Media essay In this essay I will analyse the extract from hotel Babylon and identifying how ethnicity is represented. I will be demonstrating if and how, the extract uses , archetypes and stereotypes, also I will apple the Levi-Strauss concept of binary operations, I will be using camera, sound, editing and mise-en-since to do this and make reference to them in my essay. During the extract of hotel Babylon there is a lot of editing throughout the extract to show panic in the running scene where they immigrants and the Asian woman are running around trying to hid from the police this is shown to us through the fast editing pace and the straight cuts that are used throughout the extract. Also at the beginning of the extract when the white woman is at the desk of the reception area and the police come in there is an eye line match this shows the audience that both of them are in control and are in charge and have more authority as neither looks down at one another. Furthermore in the extract there is a shot reverse shot when the one of the immigrants faints in the cupboard when hiding and the Asian woman and the immigrant who acts like a doctor helps her, the Asian woman is shock at the fact the immigrant knows what’s happening and hat was wrong with her and this shows us that not all immigrants are not educated and he is and she sees this throw his actions, in my opinion because the woman say thank you its…. Adam Is not it like she is not sure what his name is shows even though she is an immigrant she is a higher status then them and does treat them as a lower class. During the extract we see through mise-en-scene which ethnicity they are and which class they are represented as, because at the beginning the white woman is wearing all white and looking smart and sophisticated which shows purity and shows she is more of a dominate race where as the Asian woman was wearing a black suit and a bright red shirt, the black represents death and sadness as a lot of immigrants have died because they have been cult however the red represents love towards them and she wants to help them. At the beginning of the extract we see a smart black man dresses smartly and he is obviously a guest there and when the police walk in they look down at the showing a low angle shot which shows camera angles and this represents again that the white class is more dominate and the black man is of a lower status .lastly we see near the end of the extract a black immigrant wearing all red uniform but it looks more like a prison uniform which suggest danger also as everything around him is red it shows he is an easy target for the police as he has headphones in and wasn’t listening and this is why he was an easy target and he eventually got caught in the extract there are a lot of different ethnicities and they are in different outfits to shows higher or lower class and the immigrants show weakness through fainting and tripping over things because their close are cheap and not expensive so they would be weak also whereas the white dominate race are smart cloths and look carm and collected because the police know what they’re doing but still manage to get an immigrant. In the locker room the immigrant that was caught has personal belongings and photos this shows us he wasn’t such as number he was a person and should be treated the way he was and they should have more respect. Throughout the extract the use of sound is a key concept because the white woman used dialog to give the immigrants more time and tries to convince them the police that she is on their side by treating the staff horrible my using diegetic sound and clicking her fingers. The calm non-diegetic music changes and builds to a tense atmosphere when they are all running around scared. However this soon changes when the immigrant is caught because it is sad, soft and emotional, and this continues on into the next seen when emotion are high in the cafeteria, because the employees who were close to him are sad. During the extract a lot of camera angles in the extract, firstly there is a wide establishing shot, this is where we see everything as the police officers walk into the hotel towards the reception, this shows us that the white male officers and the white woman have more power and all eyes are on them when they walk in and the lady is standing at the reception. Also in the extract there are many love angle and high angle shots showing the different class and how dominate they are, so for example at the beginning of the extract when the white officers walk in there is a black man in a suit he overly is higher up then the immigrants but the white officers still look down on him showing vulnerability and weakness they use a low angle shot to demonstrate this. The white class also dominates at the end of the extract when the Asian woman is ordered around by the white woman when she tells the Asian woman to get rid of the immigrants. Furthermore their there are many close ups of the Asian woman, white officers, white woman, immigrants and the woman who fainted to show the different ethnicity and the classes they are from and the power that they have. As I have already said the white class dominates and this shows during the whole extract this shows binary opposition between the white people and people of different ethnicity and the class they are from. During the extract the white class are seen as the villains and these are archetypes because the officers don’t listen to the Asian woman but do listen to the white woman. In conclusion I have identified and demonstrated how the extract uses archetypes, binary opposition and stereotypes and I have also described why the extract conforms to hegemony and the fact that the white race is dominate throughout the whole of the extract, however there are some aspects of the screen which challenge this but not many i have shown this through camera angles, mise-en-scene,editing and sound.

