Who is represented?
Precious
Her Mum:
Her Dad/rapist:
The welfare
How are they represented? Precious is represented to be an disadvantaged, overweight teenager. Whom lives with her mother who is abusive to her verbally, physically and mentally. Precious has been sexually abused by her Father and subsequently has two children by him. She is shown to be insecure, illiterate and other negative representations. However she is represented to be a good, caring and loving Mum to her children who will go to any extents to keep them safe. In addition Precious has dreams and admires to be a model, married to a light skinned man. The idea of her wanting to be married to a light skinned man suggests that she feels that the lighter your skin colour the more successful you are.
The Mum is represented to be a big fat bully who harasses and uses her teenage daughter. She smokes in the house which is obviously not good for her Precious as a young girl, moreover because she is pregnant and there is another child in the house.
She is on benefits and she claims to the Welfare that she is looking for a job(which she is not). Moreover when the welfare people come to her house asking questions she makes out that she loves and likes Precious' baby. She creates that impression however, the audience know that this isn't true. Moreover, Precious' Mother pretends that Precious' first child lives with her, in order for her to get more money from the welfare, the fact of the matter is that the child lives with Precious' Grandmother, whom is also dependant on the welfare.
In addition although the welfare is not a person, representations are still there. The welfare is shown to be gullible, naive and soft. Because it is obvious that the Mother doesn't want to work: she has no proof of going for job interviews. Precious has no adult role models, she only has her Mother and Grandmother who are both on benefits.
Also her father has inpregnated Precious twice and then disappeared, and she is left with her benefit claiming, lazy Mother. Whom spends most of the time blaming Precious for her boyfriend leaving. In moments of pressure all Precious can do to escape is go into one of her fantasies: of being married to a light skinned man and being a model.
In which ways might the representation conform to stereotypes?
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How does place/location contribute to the representations?
The fact that they live in the slums and poorer parts of America signifies that because they are 'black' they don't deserve to live in nice houses and areas.
How might the audience respond to this film and its representations?
The black American audience might react to the film in a pessimistic way because of the issues represented. People of the black community were disgusted at the movie, and therefore didn't want to watch it. Moreover the audience as a whole may react sympathetically to Precious as a character, because she is not responsible for the situation she is in. She has no control over her Father raping her, her mother beating and abusing her physically, mentally and verbally.
The film will be disturbing to those black people whom only have a positive view of themselves and other black people, therefore this might be another pessimistic response, because they may not want to believe it. Also the idea that Precious' Mother and Grandmother are on benefits may suggest that black people are lazy and dysfunctional.
In addition although the films main themes are abuse, pregnancy, poverty and adversity; the film also has a sense of hope that stays with you after watching the film.
Monday 15 November 2010
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Sunday 7 November 2010
Short term relationships among celebrities HEHE
The fling between Alicia Douvall and John Terry. John Terry is well known around the world yet still had a one night stand with Alicia who is a ex model in addition he cheated on his then girlfriend.
Alicia, who has had 15 breast operations, added: "I was going through a stage where I was getting a lot of stick for the amount of plastic surgery I'd had so I loved that he was complimenting me." So she didn't like him, she only liked the compliments which she was reciviing. This represents her to be insecure, needy, and attention seeking!
The adultery commited by Ashley Cole on his then Wife Cheryl Cole now her name being Cheryl Tweedy. He slept with a fluzey when he had a beautiful, secure, loving and successful wife.
The person whom he had the affair with got her time in articles and now is unknown! HEHE! She must be proud of herself!
This is just two examples there are MANY MANY more.
Celebrities don't realise the effect they have on the public.
Boys are going to think that they can hjust cheat on their girlfriends or wives and its fine therefore treat girls like crap.
Girls will take the boys crap and will sleep with them just to get noticed.
Alicia, who has had 15 breast operations, added: "I was going through a stage where I was getting a lot of stick for the amount of plastic surgery I'd had so I loved that he was complimenting me." So she didn't like him, she only liked the compliments which she was reciviing. This represents her to be insecure, needy, and attention seeking!
The adultery commited by Ashley Cole on his then Wife Cheryl Cole now her name being Cheryl Tweedy. He slept with a fluzey when he had a beautiful, secure, loving and successful wife.
The person whom he had the affair with got her time in articles and now is unknown! HEHE! She must be proud of herself!
This is just two examples there are MANY MANY more.
Celebrities don't realise the effect they have on the public.
Boys are going to think that they can hjust cheat on their girlfriends or wives and its fine therefore treat girls like crap.
Girls will take the boys crap and will sleep with them just to get noticed.
I LIKE THIS THEORIST AND HIS THEORY!
Greene says that “You simply have to be present, in the right place at the right time.” Whereas “...public[ly famous] people were once defined as such based upon the fact that their remarkable skills had brought them to the attention of the public,” Greene states that with reality TV, “one can become a public person just by being a person, in public.”
Critical investigation points
The general impact of celebrities among teenagers.
It can be positive as celebrities can act like role models and teenagers may look up to them.
negative- look like them
act like them
and generally be them
Marxist Theory of Alienation: If everyone is wearing an item of clothing designed by a celebrity then peer pressure may occur if you don't have it.
segregated from your friends
what if your mates like other celebrities to you? It may cause friction?
