Representation in Media: Stereotypes

  challenge gender stereotypes

GAME OF THRONES

                                                              Brienne of Tarth

 Brienne managed to overcome sexism, first by becoming one of the most skilled warriors in Westeros and then by becoming the first woman to be knighted in the Seven Kingdoms.

Arya stark

Arya delivered the blow that ultimately saved Westeros from certain doom and surviving being hunted for years on her own 

Daenerys Targaryen

Daenerys was undoubtedly a heroic character, with Dany freeing slaves across Essos and even uniting with Jon Snow in order to defeat the threat of the White Walkers. She survived being sold by her brother and her miscarriage persevering through it all to be queen

 reinforce gender stereotypes

THE GODFATHER

Connie

She is often presented as emotional and dramatic; she is the housewife that is abused by her husband and has to rely on a man to save her

SCARFACE

Elvira

She is presented as the ideal trophy wife for all the drug bosses in the city, she is attractive and is a drug user. She follows whatever man that has power and spends as much as she wants

MEAN GIRLS

Regina George

She is the popular girl of a high school, everyone listens to what she says, or they'll be ostracized by the school. She is loud, obnoxious, mean, and expects everyone should listen to her. In shows this type of female is often the rich antagonist.

Magazine spread

 

Camera Shots and Angles Research

 

POINT OF VIEW SHOT(POV)

A Point of view shot is what the subject sees and is shown to the viewer, this effect can be used for various effects such as fear or humor

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

The Over the shoulder shot is taken from over the back of the subject, often used to solidify the subject in their setting or to show a subject interact with another subject

LONG SHOT

The long shot is usually taken from a distance, enough to see the full body of the subject showing either isolation or vulnerability 

WIDE SHOT

The wide shot often shows the whole body, in this image it highlights the subject's isolation

MEDIUM/ MID SHOT

the medium shot is taken from a medium distance from the subject, helping to ground the subject in the scene.

EYE LEVEL SHOT

An eye level shot is taken from a normal height, invoking a natural scene and helps connect the viewer with the subject

CLOSE UP SHOT

The close up shot usually has the subjects face take up majority of the image, highlighting their facial features, highlighting the scenes importance

TWO SHOT

A two shot image has two separate subjects in the scene, often establishing their relationship to the viewer

HIGH ANGLE SHOT

A high angled shot gives the effect of having the subject look smaller and implying a weak impression to the viewer

LOW ANGLE SHOT

A lower angle shot is used to confuse or give them a sense of powerlessness towards the subject in the scene

EXTREME LONG/ESTABLISHING SHOT

A Long shot or establishing shot is used to establish the setting for the film, familiarizing the viewer with the location of the subject 

EXTREME CLOSE-UP SHOT

Extreme close-up shots show the subject or objects at a large scale, due to their rarity in film they are often used for symbolism or to highlight something important to the viewer

CANTED ANGLE

In a canted shot the camera often tilts, creating a feeling imbalance or instability in the shot

(Art) Fine art Research

 

I chose art as my Genre and fine art as my sub-genre. I chose this topic because I have background knowledge on the subject, I also enjoy art personally and find that choosing this topic will allow the final product to be more thoughtfully created and also enjoyable for myself. I plan to create a magazine that illustrates the progression of classical art from different times periods from infamous artist from history and modern times, such as Michelangelo, DaVinci, van Gogh and others. For my target audience, I plan to focus on men and women since I will be including a wide variety. No specific race would be targeted, and the age group would be between their late teens to mid-thirties and even forties. This magazine intended viewer would be an individual who has an interest in the arts or pursues it, so the target audience group would be quite diverse.

The Genre of this magazine is art, and I believe the target audience would be men and women in their early twenties to mid- forties. This magazine could possibly be directed towards black women, but I believe there is no exact race being targeted since all races and genders can be interested in art. I chose this magazine because of its contents and main image representation of artistic fundamentals. I chose this magazine company for no specific reason in particular.  

This Genre of magazine is also art. The target audience for this magazine could possibly older, so around early thirties to mid-fifties. for gender, the magazine seems to lean towards males due to the main image of a man and color themes of blue and gold. White men seem to be the most probable target audience race because of the facial features of the main image and the artist of the piece in general. I chose this magazine brand because it's quite well known in the art community and has quality work.

 

This is a magazine from the art genre. The main image of the magazine is a painting of a white woman in a garden. The soft colors and subject suggest that the target audience is white women. Since the art is very simplistic and visually colorful, I believe the targeted age group would be women in their late twenties to early forties. Women with an interest for the arts or studying classical art specifically would be around these ages. Although the magazine cover is very simple, I chose this magazine because it's established in the art industry and highly recognized for their work in the business and the artwork they cover in their magazine's.
 

Contents Analysis

Introduction

     Hello there, my name is Lianna J.M Byles. I currently attend Dillard high and I'm in the visual arts program that they offer. Because of my love for art I decided to join the Digital media course expecting to learn more about the more intricate and digital sides of art. I hope to learn the core fundamentals of designing media, whether that be a website, magazine, or poster. I personally have never been very good at the more mathematical and technical sides of art, but I hope that taking this course will help me get accustomed and hopefully come to understand and like this part of the art learning process. For my hobbies I'd have to say that drawing, playing video games, and reading. Like I've said previously I'm a huge art fan and inspiring artist. My favorite artist are J.C Layendecker and  Kim Jung Gi so far, although their styles are very different from each other they both have qualities that I aspire to achieve in my own work. As for video games I've been playing them since I was young and my love for them have only grown since then. I personally like to play on the PlayStation but I have played on different consoles before such as an Xbox, Nintendo switch, and the Wii. My absolute favorite games are the Uncharted series, the last guardian, and  the Grand Theft Auto series to name a few. I essentially like anything made by the game companies Naughty Dog, Nintendo, Blizzard, or Sony. When I'm not drawing or playing video games I often like to read Novels and comics. I'm a big fan of Japanese comics or 'manga' and I read them daily. My favorite genre to read would probably be romance but with a lot of drama, particularly tragedies. I do read other types but that is my favorite to read, for both novels and manga. I sometimes base my art on the things I read which is a huge source of inspiration for my art. I do also watch movies and Tv shows from time to time but not as much as I did when I was younger. I do have some favorite movies like A Silent Voice, The pianist, and The God Father. I have some favorite TV shows too, like Breaking Bad, The kingdom, and The Avatar. I mostly like doing things art related so basically anything that has artistic characteristics I enjoy doing.