LO3 representation

Definition: How the media shows us things about society - but this is through careful moderation.

PEOPLE AND PLACES

Tim O’Sullivan Et Al (1998) : For representations to work, there has to be a shared recognition of people and places. All representations therefore have ideologies behind them. Ideology refers to set of ideas which produces a partial and selective view of reality. Representations are based on ideologies. Ideology means belief systems in society. Good always prevails. Mise On Scene.

Links to Free guy at the end the gesture is when the Heroic Protagonist "guy" jumps through a wall and disappears out of shot and the incidental music then slowly the music fades in and we see the character has crossed the barrier. This is an enigma because it signifies the Heroic Protagonist has beaten the Antagonist and this connotes a sense of relief as the audience is relived and joyful for the character because they know that the Heroic Protagonist has won.

Richard Dyer (1983) : audiences should question the representations they see in media texts discusses how representations are stereotypical or challenged in media. 

Free Guy examples: The main Heroic protagonist at the start of Free Guy is a female presented as strong and powerful. This challenges the traditional female stereotypes in films. The heroic protagonist has lots of action scenes where she is fighting and the camera presents her as being strong and powerful by using tracking shots in fighting scenes as well as using high angle camera shots. She is challenging traditional female stereotypes.

Another Example that breaks traditional stereotypes is near the end of the movie when the sidekick to the main character has a moment where he faces his fear and sacrifices himself for the main character this is an enigma and breaks the traditional stereotypes because it shows a ethnically diverse character becoming powerful and overcoming their fears. This breaks the the traditional stereotypes.

Laura Mulvey (1975) : Women are objectified in the media this is called the male gaze.

Challenged Male Gaze example:

In this scene the female is overs equalised in the scene, she is presented as a stripper and is wearing revealing clothes as part of her costume. This agrees with the theory because the film has over sexualised a female and is therefore trying to use the male gaze.

A scene from this film where this stereotype is broken is when Jodie Comer is presented as strong and powerful throughout the fight scenes in the movie, her character also agrees with the male gaze as her costume dennotes the male gaze as she wears over sexualised costumes in the game world, but when she is in the real world she wears normal clothes that are not oversexualised so this agrees with the theory. This creates a feel of desire in specifically men in the audience because Jodie is presented as being the ideal partner. Although she will make the audience feel powerful specifically the female audience because who is also presented as a strong powerful character throughout the movie.

Clothes in the game world

Normal clothes not in the game world

Stuart Hall (1995), Alvarado (1987) :

Earp and Katz: (1999) : Men are often represented as violent Pathological control (a need to be in control)

Antwan breaking servers and also the scene between Guy and Dude near the end of the movie.

In the Movie Free Guy there is several scenes where this theory is both true and false. For example one of the scenes where this is true is when the antagonist is destroying the server with an axe the gestures of  this character are aggressive and threatening. The character has also throughout the course of the film been rude deceitful and dismissive. This scene shows his desire to be in power is so strong that he is destroying everything that he created namely the game. Although this agrees with the theory he does have some strong motives that have lead him to destroying the servers. During the scene there is a lot of sound and special effects, this amplifies the danger to the audience and makes them feel scared and frightened, it is a spectacle. The sound effects are realistic and loud to simulate what the audience would hear if they were trying to break the servers themselves