Wednesday, 6 February 2008

hi

hi tamzin
almost finished my representation on youth culture, just need to find some appropriate clips to put tin. any suggestions?

btw the cultures i'm presenting are mods and rockers, hippies, punks and skinheads

Representations of sexuality in the media

I am going to look at sexuality in the media for my presentation. I will be focusing on television programmes such as:

*Will & Grace
*Queer eye for the straight guy
*Sugar Rush
*Ellen
*Are you being served
*The L Word
*Carry on films

I will be looking at the change between how gays and lesbians were represented in the past and how they are now represented.

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Representations of Wales and Welsh people

In my presentation I am going to be looking at the representations of Wales and Welsh people.

I will be looking at:

• Brecon Five vodka advert.
• Welsh Pot Noodle advert.
• Rhys Ifans character Spike in Notting Hill.
• Daffyd ‘The only gay in the village’ from Little Britain.
• Elliot Bevan in Hollyoaks

I will also look at different nationalities perceptions of Wales and Welsh people.

Golf

Representations of golf.

happy gilmore
caddyshack.....

representation

I will be doing my research on the representation of Mexicans, possibly looking at representations of Mexico as well.
These are some of the texts I will be looking at;
-The Good The Bad and The Ugly
-A Fistful of Dollars
-The Three Amigos
-Once upon a time in Mexico
-South Park D-Yikes

Representation of WAGS

For my media text i am looking at the representation of the social groups WAGS
To help me with this, i will be looking at texts such as

Footballers Wives
WAGS Boutique
Dream Team
Heat Magazine

My representation study

Hello, for my presentation on representations i will be studying youth culture and subculture
Lisa and I are studying the representation of police, we sre going to be looking at various clips such as the bill, Crash and so on.

Australia / Australians

For this presentation I will be looking at the representations of Australia and Australians. To help me write a critical study on this topic I will be looking at a wide range of texts, such as:
  • Neighbours 
  • Kath and Kim
  • Home and Away 
  • The Simpsons (Specific episode where they visit Australia)
  • Fosters Adverts
  • The Castle
Also I will look at a few iconic people who are Australians to how they feel about their native country and how and if the way they act presents a negative, positive, true or false representation of Australia and Australians. 
  • Kylie Minogue 
  • Steve Irwin 
  • Rolf Harris
  • Rex Hunt 
  • Mel Gibson
  • Ned Kelly
  • Shane Warne (Relate to Kath and Kim episode)


Japan

For this assigment i am studying the representation of Japan
Here are some Links to sources i have found that relate to my study:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q314HG4KblU : Takeshi's Castle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX21d-aDsNc : Ninja Warrior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERNf_U67nc : Banzai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5BeJ7j1Fj4 : The Last Samurai Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPFZl59_OZ4&feature=related : Human Tetris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwGaIA_LbkQ : Empire of the Sun
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Pejs3rV5Xg : Battle Royal
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cymqjan_BP4 : Happiness of the Katakuris
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DSsDpMUcCAM : Pok'e'Mon the Movie Trailer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qD58ZTVm7Qs : Studio Ghibli (Japanese Animation Studio)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9R0WfYhwATU : Babel

Representations of Golf

Representations of golf. Happy Gilmore etc....
(see post further up)