7. You as a media producer have deliberately
selected certain things, locations, props to be
in shot and left other things out. You have “re
presented” your selected reality.
However, for it to mean anything to an
audience they needs to be some element of
recognition.
8. What is being represented in your music
video/documentary?
-A form of reality?
-The lyrics of the song?
-The music?
-The artist?
-A theme within the narrative?
-A movement – feminism?
• How far have you represented reality within your text? Why did you
decide to do this?
• Consider how you created this reality/non reality through editing,
mise-en-scene and narrative
9. Stereotypes - why have they proved popular with:
—With audiences?
—With institutions (marketing and creative)?
Have you represented stereotypes in your production?
10. • How would you describe the stereotypical representations in your music
video or documentary?
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16. Gender Performance
• Judith Butler argues that gender is a performance.
“It is what you do at a particular time, rather than
who you are”.
Apply this to your work:
• Do the male characters behave typically
masculine?
• Do the female characters behave typically
feminine?
