Representation in the Media
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Sandra Unit 4 – critical and contextual awareness in the creative media production REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA For this assignment I will be looking at the cast of Eastenders answering the following questions: 1) Tick which representation types the producer has covered: Gender Race Age Disability Sexuality Class Location 2) Number how many characters are there of each: GENDER Regular Female Characters Characters Actress Duration Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth 1985-2000, 2015- Sharon Watts Letitia Dean 1985-1995, 2001-2006, 2012- Michelle Fowler Jenna Russell 1985-1995, 2016- Susan Tully Dot Cotton June Brown 1985-1993, 1997- Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy 1993-2007, 2010-2011, 2014- Rebecca Fowler Jasmine Armfield 2000, 2002, 2005-2007, Jade Sharif 2014- Alex and Vicky Gonzalez Louise Mitchell Tilly Keeper 2001-2003, 2008, 2010, Brittany Papple 2016- Danni Bennatar Rachel Cox Jane Beale Laurie Brett 2004-2012, 2014- Stacey Slater Lacey Turner 2004-2012, 2014- Jean Slater Gillian Wright 2004- Honey Mitchell Emma Barton 2005-2008, 2014- Denise Fox Diana Parish 2006- Libby Fox Belinda Owusu 2006-2010, 2014- Abi Branning Lorna Fitzgerald 2006- Lauren Branning Jacqueline Jossa 2006- Madeline Duggan Shirley Carter Linda Henry 2006- Whitney Dean Shona McGarty 2008- Kim Fox Tameka Empson 2009- Glenda Mitchell Glynis Barber 2010-2011, 2016- Tina Carter Luisa Bradshaw-White 2013- Linda Carter Kellie Bright 2013- Donna Yates Lisa Hammond 2014- Carmel Kazemi Bonnie Langford 2015- Madison Drake Seraphina Beh 2017- Alexandra D‘Costa Sydney Craven 2017- Total: 25 regular female characters Regular Male Characters Characters Actors Duration Ian Beale Adam Woodyatt 1985- Martin Fowler James Bye 1985-2007, 2014- James Alexandrou Jon Peyton ice Steven Beale Aaron Sidwell 1989-1990, 1992-2002, Edward Savage 2007-2008, 2016- Stuart Stevens Edward Farrell Phil Mitchell Steve McFadden 1990-2003, 2005- Ben Mitchell Harry Reid 1996-2000, 2006-2012, 2 Joshua Pascoe 2014- Charlie Jones Morgan Whittle Matthew Silver Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick 1998- Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker 2001- Derek Harkinson Ian Lavender 2001-2005, - Max Branning Jake Wood 2006- Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick 2006- Jack Branning Scott Maslen 2007-2013, 2015- Christian Clarke John Patridge 2008-2012, 2014- Ryan Malloy Neil McDermott 2009-2011, 2014, 2016- Mick Carter Danny Dyer 2013- Johnny Carter Ted Reilly 2013-2014, 2016- Sam Strike Kush Kazemi Davood Ghadami 2014- Vincent Hubbard Richard Blackwood 2015- Shakil Kazemi Shaheen Jafargholi 2016- Keegan Barker Zack Morris 2017- Total: 19 regular male characters Recurring And Guest Female Characters Characters Actress Duration Aunt Sal Anna Karen 1996-1998, 2001-2004, 2007-2011, 2013- Janet Mitchell Grace 2006-2012, 2014- DI Samantha Keeble Alison Newman 2008, 2014- Amy Mitchell Abbie Knowles 2008- Amelie Conway Kamil and Natalia Lipka-Kozanka Lily Branning Aine Garvey 2010, 2014- Uncredited Trish Barnes Tessa Churchard 2012-2013, 2017- Lady Di (dog) Hot Lips 2013- Pearl Fox-Hubbard Aureya 2015- Dr Natasha Black Rachel Bavidge 2015- Debbie frith Hester Ruoff 2015- Linzi Bragg Amy-Leigh Hickman 2016- Dr Sandra Vole Badria Timimi 2016- Geraidine Clough Gwyneth Strong 2016- Mrs Robyn Lund Polly Highton 2017- Total: 14 recurring and guest female characters 3 Recurring And Guest Male Characters Characters Actors Duration Reverend George Michael Keating 2005-2013, 2015- Stevens Ritchie Scott Sian Webber 2005-2012, 2014- Derek Evans Simon Lowe 2007-2010, 2015- Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips 2007-2010, 2015- Toby Walpole Mr Lister Nick Wilton 2008-2013, 2016- Ricky Mitchell Henri Charles 2010, 2014- Uncredited Dennis Rickman Jnr Bleu Landau 2012- Harry Hickles DS Cameron Bryant Glen Wallace 2014- Tom Pepper Tristam Summers 2014- Matthew Mitchell- Uncredited 2015- Cotton Ollie Carter Charlie 2015- Jack T Louie Beale Uncredited 2015- Arthur Fowler Uncredited 2015- Jorgen Christensen Christopher Dane 2016- Moose Sam Gittins 2016- Dave (cat) Uncredited 