over by gypsies and they had to fight there way back in and they drove them out.
žThese two examples only represent a small number of gypsies, but these stereotypes paint a negative picture when realistically we know they are not all bad.
žPolish people: in coronation street there were two polish girls who Carla employed. They were both illegal immigrants and one of them died so Carla had to cover it up by hiding her body. The other one, called Vicki carried on working and no one liked her. She was a good worker and she tried to make friends. People began to like her after a while and she was then treated like everyone else
žThis shows that stereotypical views can be changed.
žAsian people: the Masoods in Eastenders have there own business which is typical of a Muslim family. They own a curry place and are good at making it which is a typical representation of an Asian family. They speak in a typical Indian accent.
žIndeed the Masoods have recently been praised as one of the most realistic "ethnic" families to ever have inhabited soap land, and certainly one of the few not to be subjected to the usual stereotypical storylines such as owning a corner shop, being subjected to racially motivated attacks, etc.
žWe have also seen Syed realise he is gay, this bends the stereotypical view of Muslim’s as they believe that being homosexual is wrong and it is forbidden in Islam
ž"Brown” is often the general term used to describe the category of South Asian races
žAlthough there are several countries who make up part of this geographic area, most notably Indians are stereotyped
žIndians are the “comic relief” for dominant white culture, including ridiculing other countries such as Sri Lanka or Bangladesh
žThe following clips are examples of such stereotyping in Hollywood films, mainly produced by the dominant White society
žEmphasizes the overarching patriarchal structure of Indian people, stereotypes it, and imposes it on the characters
žAgain, Indian people are portrayed to be culturally backward, as compared to western sensibilities
žCannot escape the illusion of typical Indians – scene with commentator shows dominant culture dumbstruck if Browns do not fit into their stereotype
žShe said that all stereotypes have a bit of truth about them which makes them plausible. For example, she said that most terrorists are Muslim but, not all Muslims are terrorists.
žA stereotype is normally viewed negatively
žPositive representations are called corrective stereotypes which is where new ideas are created about a previous group to change our view about them.
žTypical stereotype of an Asian woman = doctors or accountantsﾉnot artists".
žstereotypes of black men being lazy, promiscuous, bad fathers and obsessed with rap".
žBlack women were obsessed with how much money a man earned and were "strait-laced" compared to white women when it came to sex.
žAsian people are perceived as invaders or karate experts.
žHispanic people as comics, banditos or gang members.
žNative Americans as savages, victims, cowards or medicine men
žPeople from Middle East are seen as terrorists or oil sheiks. In video games - 79 per cent of African-American males were shown as verbally and physically aggressive, compared to 57 per cent of white males.
ž“On TV, black people are depicted as poor nearly twice as often as their true incidence.”
ž“Black people tend to be stereotyped as criminal”
ž“Black people are stereotyped as late arrivers.”
ž“White people can’t dance.”
ž“ Asian people own corner shops in England.”
Black people
žUsually linked to black men
žCrime
žLiving in slums
žOn welfare
žNeed help from community
žLess intelligent
žOver sexual
White people
žDumb blondes
žGreedy
žMaterialistic
žBusinessmen
žMiddle/upper class
žPosh/ well spoken
Asian people
žDoctors
žEngineers
žMathematicians
žNewsagents- small businesses – entrepreneur
žIgnorant
žExtremely smart people
žMen are threats to white women
žInsensitive
žDisrespectful towards women
Representation of Regional Identity
What is regional identity?
Regional identity is identifying a person's identity which is rooted not only in the setting of the film but also in speech, costumes etc and in the region they live in.
How can you identify regional identity?
–Setting
–Accents
–Dialogue
–Props
–Make up
–Class of characters
–Costumes
–Etc.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Sexuality in TV Dramas
Homosexual Male
Feminine, vibrant colours on their clothing, perfect hair.
fashion, make up artist, designers. feminine trait 'bitchy/gossipy'
Heterosexual Male
Manly, muscular, builder, sporty, solider.
suits. stubble to connote scruffiness.
associated with home life, pubs
Homosexual Female
Short hair, butch, baggy clothes. military, p.e teacher, policewomen
Heterosexual Female
Make up, skirts, teachers beauticians, office jobs. often positioned in the home with children
Feminine, vibrant colours on their clothing, perfect hair.
fashion, make up artist, designers. feminine trait 'bitchy/gossipy'
Heterosexual Male
Manly, muscular, builder, sporty, solider.
suits. stubble to connote scruffiness.
associated with home life, pubs
Homosexual Female
Short hair, butch, baggy clothes. military, p.e teacher, policewomen
Heterosexual Female
Make up, skirts, teachers beauticians, office jobs. often positioned in the home with children
P.E.E
- Point - your comment about the area of representation. e.g. youth is represented through digetic sound.
