2. Aims:
FO: I am developing an informed view by exploring the
techniques used to influence my opinion
LO: To understand how people/bands are represented
in the music industry in relation to the genre of
music and the gender of those people/bands.
3. • What is representation?
• Representation is how people, places, objects, events are
presented to an audience.
• LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING IMAGE OF GIRLS ALOUD
• In what ways are they represented – consider
• Point of View
• Style
• Facial Expression
• Use of text
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7. So…
How a person/thing/idea is represented is
determined by:
a)The image used (including clothing, make up and
shot type)
b)The use of text to reinforce a particular
message
8. What are the connotations
of these images in relation
to the band?
9.
10. How does this
magazine cover
differ from the
previous images of
the group?
Who is this aimed
at?
How does the
relation of style
and fashion shape
your opinion?
11. How does this magazine
cover differ from the
previous images of the
group?
Who is this aimed at?
How does the relation of
style and fashion shape
your opinion?
12.
13. What’s going on here? Who is the target audience for this
representation?
14. Where do you think these
images came from?
How are they different to the
CD cover?
15. Your Task
Using the internet choose an artist you wish to research
and find evidence of at least five different representations
of the artist.
You should aim to collect images from a range of sources.
Eg.
•CD Covers/ Publicity Shots
•Magazine Covers
•Paparazzi photographs
For each image deconstruct it in terms of its denotation
[what you can see] and its connotation [what its
underlying message is]
