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Representation in the Media

Representation in the Media

Sandra Unit 4 – critical and contextual awareness in the creative media production

REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA

For this assignment 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 1985-2000, 2015- 1985-1995, 2001-2006, 2012- 1985-1995, 2016- 1985-1993, 1997- Sonia Fowler 1993-2007, 2010-2011, 2014- Rebecca Fowler Jasmine Armfield 2000, 2002, 2005-2007, Jade Sharif 2014- Alex and Vicky Gonzalez Louise Tilly Keeper 2001-2003, 2008, 2010, Brittany Papple 2016- Danni Bennatar Rachel Cox 2004-2012, 2014- 2004-2012, 2014- 2004- Honey Mitchell 2005-2008, 2014- Diana Parish 2006- Libby Fox 2006-2010, 2014- Abi Branning Lorna Fitzgerald 2006- Lauren Branning 2006- Madeline Duggan 2006- Shona McGarty 2008- 2009- 2010-2011, 2016- Luisa Bradshaw-White 2013- 2013- Donna Yates Lisa Hammond 2014- Carmel Kazemi 2015- Madison Drake Seraphina Beh 2017- Alexandra D‘Costa Sydney Craven 2017-

Total: 25 regular female characters

Regular Male Characters Characters Duration Beale 1985- Martin Fowler 1985-2007, 2014- James Alexandrou Jon Peyton ice Aaron Sidwell 1989-1990, 1992-2002, Edward Savage 2007-2008, 2016- Stuart Stevens Edward Farrell 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- 2001- Derek Harkinson 2001-2005, - Max Branning 2006- Jamie Borthwick 2006- 2007-2013, 2015- John Patridge 2008-2012, 2014- Neil McDermott 2009-2011, 2014, 2016- 2013- Johnny Carter Ted Reilly 2013-2014, 2016- Sam Strike Kush Kazemi Davood Ghadami 2014- 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 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 2016- Mrs Robyn Lund Polly Highton 2017-

Total: 14 recurring and guest female characters

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Recurring And Guest Male Characters Characters Actors Duration Reverend George 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 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- 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 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 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 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 Centre , . 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 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

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