Representation

Representation

An image + a point of view = representation.

What views of people or issues are being conveyed to the audience?

Hollyoaks – issues being conveyed through the opening credits seem to be real life issues, someone being a transgender, gay, the typical villain and women possibly seducing some of the men and these ideas play into the characters roles of Propp’s theory. We can see this through the way some of the characters look this is transformed through their facial expressions, stances, clothing, the way they are behaving and their background.

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Who is being represented?

Hollyoaks – the people that were being represented are the young people of the modern day society. Women are shown to be the more sexy/pretty gender through wearing little clothes and make up; none of the females are shown to be looking particularly untidy or uncaring about their appearance. Men are shown to be dominant through the positions they are standing in and they are also portrayed as typical male characters.

Tudors – In this opening clip it seems as though men are represented to be to be the more powerful sex this is because throughout that opening scene there was not a single women shown not even in the background. Also the men are seen to be very powerful and competitive, as it seemed as though there was a rich man and he was the target of another group of powerful men. In this clip it seems as though the men all have dominating roles.

How far do the representations challenge or conform to dominant representations and ideologies?

Hollyoaks – the representations of both men and women conform to dominant representations and ideologies of males and females in society. The women are shown to be classically pretty and no one is seen to be overweight, ugly or challenge the typical idea of a beautiful women. The men also conform to dominant representations through their clothes, actions and also through the background they are each in.

Tudors – The representations within this clip conform to ideologies that men are dominant, powerful, in control and aggressive, these ideas of men are shown through both the richer man and the group of men chasing after him. However it can challenge the idea that wealthy people are well like as it is evident that this man is a target and receives brutal aggression from this group of men.

Ext; How far are audiences positioned to take up a preferred view?

Hollyoaks – A preferred view from the opening credits would be that the characters within Hollyoaks are a representation of real life and they are a reflection of the young people that we find today in modern society. A preferred view of the women would be that all women are sexy, pretty, vain, thin and it would seem as they have no imperfections, where as in reality this is not the case for every female. A preferred view of the men would be that they are all very attractive and seem in good shape there was not a character shown that seemed to look unattractive or overweight.

Tudors – For this particular clip I don’t think that the audience are likely to take a completely preferred view as the part that was showing seemed to be unrealistic and over exaggerated. However parts of this it seemed as though there could be a preferred view and this would be where there is a richer man in power who seems to have enemy and a side person this is because in this time