Media essay

In this essay I will be analysing the extract from Doctor Who extract and identifying how elements of representations is represented, in this essay I will be doing gender ,  I will be demonstrating if, and how, the elements uses archetypes, generic types and stereotypes and applying Levi-Strauss concept of binary oppositions. Finally, I will determine if the extract conforms to or challenges hegemony. I will be doing this with reference to camera, sound, editing and mise-en-scene.

First, I will discuss how the camera movement has shown elements of the representation of gender and how camera movement shows this. At the beginning of the extract when the young lady is kneeling down looking at the man in the suit, this reforms to the representation of gender because woman are seen as lower class then men and they are better than us, the extract has supported the stereotype with the use of camera movement and angles because when she is looking up at him he is seen as superior, strong, they call him “master”, to say he is in charge and they use a low angle shot looking down at the young lady to show she is scared, vulnerable, weak and by having this stereotype id conforms with Levi-Strauss theory however just as the archetype is about to kill the young lady she starts to laugh this then challenges Levi-Strauss binary opposition theory and she starts to lift her head up as if to say she is going to challenge the stereotype of woman and starts asking questions and standing up challenging this theory. Furthermore in the extract they have used a close up of the doctors lips to show that he is staying something important to her this reinforces the representation of gender as normally men are more dominate and tell woman what to and this agrees with the stereotype as she does what she is told, they have also uses a shot reverse shot, zoom reverse zoom when the doctor is having a conversation with the woman this also reinforces the stereotype as this normally happens in the world lastly at the end of the scene the doctor starts to change back and starts flying upwards and the master starts walking back down the stairs in fair and shock and both the doctor and the man’s other woman in red are more dominant then him and this shows all his power has gone and they are more powerful but more the doctor is powerful and this is  reforming the hegemony and the stereotype of gender lastly they have used an establishing shot when she walks in of the whole room.

Secondly, I will talk about editing in the extract and how it represents gender. When the doctor starts changing back into his old self this is called an ellipsis because it is a passage of time. Showing how he is getting stronger and more power fall which reinforces the stereotype of gender because the male population dominates and our more powerful, also in the extract they have used normal straight cut to cut the scenes together , when the master and the woman our talking she begins to stand up as he sits down this is showing an eye line match, which reinforces gender because it shows that woman can be as powerful as men and this shows in the eye line match when they are both looking at each other, and lastly they have used flash back when she is telling her story and when she is walking in the cold they have used slow motion and this reinforcing the stereotype of gender because it shows that whatever the weather woman will fight for what they believe in whereas men want to do things quickly and this represents the straight fast cuts in the extract.

Furthermore I will talk about the mise-en-scene in the doctor who extract, in the extract the mise-en-scene has reinforced the gender stereotype because the lady in the red dress, is portrayed as flirtatious, blonde, and her red dress represents sexy flirtatious colour and this is how she is seen and the master doesn’t really care about her and things of her as an object and a bit on the side and this is why she is in the back ground of the extract and hardly speaks as she has not important and this reinforces the gender stereotype as woman as people thing that this is all they are used for and cant to anything else however the woman in the army outfit is shown in a totally different light she is seen as a man because of the way she is dressed and her hair is up in a bun she doesn’t look like the lady in reds dress and this challenges the gender stereotype that woman are meant to just be objects for men and she goes out and flights for the doctor and her cause , the lady’s friend are all dresses in servants clothes and they are dark and maids showing that because they our mixed race and these type of people use to be slaves and this is why the gender stereotype had made these people where. What they wear and the master is wearing a smart suit showing he is in charge and looks smart, superior and better off unlike the other people in the extract like the doctor who was wearing old dirty clothes and don’t look very superior compared to the master.

Lastly I will talk about the sound in the doctor who extract, in the extract the sound starts of softly and gradually get loudly  and louder building up to the scene where she is about to get killed , also they have used diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound in the extract  the diegetic sound is the ticking clock when it starts counting down and the non-diegetic sound is when  the music is playing in the back ground , also in the extract there is dialogue he said child then he is not in charge anymore and is the child  because he said it not fair and this reinforces the gender stereotype because it shows that both men and woman act childish sometimes and the fast and slow music represent power and fast actions which our made, also the diegetic sound of the ticking clock adds suspense and tension for the girl and her family because she is about to be killed and so is the planet. At the end of the extract, they play non-diegetic opera music, which represents the change and challenges of hegemony and binary opposition and it is a triumph for the doctor and his companion.

