Easter

Learn:

All theories (all seven)
All terminology (sound, editing, mise-en-scene, camerawork)
All brit and Hollywood facts

Regional Identity Theory

Regional Identity

Andrew Higson (1998) – “Identity is generally understood to be the shared identity of naturalised inhabitants of a particular political-geographic space – this can be a particular nation of region”

Medhurst (1997) – “They’re awful because they’re not like us”

Every area has a certain stereotype.

Colloquial Dialect. (How people speak in a certain place – “ALRIGHT ME LOVER? I’ll get me pasty and do it dreckly” “geeeezzzaaaaa” “G’day mate”)

Semantic fields.

Class Theory

Marxist View

“The media is controlled by the ruling classes and they use it to support their power.” (social grade B and C – middle class white straight men.)

Medhurst 1997 – “They are awful because they’re not like us.”

They take the piss out of everybody that doesn’t fit into their little world.

Richard Butsch (1992) – Working class males in the media are presented as “incompetent, and ineffectual, often a buffoon, well-intentioned but dumb. In almost all working class series, the male is flawed, some more than others.

Keith Gandall (2007) – “Whenever you have a narrative with upper class, middle class and lower class, there is often social ruin.” “Sentimental rags-to-riches story” (eg poor boy meets rich girl)