REPRESENTATION
- The mediators interpret the world.(film makers,editors,producers,directors etc.)
- This interpretation is informed by the mediators own background and experiences(class,race, gender, age etc.) e.g Paul Abbott's 'Shameless'
- The audience recieves the interpretation or representation, through the media texts
- Audiences interpret media texts and analyse representations with reference to their own backgrounds, beliefs and experiences
REPRESENTATIONS VISIONS OF REALITY
- Construction of reality (remember films require a script, actors, sets, locations, props- all this has to be someone's vision)
- Re-present 'the world' to the viewer
- IMAGE & POINT OF VIEW
Examples of different representation *Joy division 1976-1980
