Representation can be defined in various different ways, such as:
a) the act of representing
b) action on behalf of a person
c) when something is re-presented in a different way
'Representation is the re-presentation of what originally had been presented. Representation means the way in which ideas, objects, people, groups and life forms are depicted by the mass media' - Stuart Price.
The media has a big hold on how someone or something is represented to the audience.
Two main theorists, the first one being Stuart Hall who argues...
'The media have the power to represent the world in certain ways. And because there are so many different ways in which meaning about the world can be constructed, it matters profoundly what and who gets left out, and how things, people, events and relationships are represented'
The other theorist, Richard Dyer argues...
'How social groups are treated in cultural representation is part and parcel of how they are treated in life, that poverty, harassment, self hate and discrimination (in housing, jobs, educational opportunity and so on) are shored up and instituted by representation.'
One of the biggest social groups that is represented by the media in the same way each and every day are young people, 'the youth of today'. Constantly in TV programmes, films and the press the same negative light is used usually associating them with drugs, alcohol, unemployment or violence. Our trailer is based on that 'youth' age category and does slightly follow that same representation of youth being involved with drugs (as Stuart overdoes on pills to kill himself) and violence (as Jake turns to killing his own friends in order to make up for his brother's death) however there is some positivity that comes from our trailer which is that Jake is trying to make a mends for all the hurt and pain he has caused. We do show the youth of today displaying remorse and emotion, taking consequences (despite being very severe) for their actions.
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