Lo3 - representation theory.

• KEY THEORIES.

- Tim O'Sullivan et al. (1998) - for all representations to work, there has to be a shared recognition of people and places, All representations therefore have ideologies behind them.

Ideology refers to a set of ideas which produces a partial and selective view of reality.

- Richard dyer (1983) - Audiences should question the representations they see in the media. 

What does the representation imply? os it typical of the world or deviant? is it stereotypical or atypical.

- Laura Mulvay (1975) - male gaze, women are objectified in media texts abs passive objects, audiences are positioned to view the women from the pint of view of a heterosexual male. 

- Stuart Hall (1995) & Alvarado (1987) -western / whose cultures continue to misrepresent ethic minorities as in the media due to underlying racists tendencies.

e.g. non-white as' the other", evil, barbaric, pitied, humoured. 

- Earp and Katz (1999) - men are often represented as having tendencies of pathological control over violence. 

• MEDIA PRODUCT ANALYSIS.

The view of reality within the woman in black trailer is partial, due to the fact that the film is a horror film it can't exactly consist of scenes where characters are going about everyday activities unless it is crucial to the narrative as this wouldn't be seen as scary which would disregard the genre of the film, therefore we aren't shown clips of the main character Daniel Radcliffe when he is just in his hotel room or eating food and so on, the view of reality that we are shown is where he is driving about the town and talking to locals as this is something that would typically happen in a small town, the costumes and accents / iconography is all relevant to the era in which the film is set in therefore making it seem realistic , however other parts of the film aren't realistic as they consist of super natural scenes which a lot of people are skeptic of /don't believe in. 

Due to the era in which the trailer / film is set in, women aren't sexualised or significant within the film as it was unacceptable to dress in certain ways that would sexualise a woman back then, hence the reason all woman are wearing very long unfitting dresses.

Again, due to the era there are no non-white characters within the film as this era was very racist compared to today.