Representation.

Representation.
' the process by which the media presents the 'real world' (Rayner)

key points in the selection process.

-The decision over what is chosen to be represented and what is rejected.
-the choices made when organising the representation.
-The options taken to focus the audience in a certain way.

Questions we would ask when analysing representation
-Who or what is being represented?
-How is the representation created? (mise en scene)
-Who has created the representation?
-Why is the representation created in that way?
-What is the intention?
-What is the effect of representation?

Gatekeeper.
A theorist called White (1961) spoke of 'gatekeepers'- this is the people who are part of the decision making process in the construction of media text.
-Parental control
-Commisioners
-Law makers
-Directors
-Producer
-Editors
All of these are mostly white middle class men.

The construction approach.
1. The representation is constructed with a set of ideas and values (producers intent/intended meanings)
2. context of the representation (Media language choices,anchorage, media form, placement/location, genre expectations etc.)
3. The audience reactions to this representation and this depends on their own personal interpretational context: age, gender, political, religous beliefs, nationality etc.

Richard Dyer- 'the matter of images'

Dyer said: 'how we are seen determines how we are treated, how we are treat others is based on how we see them, how we see them comes from representation.'

Commando, repersentation.

Schwarzenegger in this film is shown in two different ways. one is a manly man and the other a loving father, both of these are exagerated to full extent in this film.

These points that show an extrem version of what an kind of a man is.

- Carrying a tree on his sholder (phallic symbol)

*phallic symbol- objects which represnt/compensate a penis.

other phallic symbols in this opening scene are the big house with three big chimanies also when he is using the chain saw, all of these could show that they are over compensating for things that he lacks.

- There is no expression on his face showing that he is not a caring man and is focused on the job in hand.

- Camera angles- most of the angles that are shown are ones of muscles or on the genital area e.g shost moving from the genital area to then moving to muscle all in one movement not showing his face or any sign of his muscles hurting when carrying a hole tree on his arm.

From one extreme to the other, when the daughter is introduced Schwarzenegger becomes a hole different person, a loving and over protecting farther. Their relationship is not like anyother farther and daughter relationship, it is a relationship that is rediculous and over exagerated, these are the points that show there relationship.

- He treates his daughter well e.g. ice cream (looks like a date)

- when he see's his daughter he puts more clothes on because he has to look more farther like.

- He teachs his daughter to fight and saying that women are weak and may need fighting skills later on in life.

- Theres is a sensitive binary opposite from the strong man at the begining to now feeding a dear.

- He and his daighter are both wearing nutural colours and matching clothes.

- He talks to the dear

- Him and his dauhter are always touching never apart.

- Kisses his daughter twice abit insest.

- Pours drink for her before himself.

- He spends all the day with his duaghter, having fun in the pool at sunset this would be something that a couple would do

- She makes the lunch and is shown as a mother figure.