Analyse how representation is used in the episode to create meaning for mainstream pre-watershed audience. (5 marks)
One of the characters, Jake, is represented as a white homosexual male police officer. We found this out when Jake was in the car with his college Ryan, he just said "I'm gay". Ryan had no reaction and just carried on normally, no homophobic reaction or a shocked reaction and this is showing the pre-watershed audience that it isn't a big thing and that it's not bad. Jake isn't represented as a typical feminine homosexual male and therefore it is going against the homosexual stereotype thats weak and girly. Jake is nearly the opposite as he is a police officer and that comes with violence and roughness. This is teaching not only kids, but also grown people that being gay isn't at all bad and they shouldn't be treated any different. Seeing as cuffs is for a pre-watershed audience shows that anyone can watch it. The fact that Jake isn't judged or disliked will that have really positive impact because someone should never be judged or disliked ever because of their sexuality, and thats what they are trying to show to the pre-watershed audience!
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ReplyDeleteA good first response to an exam style question!
Reflect and Perfect:
When reflecting, please use a green text colour.
- Go through and check for SPaG
- Highlight the key words in the question (the ones we circled during our lesson)
- Overall you need to focus on your clarity and avoid repeating yourself. When discussing the effect it has on the audience, keep it succinct. You make some excellent points, but it's a little wordy. Use the PEE paragraph structure to help you.
Be mindful that this in only a 5 mark question. You will be handwriting your responses, so keep in mind that you will be spending more time answering a 20 mark question!
Miss C
I wasn't in this lesson, I saw it on insight and knew roughly what to do so I'll talk to you about it in the lesson tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteYou took the initiative to answer it yourself and you have answered it brilliantly, so a huge well done!
ReplyDeleteI'm more than happy to talk to you about this and answer any questions.