In this blog i am going to look into the media theories. i am going to understand how and why they were used within my products and what effect they have on the audience. I could look into the theories that could be analysed through my product, and make sure they have the impact on the audience that i want it to have.
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2:40 a statement is made "that he values antiques like a girl". This was used as an insult, evident by the tone in the hosts voice, supporting bell hooks Feminist Theory. Firstly, the statement is suggesting that being labeled as a girl should be taken as an insult as it is considered that the qualities and abilities of women has much less capability then men. Not only that but the the idea that women deeply value antiques suggest women are extremely materialistic, this could be an idea of oppression as they could be referring to the past where women valued objects and class.
Within this programme, a range of comedy conventions are used, this could be related to Neale's genre theory. The use of sound effects within my products of an audience laughing, is a great physiological effect to make the audience believe what the programme is successfully funny as a whole. Being humorous is a very important convention within comedy, if the product is not successful it will suffer being labeled as a comedy. Further more, the use of narratives has also been used as a convention, the narrators use of voice changing, to imitate and mock individuals, is imputed to help the audience understand the segment more. Allowing the audience to understand the storyline easier allows them to understand and react to to the comedy more. making it a successful convention for comedy.
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Within the programme a comment was made from the male host, suggesting if he did something bad his wife will put him in the dog house and leave him without dinner for a week. This statement relates to Hall's theories of representation, the stereotype that women are household bound and are the source of cleaning and particular for this case, cooking. Though it was not articulated in an purposely insulting manor, the idea that the host is still confining his wife to this particular role as well as the use of negativity is very much oppressing and stereotypical.
Expanding this idea of negativity,This quote by the host could also be considered part of Tradov's narratology theory. Where we have a clear villain within this story line. However, we could suggest that they have purposely, made the woman the villain within this story line, ignoring the cause of her actions, though the host is suggesting he did something not in her favour to cause this, the negative action is focused more on what his wife did then what he did himself. Though they could both be considered a villain,it is evident that the wife has been awarded with that role within this segment, appointing it to Tradov's narratology theory.
S – Good analysis of chosen texts.
ReplyDeleteI – You need to include examples of how you specifically intend to use the information you summarised in your production… what specifically do you intend to use in production that links to this research? Which media theory do you intend to use and HOW are you going to use them?
T – Please write the above in RED FONT as your conclusion.