David Gauntlet - theories of identity.


  • audiences can construct there own identities through what they see on television.
  • Gender binary 
Male and female stereotypes.

  • men are strong
  • men do the work
  • men provide to the family 
  • men are superior
  • men are emotionless
  • men are more aggressive
  • women do cleaning
  • women are emotional
  • women are weak
  • women are bitchy 
charity ads
  • raise money 
  • make you feel guilty
  • make the audience think about what you have and what others don't
  • make people feel empathy for those in need

NSPCC
  • The hopeful music is a binary opposition
  • high angle shots connotes weakness
  • sense of begging
  • black and white mise en scene 
  • symbolic code
  • miserable atmosphere
  • extreme close up get personal with the character and the audience
  • the audience can help stop a world crisis
  • aimed at the working class

  • audiences get desensitised with repetition
water aid ad
  • established in 1981
  • created by atomic London 
  • The ad is optimistic
  • if you donate you can give happiness
  • your with the 'them' as the audience


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