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Question 3 -
Representation (or Audience)

Representation Exam practice:

Discuss the ways in which any of the following extracts construct the representation of [gender/ethnicity/disability etc] using the following:

 

  • Camera shots, angles, movement and composition 

  • Editing 

  • Sound R

  • Mise-en-scene

  • (Written Codes and Layout for Print)

 

Representation of Gender:

Watch the Mistresses clip and analyse how gender has been represented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representation of Age

Watch the Kidulthood and Waterloo Road clips and analyse how age has been represented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representations of Ethnicity

Watch the Hotel Babylon and Spooks clips below to analyse how ethnicity has been represented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representations of Regional and National Identity

Watch the Doc Martin and Olympic ceremony clips below to analyse how Regional identity has been represented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representations of Social Class

Watch the Shameless clip below and analyse how social class has been mediated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representation of Disability

Look at teh Men's Health issue of October 2014 and compare it with the clip from Inside I'm Dancing clip here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representation of Issues

 

 

 

 

WJEC AS/A Media Studies MS1: Approaching Exam Question on Representation
Media in Minutes: Representation

Click here for Paddington Case Study

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