Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Question: Explain different ways in which people are being represented.

Peckham finishing school compares two extreme classes put together. The programme shows diversity by putting 4 richy girls in an urban enviroment (Peckham) to see if they could cope with not being in the safe zone as well as going into the heart of un employment.

The programme represent the higher class of society, 'the rich' as senseless money spenders and show the girls in Peckham as the stereotypical un-employed young adults of London. They present these both by picking extremes of the class spectrum. Therefore the rich girls are suggested as naive people who wouldn't know what to do and the Peckham girls are portrayed to the audience as "ruthless un educated" people.

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

2 ways in which men have been represented

In the KFC advertisement, people have been represented as stereotypical. The advert is associated with the 'perfect' family. This involves the mother cooking and cleaning and the Dad and child sitting on the sofa. The Mother has been represented as the 'typical woman' in wich she is cleaning and cooking for the Father and Son. The camera has emphasised this point by being pointed up when focusing on the Mother to show authority when the Son is talking to her. The Dad has been represented as the 'typical male' in the advert. The target audience can be found by the use of the 'typical male' as most men can relate to it in some way. The audio also shows this as the voice over, is talking like a 'typical male' as well. This gives away the target audience as it makes the male agree with the advert and then relates back to the product. The KFC worker is black and is presenting the product to the man as if it's a reward.