Grace's A2 Media

Lauren and I have decided on this location as it is not only a clear open space, where our actor/performer has a lot of space to dance and move, but also the glass almost creates a mirror effect when in the dark, which creates quite a sinister effect like in the original 'What Now'. Other than this setting we will also use a large screen at school, where we can incorporate ideas that we used in our preliminary task- 'four, five seconds', which included a large number of close up and mid shots as well as groovy editing techniques. 

Important points and Quotes In essay must cover three elements: 1.      Historical 2.      Contemporary 3.      Future Media representation of gender ·        Almy et al 1984- argue media representations of gender are important because they enter the collective social conscience and reinforce culturally dominant ideas about gender which represent males as dominant and females as subordinate. Sociologists argue media representations not only stereotype masculinity and femininity into fairly limited forms of behaviour, but also provide gender role models that males and females are encouraged to spire to. Traditional media representations ·        Tunstal l (2000) argues media representations emphasise women’s domestic, sexual, consumer and marital activities to the exclusion of all else. The media ignore the fact that the majority of British women goo out to work.   ·        Working women- unfulfilled, unattractive and unable to sustain relationships. ·