In conclusion after analysing the extract from a doctor who I have identified how elements of representation is represented and I have demonstrated if and how the extract uses archetypes , generic types and stereotypes and applying Levi-Strauss concept of binary oppositions. Finally I have determined if the extract conforms to our challenges hegemony and this does both in the extract and I have shown this by referring to camera, editing, mise-en-scene and sound and how this reinforces the stereotypes of gender and the doctor who extract has shown how both theory’s challenge and reinforce this interpretations and I believe the extract does both.

Physical ability/disability

The tv drama that i have chosen for this is glee this is becuase one of their case meber is in a weelchair but is still bale to concer his dreams by singing and getting around on the stage by other member of the case. this is an insprational shows becuase it shows that the media has shown that you can achieve anything physicality able or not becuase their is a girl in the case which has a stutter but this this does not stiop her from singing and the media has shown this is a reflective and positive way.

Land girls
This is a tv drama series which only says about three farm girls which are all white, which had disgriminated and ethicity has been stated in this program becuase the media has protrayed that only white people work on farms and different races dont do this however other media has informed us that they do and life is hard for them and this is why this brogram has discriminated and hasnt used different ethicitys from different cultures.



Sexuality

In the tv drama Midsomer Murders they do not portray anyone as been of a different sexuality, as in the media they normal do do this how ever in this case becuase invesagaters have to be professional,smart, formal and normaly people who are of a different sexuality like to be more outgoing and like to have fun and this would not be helpfu in a serious case and this is why the media has shown the investigaters in midsomer murders as being straight and professional.

The tv drama chelsea is the same as the only way is esssex really but the actors have to be from a higher class back ground and conduct themselves in a corrct manner as this is how the media postrys their area and the class they are from which is middle upper class whereas the only way is essex is more lower class area. as you can tell my the image it shows they are all in smart dresses and suits and ties showing that they are rich and have alot of money as this is how the media prtrays upper class middle class people to the world.

Gender


For this topic I have chosen The big bang theroy , this is becuase the media has protrayed four guys that are really smart next door to a girl who is less intelligent and they hang around with each other , the media has shown that men are more intelligent them womasn and have a high status then them and they have put the woman in a dumb and blonde status it shows that men have more of sense of being then woman and this is why their are more then woman which is not right as woman are intelligent and should not be protrayed in this way. CLASS AND STATUS

Regional Identity 


This is the area someone comes from , a show that stereotypes this is The only way is essex, this is because when people watch the show they feel that all people from essex are dumb,orange,fake,and don't care about anything part from what they look like and not all people from essex are like this and this is why The only way is essex stereotypes essex people and shows them in a certain way from the area they live in. this is unfare as not all people are like this and when they see people from essex they look down on them if they are from a higher class back ground becuase they feel that are better then then and this is why in media we have diffeent soical sociaty groups.


Age

This is when the media stereotype different age groups and pertrays them in different ways depending on their age so if someone was old everyone would look down on them becuase it shows they are weak and useless which is wrong becuase thy have knowlege and witdome where as teenagers are seen by old people as load and rude people who are always on their phones and dont care about life which is untrue becuase some children do an example of this is waterloo road, this is a tv drama series where it is bases in a school and some children and looked down on my their older teachers becuase they are not as smart or the pupils bully the teachers becuase of age and this shows that teenagers at school who are ages 13-17 dont know what they want to do with their life where as older people or the teachers in the drama 21+ are and this shows us that age is important when making decisions.

Overview of the Examination

Written Examination which lasts two hours and is worth fifty percent for AS level. There are two sections of the exam. 

Section A - Textual analysis and representation of an unseen extract of a television drama. (This will be worth twenty-five percent.)

Representation: 

- Gender

- Age

- Ethnicity

- Sexuality

- Physical Ability/Disability

- Class and Status 

- Regional Identity

Section B - To assess your knowledge and understanding of media institutions and their production processes, issues concerning audience reception and consumption of media texts. (This will be worth twenty-five percent.) 

- Institutions and Audiences 

- Case study of British and US film industries

- Looking at films such as Avatar, Sherlock Homes and more 

We will be assessed on:

- Quality of examples from the text (20 Marks)

- Terminology (10 Marks)

- Quality of written work (20 Marks)

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