With celebrities creating ridiculous standards of beauty, more younger adults are feeling less confident, angrier and more dissatisfied with their looks (National Institute on Media and the Family). Based on a poll, 40% of nine and ten year-old's had tried losing weight and at age thirteen (Body Image and Gender Identity, 2002), 53% of girls were unhappy with their image (National Institute on Media and the Family). This could create moral panics among their parents because they have to cope with their child being insecure and dissatisfied with themselves.
Also with a very pessimistic view can be under taken from celebrities as they take stupid amounts of drugs and they have glamorized taking drugs within the different platforms i.e in films, and within magazines and generally in the media and are setting an example for supporters everywhere that it is acceptable administer drugs which is WRONG!
ALTHOUGH it is not the entirely the celebrities fault that every move they make and every step they make is followed but to a certain extent they should know what is acceptable to do in public and what is plain IRRESPONSIBLE!
Attention seeking, dieting, make up, fashion addicted celebrities are changing the way many young fans think and act. Celebrities need to change the their irresponsible habits now and realize that they need to be more concerned with themselves and with their portrayal in the media, because they don't care how people react to their live's and their lifestyles only that they are noticed!
Marxist Theory: Higher people being in control of them people lower down in society. In this situation the producers, directors, or editors creating pessimistic or optimistic views of celebrities. Then the celebrities themselves either having a positive or negative view on the public. but the higher people are still in control because they are creating the images in the first place, because they want to sell their products and therefore gain money!
It can be positive as celebrities can act like role models and teenagers may look up to them.
negative- look like them
act like them
and generally be them
Marxist Theory of Alienation: If everyone is wearing an item of clothing designed by a celebrity then peer pressure may occur if you don't have it.
segregated from your friends
what if your mates like other celebrities to you? It may cause friction?
With celebrities creating ridiculous standards of beauty, more younger adults are feeling less confident, angrier and more dissatisfied with their looks (National Institute on Media and the Family). Based on a poll, 40% of nine and ten year-old's had tried losing weight and at age thirteen (Body Image and Gender Identity, 2002), 53% of girls were unhappy with their image (National Institute on Media and the Family). This could create moral panics among their parents because they have to cope with their child being insecure and dissatisfied with themselves.
Also with a very pessimistic view can be under taken from celebrities as they take stupid amounts of drugs and they have glamorized taking drugs within the different platforms i.e in films, and within magazines and generally in the media and are setting an example for supporters everywhere that it is acceptable administer drugs which is WRONG!
ALTHOUGH it is not the entirely the celebrities fault that every move they make and every step they make is followed but to a certain extent they should know what is acceptable to do in public and what is plain IRRESPONSIBLE!
Attention seeking, dieting, make up, fashion addicted celebrities are changing the way many young fans think and act. Celebrities need to change the their irresponsible habits now and realize that they need to be more concerned with themselves and with their portrayal in the media, because they don't care how people react to their live's and their lifestyles only that they are noticed!
Marxist Theory: Higher people being in control of them people lower down in society. In this situation the producers, directors, or editors creating pessimistic or optimistic views of celebrities. Then the celebrities themselves either having a positive or negative view on the public. but the higher people are still in control because they are creating the images in the first place, because they want to sell their products and therefore gain money!
The film Pyscho
The film was very different in its own wierd way.
Theres a man who owns a motel and lives with his Mother and has done for a long time, strange things happen within the Motel. i.e, the incident with the women in the bathroom. But then we learn that the incident occured because the son liked the women and the mother would have reacted badly to the situation.
We later learn that the Mother and son had been living together since the son was very young and one day the Mother got a boyfriend, therefore the Son was no longer getting that much attention. So instead of handling the situation normally the Son goes and murders them both. He keeps his Mothers body in a room. WEIRD!
Disabled people were represented to be invalids and connoted to be incapable of having a normal lifestyle. This representation could lead to them being segregated and separated from the rest of society. They are shown in a pessimistic way just because they are different, and the audience start making their own judgements from when they hear how the son talk about his Mother.
The film works because they don't show the Mum until the end scene therefore the audience are kept wondering why she isn't seen and they want to see her.
Moreover the whole idea of the son turning into his Mother is strange and pychotic in itself. He took her life and now hes becoming her......... weird!
Theres a man who owns a motel and lives with his Mother and has done for a long time, strange things happen within the Motel. i.e, the incident with the women in the bathroom. But then we learn that the incident occured because the son liked the women and the mother would have reacted badly to the situation.
We later learn that the Mother and son had been living together since the son was very young and one day the Mother got a boyfriend, therefore the Son was no longer getting that much attention. So instead of handling the situation normally the Son goes and murders them both. He keeps his Mothers body in a room. WEIRD!
Disabled people were represented to be invalids and connoted to be incapable of having a normal lifestyle. This representation could lead to them being segregated and separated from the rest of society. They are shown in a pessimistic way just because they are different, and the audience start making their own judgements from when they hear how the son talk about his Mother.
The film works because they don't show the Mum until the end scene therefore the audience are kept wondering why she isn't seen and they want to see her.
Moreover the whole idea of the son turning into his Mother is strange and pychotic in itself. He took her life and now hes becoming her......... weird!
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