2. The dictionary definition of representation is
“the description or portrayal of someone or
something in a particular way.” In media
studies terms this definition is widened and
depends on things such as; Age, Gender,
Social Class, Ethnicity, Sexuality and
regional identity. This helps to breakdown
the representation of a character to further
analyse what their representation is or
means.
3. There are many theorists with
theories on representation for
example Laura Mulvey and
“The Male Gaze” in her
dissertation named Visual
Pleasure and Narrative
Cinema Mulvey comments
on the male gaze and claims
that films represent women as
passive objects put there for
male desires.
4. Bell Hooks whose
theory is based on
colour codes she
claimed that white
women are
considered more
desirable because
they greatly represent
the western ideology
of beauty.
5. John Berger claims that
in the media women are
solely used for the
purposes of
objectification. He clams
that this is apparent in all
forms of media. He also
criticises western media
culture for focusing on
the depictions of
women.
6. Our main character, Ricky is a 16-year-old
male student from London with a strong
passion for video games. We represent him
as rebellious as he is shown to be truanting
from school, this we feel will relate to
audiences as they themselves may
remember the day they did the same or the
day they really wanted to but never had
the courage. He is represented as a typical
teenager who loves gaming. Again this
relates too much of our audience
especially those who stereotypical.
7. Many people may believe that teenagers care
more about Xbox and socialising than
education and making something of
themselves and will drop anything to put that
first. During the gaming scenes of the film his
representation changes to a more serious
character as he defeats his opponents.
However he is also shown as indecisive as he
can’t make his mind up about which location
he wants to play in. finally Ricky’s costume is
typical of what any teenage boy would where
to bed. Until he enters the gaming world where
he takes on the costume of his gaming
character.
