Representation In Our Music Video

Billy Parker

Gender

In Our video we are going to portray both genders in quite a stereotypical manner. For example a female who cares about her appearance and we see a male who is drunk. However, in our video we also have some non stereotypical representations. For example we see an argument between the male and female and the female seems to take control of the situation which is non stereotypical because it is quite a masculine thing to do. One other example is we see the male checking his appearance in the same way that the female does, which could represent the character's feminine side. We also have the male character sulking and crying in a car which again is expected of females and not males.  In terms of camera angles we will not have any direct angles which are sexual in terms of the female, however there will be quite a few camera angles which are from the perspective of a male looking towards the female which fits in with the male gaze theory. We will also have stereotypical costumes for genders. Our male will be wearing a white shirt which represents his good intentions.

Age

In our clip we will be having people very young around 18 years old, which the audience knows because they are drinking and also the main character drives a car. One reason for this is because this is our target market and we would like to appeal to them as best we can. I also believe that having this young age will have stereotypical representations in the clip as our video will depict how inexperienced and adolescent the younger generation is, with them drinking and getting into child-like arguments and problems. We also have our characters using technology a lot which represents that they are a part of the younger generation.

Sexuality

In our clip we will be depicting two straight characters, which is stereotypical in representations. However, in some parts of our video we will see the main male character depicted as quite feminine in a few scenes.

Ethnicity

In our video we only have representations of white people which is stereotypical as they are seen as the majority.

Disability

We have no representations of disability in our video.

Class

in our video we have representations of the middle social classes. This is because our main character is seen driving quite an old car which shows both that he isn't part of the lower classes (because he owns a car) and that he isn't a part of the higher social classes (car is quite old).

Regional Identity

In our video we have characters from the suburbs area. We have stereotypical representations for our video because we see the main character wearing expensive brand clothes and shoes which is something that is common and expected for young people from the suburbs.