2016- Harry Beckett Mark Bagnalll 2016- Dermot Haynes Geoffrey Newland 2016- DS Kye Anderson Jonathan Harden 2017- Travis Law-Hughes Alex James-Phelps 2017- Mr Gethin Pryce Cerith Flinn 2017- Konrad Topolski Piotr Baumann 2017- Josh Hemmings Eddie Eyre 2017- Woody Woodward Lee Ryan 2017- Total: 24 recurring and guest male characters Female Named Extras Characters Actress Duration Tracey Jane Slaughter 1985- Marie Evans Liz Sweet 2003- Total: 2 female named extras Male Named Extras 4 Characters Actors Duration Winston Ulric Browne 1986- Shrimpy Ben Champniss 2014- Total: 2 male named extras Overall Females 41 Males 45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_EastEnders_characters#Present_charact ers RACE a) Asian/ Asian British – Bangladeshi b) Asian/ Asian British – Indian c) Black/ Black British – African d) Black/ Black British – Caribbean e) Mixed/ Multiple ethnic group – White and Black African f) White – British g) Other AGE a) Under 10 – 15: the are about 7 kids under 10 -15 years old b) 16-25: there are about 15 adults 16-25 years old c) 25-40: there are about 13 adults 25-40 years old d) 50+: there are about 8 elderly people 50+ years old Cast on the soap opera changes all the time on the show either taken out or more added DISABILITY There are two females characters with disability on the show CLASS A Upper Middle Class – the Hubbard family and the Bill family B Middle Class – half of the characters C1 Lower Middle Class – 2 characters C2 Skilled Working Class – the Carter family + 2 other characters 5 D Working Class – 10 characters E Casual/ Lowest Grade Workers – 1 elderly character SEXUALITY 2 gay guys and 2 lesbian characters 3) Can you identify any stereotypes? - Religion - Sexuality - Mental health 4) Looking at the setting, the costumes expressions on the characters faces (mise-en-scene) how does it represent the location. Setting Eastenders is set in Albert Square located in the in backlot of the BBC Elstree Centre Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Settings used are mostly the café and the Restaurant. I think this shows that the community is quite sociable. In most scenes more than one household involved, a mixture of people in each house. E.g. Masood at Dot’s house and Roxy at Jack’s house. Body language and facial expressions Depending on what the storyline is they sometimes look happy or sad at the start of most episodes. Some characters are see in their pyjamas. From the photo above the cast members show a wild range of facial expressions. Some cast simply flashing a smile and some looking a bit exhausted. This may suggest that the cast members are delighted to be amongst each other as a community. The poster shows many expressions behind it. Mise-en-Scene Eastenders builds realistic views of working class families to try represent the typical codes and conventions of working class families. This also includes the location in which it is set in which shows a huge effect so audience/viewers can familiarize themselves with the way the characters live. The clothing used in Eastenders is highly realistic as this suggests the class background. E.g. some characters are often seen in suits or shirts, where as some characters could wear something that may seem to the audience/viewers as “scruffy”. This indicates that the characters come from different sorts of backgrounds. E.g. A Upper Middle Class – the Hubbard family and the Bill family and C2 Skilled Working Class – the 6 Carter family + 2 other characters. The mise-en-scene also reflects to the lighting which creates the sense of realism. This could also create different meanings that allows audiences/viewers to generate new ideas and begin to “stereotype” in a way that some characters are labelled either positively or negatively. 5) Why has the producer included all these types of characters? I think the reason why the producer included all these types of characters was to make to spice things up making it exciting and interesting. This also helps create the tension and atmosphere of the show due to the circumstances they are facing. 6) Which types of social issues could some of the characters have in the storylines? a) Religion b) Mental health c) Work and occupations d) Sexuality 7 .