Students who study media, will interpretate things that they see and will think differently to students who do not study media. This means that if we need other peoples ideas on something about media, the best way to do it, is to ask other people studying media as they will have a better idea on what topic you are talking about, and what kind of answers you would require.
When we talk about people being "normal", we have to put speech marks around it. This is because nobody actually knows what "normal" is. There is no such thing as normal, society has created it to make us act the way that we are, and we would think of it to be "normal."
Celebrities are interesting because they sell themselves. Most pictures that we see of celebrities are airbrushed to make the viewers look up to them and think that they are perfect. This is why we act the way that we do. We have grown up being manipulated by the media and society. We copy other people around us without noticing. Depending on the people that you talk to, you will change slightly to fit in with the crowd. This includes the way you speak, dress, act and more.
Exam work
Genders
In the video clip, you need to look out for a number of things. Some of the things that you need to remember is:
- Male or Female Character?
- What roles do the characters have?
- How do the characters behave? Masculine? Feminine? Aggressive? Innocent? - Take every action into account.
- Are there any hidden meanings within the clip? (Guns - women aren't expected to use them as they portray aggression, Animals- how many, and what do the animals represent?, Digger- is the person in the digger male or female? what colour is the digger?, Man wearing a pink top- is this "normal" and what is the reason for this? stereotypes, is the man a feminine character?)
- Why?
Analyse the video and give it a significance or meaning
We watched a video clip on primeval twice and then had a little test to see if we could remember and take in the information in such a short time. (in the real exam, we get to see it 5 times and it is a longer clip)
- 4
- 3
- Yellow
- Blue
- Garden Shovel
I got 4 out of 5 in this test because the answer for Question 4 was Pink instead of Blue. I need to make sure that i pay attention to the colours that they use and look into the meaning of why.
We then analysed this video clip further
There was 2 dogs on the scene. They were used to show the equality between male and female.
The Guns on the scene look threatening. Guns are usually linked with male behaviour, so the woman has two for a back up. She needs two to protect herself as she doesn't have the strength that the men in the scene do have.
The woman was in the digger which shows her masculinity. She is wearing a black leather jacket which shows that she has strength and authority. She has power over the men.
The man wearing the pink top and is holding a shovel as a weapon rather than a gun, shows that he is a feminine character. Women are usually the ones to wear pink and to do the gardening, so the man is representing a woman.
Challenging Stereotypes
Everything is open to different opinions so there will be more than one meaning for everything. Different types of people will view things completely different so anyones opinion cant be incorrect.
- What social groups could you be asked about? Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Disability, Social Class, Religion and Sexuality
- What are the 4 technical areas that you have to write about? Editing, Sound, Mise-en-scene (Everything in the scene) and Cinematography
- What are the 4 steps of framework for analysis?
- Step one - Finding meaning in the way that each sex acts.
- Step two - Who is in charge and who has less authority?
- Step three - How each character shows individuality.
- Step four - Choosing a group of typical people of similar interests and seeing if they behave in the way that people portray them to be.
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