Representations Of People
When we look at an image, we break it down into connotations and denotations. A connotation is what we would think and associate it with whereas a denotation is what we can see going on.
“By definition, all media texts are re-presentations of reality”. This is saying they are composed, lit, written, framed, cropped, captioned, branded, targeted and censored by the producers, and that they are an artificial version of the world or reality that we see around us. producers do all these techniques to put a strong imagine in our head about what’s going on or what’s actually happened.
“When studying the media it is vital to remember this - every media form, from a home video to a glossy magazine, is a representation of someone’s concept of existence, codified into a series of signs and symbols which can be read by an audience”. this tells us that the things that will play out/happen ina film etc, will be bias to the producers views on the situation and to get the full story in accurate detail, you should watch other versions.
“Media representations — and the extent to which we accept them — are a very political issue, as the influence the media exerts has a major impact on the way we view the world. By sharing our media representations our predujuces can be reinforced or shattered”. Media news such as the newspaper or articles have been identified as fake within recent years so you must be careful whilst your reading and not believe everything you see.
The image shows us (denotes) 5 people all smiling. We assume that they are a happy loving family having a photoshoot. The parents are looking at the little girl who has a grin on her face, thus makes us assume she is mischievous and always the centre of attention. As we can see there all dressed formally, this makes us think that there a wealthy family who want to be known as well groomed and clean. However, they have just met 10 minutes before and are all just actors. The little boy on the right is pulling a face, this makes us think that he could possibly be silly and also misbehaved. Furthermore, even the baby is dressed up smartly, supporting the thought of the family being rich.