Thursday 8 January 2015

Representation.




The representation in the trailer reinforces the stereotype that young people tend to be rebellious and filled with rage. We learn this from the trailer because the length of the trailer lasts for 1 minute and 10 seconds and for 18 seconds of the trailer they are advertising the protests and riots occurring in district 12 by the young people who are unhappy about  the current government or what they refer to as 'The Capitol'. Another representation shown is a representation about women/girls In the Hunger Games subverts the usual stereotype of woman. Instead they portray women to be the heroes and brave and ready to take risks. We know this because the main character 'Katniss Everdeen' is very strong and determined for the freedom of her people. In this trailer the representation of black people reinforces the racist ideology that black people are in superior and poorer then white people because when Katniss is in district 12 and 13 their are many black people just working however when she goes to district 1 and 2 their are no black people just white people who tend to be presidents and rich game makers or victors.