REPRESENTATION

MASCULINE: cars, motorbikes, football, rugby, muscles, lazy, pubs, fish n chips, action, stud/ man whore, horror, hair gel, sexist, burping, hairy, aggression, lads- mag, unemotional, rude, deep voice, egotistical, tough, immature, blue/ dark colours

FEMININE: shopping, make-up, gossip, pink, emotional, romance, soaps, slag, hormonal, bossy, bitchy, elegant, petite, appearance, gold- digger, maternal, physically weaker, light- colours.

It refers to the re-presenting of ideas, people, life styles, the world back to us through media texts.

Much of what we know, or think we know, has infact gone through a process of mediation and is a very controlled, even created, version representation of reality.

Example: CHAMPAGNE; feminine.

Fancy writing- suggests elegant, classy and expensive which is all associated with women.

It is usually poured in a champagne flute which is small and delicate.

Champagne gets you drunk quicker which men are always trying to do to women.

Gold detail to make it look more attractive.

It says vintage which makes it look more expensive and women like expensive things- women like having money spent on them because it makes them feel special.

HAIR HEAT PROTECTION- Feminine

women care about their appearance.

Purple, red, and white- girly colours.

It has a flower on it which women appeal to- delicate.

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Textual analysis is the process of breaking down a media text into its various components in order to analyse how meaning has been created. This process can be applied to any media text, whether it is still or moving image, fiction or non- fiction, because every media text has been carefully constructed to convey a particular meaning and therefore can be deconstructed to discover exactly how that meaning has been created.

Denotation: description or explicit meaning.

connotation: the meaning behind it.

Camera shots.

High- camera is looking down on a subject making it look smaller.

eye level- camera is looking directly at the subject.

medium close up

close up

eye level

low- camera looking up at a subject making it look bigger.

canted- camera is tilted to make the subject look slanted

worms eye- extreme low angle, camera very low, looking up.

extreme close up

Characterisation: Aspirer
You are a person of strong ambition and aspiration to succeed, with big ideas and plans for the future. You strive to excel and be recognised for who and what you are. You care a lot about otherslifestyles. You create your own image and persona, imaginative and complex. You are attracted to charisma, sparkle and shine – glittering occasions, people and places. Fashionable and trendy, but also fun and friendly.’ opinions, and being aware that others judge you by the way you look, you pay a lot of attention to your personal appearance. With excellent social instincts and ability to please, together with a desire for attention, admiration and applause, you make an special effort to be noticed. Your creativity is expressed in appreciation of beautiful things, comfort, luxury and elegance, and maybe a self-indulgent, extravagant tendency, dreaming of fantastic, exotic faraway places and Dreams do come true!

person a: parents
person b: friend
person c: sister

What would you mostly be found doing?
a. surfing the internet, facebook.
b. watching t.v
c.playing on a game
d. listening to music or the radio

person a: b
person b: a
person c: a

how many hours per day do you spend on the internet?
a. 1-4
b. 4-6
c. 6-8
d. more than 8

person a: a
person b: b
person c: a

what have you done in the last hour?
a. surfed the internet
b. watched t.v
c. played on a game
d. none of the above

person a: d
person b: a
person c: d

what do you need most?
a. laptop/ computer
b. t.v
c. ipod/ radio/ mp3
d. xbox/ ps3/ wii ect.

person a. b
person b: a
person c. a

from my questionare i have found that the younger generation such as teenagers are more involved with the internet. it seems that everyone now thinks it is essential to have a computer/ laptop. there are also many new ways to take in media such as game consoles, ipods and the internet meaning teenagers are taking in alot more media.

I've seen a new film called the Final Destination. i went to go see it as i heard it was good and the trailers looked really cool but when i went to see it the actual film turned out to be boring so i regret it now. I've also recently seen an advert for a new guitar hero game which made me laugh because who hasn't danced around with a pretend guitar! i've mostly listened to music this week and it really annoys me when they constantly replay the same songs. but i like it when a song has a catchy beat like a song called sexy chick by david guetta and akon. thats all thats really caught my attention today.

Today i saw a big poster while i was on the bus, you know the "my kitkat chunky just got funky" and i decided that i liked it! It made me laugh. i haven't seen any others today as i haven't watched t.v yet.