Representation revision: gender

Remind yourself of the gender stereotypes here.

Then, watch the clip and answer the question

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of gender using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise en scène

Representation. Ethnicity.

The People vs OJ Simpson.

Click the image to watch the clip from episode 9.

Start at 22 mins and end at 27.05


Watch the clip at least 4 times and make notes on the four areas of representation, to answer this question:

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of ethnicity using the following:

• Camera shots, movement, angles, composition
• editing
• sound
• mise-en-scene

Reminders of stereotypes for ethnicity:

dangerous
exotic
pitied
humourous
'mystical negro' stereotype
irrational (not reasoning, and easily led by their emotions)
lustful
not usually powerful in society

Asian:
academic/scholarly


REMEMBER THIS:

Unity and Conflict

Conflict is often the theme between ethnic groups and the wider society.

Unity is often an element of the representation of ethnicity.  This hits a stereotype of ethnicity: that of close families and tight communities.

Representation of regional identity: work to do.

1. Read this and make notes. Do the activity set. Post to your blog.
2. Read this post and make notes. Then watch the clip and make notes on the 4 areas of textual analysis. 
3. Write the essay to the regional identity question. Type it in Word and post to your blog using Scribd.

YOU WILL NEED TO USE THE BIG GLOSSARY TO HELP YOU.

Coursework Markscheme: check your work is as good as it can be.

Research and planning criteria on pp67-68.


Evaluation criteria on pp68-69.


AS Media Studies Markscheme

Representation: regional identity

 

 

1. Read the list of stereotypes for regional identity below.
2. Once you have done this, find at least 5 examples where TV dramas have used these stereotypes. You need to clearly explain what region your example is from, and how their portrayal may MEET stereotypes of regional identity. You are not allowed to take your examples from films,comedies or soaps. 
3. Post findings, images/clips and explanations to your blog.
4. The TV dramas list can be found here, which may help.

 

 

Representation of Regional Identity

 

Regional Identity refers to the part of the United Kingdom someone is from. It could refer to a general area such a “north” or “south”, a country such as “English” or “Scottish” or specific towns such as “London” or “Manchester.”

 

There are several regional stereotypes widely seen on television:

 

•Scottish – often shown as being money obsessed, won’t pay for anything, drinks a lot of alcohol, loves the outdoors, wears kilts, eats haggis, quite aggressive and violent

 

•Welsh –Often shown as living in the middle of the countryside, less intelligent, good at singing (Male voice choirs),with people making jokes about them “shagging sheep”

 

• Irish – often shown as living in the countryside, working in rural areas such as farms, being very religious, being good at dancing and singing (love a good craic), very friendly but less intelligent

 

• English – often shown as being racist (think St George cross on houses or cars), obsessed with beer and football living in London. Sometimes the stereotype goes in the opposite direction of showing English people as very rich, posh, happy, living in castles and being very “royal.”

 

•London – There are two main stereotypes of Londoners. One is that they are often shown as being rich, posh, snobby, upper class, Hugh Grant types from central or west london. The other is that they often shown as being from north, east or south London, poor, common, lower class, criminalistic, violent “Kidulthood” style

 

•Manchester / Newcastle / Liverpool – Often shown as being “chavs”, wearing fake designer labels, or tracksuits, drinking a lot, being aggressive, uneducated, criminals

 

• Essex – often shown as being glamorous but cheap, footballer’s wives, lots of partying, being quite stupid

 

•Yorkshire – Often shown as living in rural countryside, with rolling hills and cobbled streets, being quite old fashioned (despite Yorkshire being the biggest county and containing large cities such as: Leeds, York and Sheffield)

 

•Cornwall / Somerset – Often shown as being “backwards”, living in rural areas, working on farms

 

•South England – often shown as being the centre of culture, modern, classy, clever, sunny, richer, doing middle class jobs where one dresses smartly

 

•North England – often shown as being poorer, bad weather, lower class, aggressive, less culture, less clever, doing working class jobs such as builders etc

 

Representation: regional identity.

Representation of Regional Identity

Regional Identity refers to the part of the United Kingdom someone is from. It could refer to a general area such a “north” or “south”, a country such as “English” or “Scottish” or specific towns such as “London” or “Manchester.”

There are several regional stereotypes widely seen on television:

•Scottish – often shown as being money obsessed, won’t pay for anything, drinks a lot of alcohol, loves the outdoors, wears kilts, eats haggis, quite aggressive and violent

•Welsh –Often shown as living in the middle of the countryside, less intelligent, good at singing (Male voice choirs),with people making jokes about them “shagging sheep”

• Irish – often shown as living in the countryside, working in rural areas such as farms, being very religious, being good at dancing and singing (love a good craic), very friendly but less intelligent

• English – often shown as being racist (think St George cross on houses or cars), obsessed with beer and football living in London. Sometimes the stereotype goes in the opposite direction of showing English people as very rich, posh, happy, living in castles and being very “royal.”

•London – There are two main stereotypes of Londoners. One is that they are often shown as being rich, posh, snobby, upper class, Hugh Grant types from central or west london. The other is that they often shown as being from north, east or south London, poor, common, lower class, criminalistic, violent “Kidulthood” style

•Manchester / Newcastle / Liverpool – Often shown as being “chavs”, wearing fake designer labels, or tracksuits, drinking a lot, being aggressive, uneducated, criminals

• Essex – often shown as being glamorous but cheap, footballer’s wives, lots of partying, being quite stupid

•Yorkshire – Often shown as living in rural countryside, with rolling hills and cobbled streets, being quite old fashioned (despite Yorkshire being the biggest county and containing large cities such as: Leeds, York and Sheffield)

•Cornwall / Somerset – Often shown as being “backwards”, living in rural areas, working on farms

•South England – often shown as being the centre of culture, modern, classy, clever, sunny, richer, doing middle class jobs where one dresses smartly

•North England – often shown as being poorer, bad weather, lower class, aggressive, less culture, less clever, doing working class jobs such as builders etc

 

If you get “regional identity” as an issue in the exam, you should be thinking about the following things when watching the clip (use these bullet points to analyse the clip):

•Can I identify where the characters are from within the country?

•Are people from different areas shown as having different interests, personalities, attitudes, behaviours? If so, how?

• Is their regional identity represented as being important in their life?

•Are people from particular regions portrayed as being better, more powerful, than others?

•Are people from particular regions portrayed as being abnormal /weaker/ more pathetic than others?

•How do other characters in the clip treat the characters from different regions?

• What is the message the clip is trying to portray about regional identity?

Discuss the ways the extract constructs representations of regional identity.

• Consider:
• Camerawork/angles/movement
• Sound
• Editing
• Mise-en-scene

Evaluation Tasks: showing off your skills.

For the evaluation tasks, detailed instructions, and excellent examples of evaluations from previous years, go to Mr Ford's Blog

When completing the tasks, you want to show off what you can do in this subject. To do this, try to use different tools for each task so you are showcasing a range of skills.

Some tools you could use:

Lucidpress
Scribd
Animoto
Powtoon
Prezi
wix.com (make your own website for free)
Photoshop (emulate an article in the style of your magazine, with your answer in it)
iMovie
Windows Movie Maker
YouTube