How you have used representation to create meaning in the film opening that you made this year?

How you have used representation to create meaning in the film opening that you made this year?

In the film opening in which I made last year, I used representation in many ways to create meaning within my film.  Firstly when looking at the two young characters within my film, they were portrayed as the sign of evil and caused distresses to the other characters. This is challenging the stereotypically representation of young girls for example they would stereotypically be represented as innocent and harmless however to create a twist we decided to challenge the representation to give the audience a representation of young girls which is not the dominant ideology. When thinking about theorist, Roland Barthes theory of representation are mythic can be applied to this point as it not always true that all young girls are harmless and innocent hence the representation which we portrayed.

When looking at the main character, we appeared to follows the stereotypical representation of a teenage girl. For example when looking at the decor, her room is mainly pink therefore from this we can assume that she is a girly girl as pink carries a connotation of nurturing and love. This would be a dominant ideology for most mature teenage girls. Furthermore when looking at the content of the opening, the main character become extremely distressed by a nightmare. This is representing her to be weak in a way in which she lets a nightmare almost control her life. This added meaning to our film because when looking at the different characters there is a clear comparison between them referring to their mental and physical power even though they were of the same gender.

We used representation, when choosing the costume for our characters as this was able to added meaning to the film because it clearly outlined that the characters where from different time periods. The representation of the maid out fit carries a connotation of low authority and power. However we decided to construct the reality to show an alternative representation. The theorist David Chandler can be applied here as my film is showing representation through a construction of reality.