Explore how representations can position audiences for Les Revenants and Black Mirror
One way representations can position audiences....
One excellent way in which a producer uses a highly stereotypical representation to position audiences
A further way in which a complex representation can position audiences
Kneejerk reaction
- the complex representations used throughout these TV shows are highly effective in positioning audiences, in order to maximise audience engagement
Audience positioning refers to the ways in which audiences are placed within a media product by the producer to further anchor and align the audience and to help them relate to complex themes. Representation refers to the representation of a particular group, issue or event by the producer in order to reflect their ideological position. In this essay, I shall argue that producers of TV shows can use complex and even challenging representations in order to engage and position audiences who expect more from television in the 21st century. In order to explore this idea, I shall refer to San Junipero, an episode of the British sci-fi anthology show, originally created by Charlie Brooker and subsequently and internationalised and distributed by Netflix. I shall also refer to Les Revenants
P - Representations can position audiences in a voyeuristic mode of address through the use of camera angles used within media products
E - For example, in Les Revenant, the audience are placed in an uncomfortable situation when we are positioned to watch Lena have s*x as an underage girl.
A - The use of a medium shot here means the audience can see everything that goes on and then a transition into a close up creates an intimate mode of address, which is unsettling for audiences to view.
An excellent example of how representations can position audiences is Les Revenants in the highly postmodern representations of the town itself. In the open credit sequence, a hyperreal representation of a French rural town is constructed through the alarming MES of....
.... in fact, due to being funded by a notable French tourist board, in many ways it is significant that the episode resembles an advert for the Rhien Cotes Alps religion, with the montage....
The audience are positioned in a confusing mode of address, through the hyperreal representation of the middle class Sureat family. Their muted reaction to these extreme and bizzare events in stereotypically French, and may puzzle and alienate British audience
Julie constructs a confusing mode of address
Julie is not at all sexualised - mise-en-scene of her oversized jumper and choice of clothing, her hair, her makeup
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