Representation

Representation - Les Revenants 

What is representation?

• Representation is a construction by the producer to show their ideological perspective.

Representations construct reality

1.     The group, place or issue on which a media product is focusing.

2.     The media language the media product uses to present these groups or issues.

3.     The ideological perspective about the group or issue being created within the product.

4.     The impact of this ideological perspective on the target audience.

The primary audience of 'Les Revenants' - international audience, young adults

• young, middle-class girl who's conventionally attractive
• Representing teenage girls
• Mature costume represents maturity
• Plain, unstyled hair 
• Flowers in the background = purity
• Virginal 
• Actress = 18, slightly older than her character of 15
• She looks young
• Camille's meaning is complicated because although she is more reserved than her sister, she matures and is a stereotypical intelligent young girl
• creates the idea that we can negociate 

• conventially attractive
• represents older women
• she's also represnting mums
• looks like a stylish middle aged woman

they're all white. 

represnation of french rural life

relationships netween commiunity

abjection.