Stereotype An overly exaggerated representation of a type of person that is – normally negative. For example a teenage stereotype be a hoodie wearing, knife carrying, criminal. Unconventional Something which is seen to not be For example am – “normal.” unconventional female character might be powerful, the boss of a company, and very dominant over other characters. Versimilitude A feeling of reality / real life created by particular elements. For – example, series Outnumbered creates a feeling of verisimilitude for the “The audience by a real house, every day storylines that would affect an average family, and improvised dialogue.” Xenophobia - Actions, behaviours, feelings or words which seem to discriminate against people because of their country of origin. This is normally because the person who is being xenophobic believes there is a difference between the countries and that one country is better than the other DISABILITY ON TV Disability tends to still be represented in terms of stereotypical characters. For example: Physically Disabled / Disfigured often shown as outsiders, unable to do – normal things Mentally disabled Often shown as strange, odd, childlike, outsiders – Able Bodies / Minded often shown as and – “normal” “ideal”. Characters with disabilities are often portrayed in TV Dramas as being outsiders, strange, unable to do everyday activities, immature, weaker than bodied, able “able minded” characters, less attractive etc. Traditionally in films, villains were often given a disability or deformity to make them seem scarier or more evil. Although our association of disability with has since declined, society often still links disability “evil” to weakness and makes disabled characters objects to pity. If you get as an issue in the exam, you should be thinking about the “disability” following things when watching the clip: Can I identify who is able / disabled in the clip? Are people with disabilities as different interests, personalities, attitudes, behaviours from people who don’t have disabilities? If so, how? Is their disability represented as being important in their life? Are people without disabilities represented stereotypically as being normal / better / more powerful? If so, how? Are people with disabilities represented stereotypically as being abnormal /weak/ pathetic? If so, how? How do other characters in the clip treat the characters with disability? What is the message the clip is trying to portray about sexuality?
Stereotype – An overly exaggerated representation of a type of person that is normally negative. For example a teenage stereotype be a hoodie wearing, knife carrying, criminal. Unconventional – Something which is seen to not be “normal.” For example am unconventional female character might be powerful, the boss of a company, and very dominant over other characters. Versimilitude – A feeling of reality / real life created by particular elements. For example, “The series Outnumbered creates a feeling of verisimilitude for the audience by a real house, every day storylines that would affect an average family, and improvised dialogue.” Xenophobia - Actions, behaviours, feelings or words which seem to discriminate against people because of their country of origin. This is normally because the person who is being xenophobic believes there is a difference between the countries and that one country is better than the other DISABILITY ON TV Disability tends to still be represented in terms of stereotypical characters. For example: Physically Disabled / Disfigured – often shown as outsiders, unable to do normal things Mentally disabled – Often shown as strange, odd, childlike, outsiders Able Bodies / Minded – often shown as “normal” and “ideal”. Characters with disabilities are often portrayed in TV Dramas as being outsiders, strange, unable to do everyday activities, immature, weaker than “able bodied, able minded” characters, less attractive etc. Traditionally in films, villains were often given a disability or deformity to make them seem scarier or more evil. Although our association of disability with “evil” has since declined, society often still links disability to weakness and makes disabled characters objects to pity. If you get “disability” as an issue in the exam, you should be thinking about the following things when watching the clip: Can I identify who is able / disabled in the clip? Are people with disabilities as different interests, personalities, attitudes, behaviours from people who don’t have disabilities? If so, how? Is their disability represented as being important in their life? Are people without disabilities represented stereotypically as being normal / better / more powerful? If so, how? Are people with disabilities represented stereotypically as being abnormal /weak/ pathetic? If so, how? How do other characters in the clip treat the characters with disability? What is the message the clip is trying to portray about sexuality?
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