Representation by Joshua Hurst

The media including film present different type of people in

different ways normally basing them on stereotypes. This is
because the public associate certain things and actions with
particular people so it is easy to convey to the audience the
characters personality by using well known and sometimes
inaccurate stereotypes. There are many different categories
which have stereotypes; gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class and
status, disability/ability, age and regional identity.
An example of a stereotypes used in films are disable people
portrayed as weak, incapable and inferior towards able bodied
people. This is because of them being displayed as dependent
on the able bodied people.
Even males and females are shown differently through
television and film. Men are normally the protagonist and the
one saving the day because they are seen as stronger and
more intelligent than females. However the antagonist is also
normally a man with something unique about him like an
accent. In contrast females are displayed usually as helpless
and dim witted and normally the ones who need saving, the
damsels in distress .
In our opening scene we are portraying the little girl as helpless
and innocent because of her size and youth. This is evident by
her texting her mum to take her home as she is incapable of
doing this herself. She is also seen as defenceless and that
anyone could overpower her displaying her vulnerability to the
audience making them empathise with her more. Also this will
make the audience feel protective of her as if she was their own
child. In the next part shes appears she is displayed as being
physically incapable of inflicting harm on anyone. This is clear
by how she is been carried over her shoulder. Again her height
and physique are shown to be holding he back when she is tied
to a tree and is unable to move emphasising her weakness and
helplessness.

In our opening scene we have a black male in clothing which

limits u being able to see them. The audience will associate him
with danger because of how he is covered up. This represents
him as being mysterious and adds fear and peril to the film. You
are unable to see the mans face in next scene displaying his
mysterious and fearful character. He is shown to be tall and
broad presenting him as strong and overpowering of most
characters.

The representations of our characters are clear and the

audience instantly can see how we are presenting the
characters because of basing them on stereotypes.