- Evidence - your micro element that tells us this e.g. the dialogue is colloquial.
- Explanation - link the two e.g. this conforms to a stereotypical view of young teenagers, that they are rebellious in speaking their own language.
Representation of Age in TV Dramas
teenagers/youths are often represented to be in gangs.
Mise-en-scene: Scruffy school uniform represents age and rebellion.
Camera: Low angled shot to teacher showing how age has authority over the youths.
Mise-en-scene - walking stick, make up/hair, hoodies, zimmer frame.
low key lighting - depressing tone connoting loneliness and elderly people
high key lighting - bright connotes fun and youths/
pubs, parks, town.
Cinematography - high angled camera shots over the youths to show authority or to make the old people vulnerable. Panning shots to show the location of the binary opposition places. youths may be filmed without a tripod to emphasise vibrancy and how they run around unlike old people staying still in comparison.
Sound - youths are associated with loud music (R&B/Rock) Foley sounds of shoes/chatter. old people are associated with quietness and bird chirps or classic/jazz music to represent their age.
Editing - fast paces younger. jump shots to show their slow movement. longer shots for old people to show authority
Skins Trailer - pubs connoting youths, hoodies laughter, being looked down on by older generation. dark alleys. stereotypicall youths causing trouble. rebelling. low lighting. musty atmosphere. sting shot used to break the fun and start violence (emhapshis) can also connote hormones and mood swings.
P.E.E
Youths are often stereotyped to be rebellious, hormonal and having mood swings. this is shown by a sting shot to show the quick change between their joyful and fun mood into agression and anger as the riot breaks out.
In the sequence the binary oppositions of youth and adults is shown and how they oppose. High angled shots are used to look down on the youths to show the authority that the adults have over them. however this is contradicted as a slowmotion cross dissolve shot is used to show their freedom and rebellion against society.
Mise-en-scene: Scruffy school uniform represents age and rebellion.
Camera: Low angled shot to teacher showing how age has authority over the youths.
Youth | Old age | |
Positive | Attractive Physically and mentally able Outgoing Sociable Fun Innocent | Wise Achievement Educated Freedom Experience |
Negative | Lack Responsibility Vulnerable Naïve Rebellious Hormonal Very stereotyped by media Restrictions Conform to cliché Stereotyped to be rude | Mental/physical health Weak Lonely Vulnerable Dependant |
Mise-en-scene - walking stick, make up/hair, hoodies, zimmer frame.
low key lighting - depressing tone connoting loneliness and elderly people
high key lighting - bright connotes fun and youths/
pubs, parks, town.
Cinematography - high angled camera shots over the youths to show authority or to make the old people vulnerable. Panning shots to show the location of the binary opposition places. youths may be filmed without a tripod to emphasise vibrancy and how they run around unlike old people staying still in comparison.
Sound - youths are associated with loud music (R&B/Rock) Foley sounds of shoes/chatter. old people are associated with quietness and bird chirps or classic/jazz music to represent their age.
Editing - fast paces younger. jump shots to show their slow movement. longer shots for old people to show authority
Skins Trailer - pubs connoting youths, hoodies laughter, being looked down on by older generation. dark alleys. stereotypicall youths causing trouble. rebelling. low lighting. musty atmosphere. sting shot used to break the fun and start violence (emhapshis) can also connote hormones and mood swings.
P.E.E
Youths are often stereotyped to be rebellious, hormonal and having mood swings. this is shown by a sting shot to show the quick change between their joyful and fun mood into agression and anger as the riot breaks out.
In the sequence the binary oppositions of youth and adults is shown and how they oppose. High angled shots are used to look down on the youths to show the authority that the adults have over them. however this is contradicted as a slowmotion cross dissolve shot is used to show their freedom and rebellion against society.
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