The representation in media is very important, it’s what influences our people today and what puts an image on people, countries and things. The way a show, movie or book describes a person could get to influence others to get that concept of life, people and things. A good example could be the tv show, Young Sheldon.The way they portray high schoolers and the environment they usually are in, because of this it might portray a bad image on teens and high schoolers.
In teens films, where they talk about high schoolers and teachers, they portray characters very different by the way they are. An example could be ‘the nerd’ who’s usually portrayed as the smart, straight A’s, well behaved and well dressed students. In the other hand, theres ‘the jock’ or ‘the popular kid’. This student is usually portrayed as popular, cute, and most of the time mean or a bully.
Lastly, is the teacher, who is always portrayed as mean and wearing cardigans and sometimes glasses, or in other type of teens movies they could also be portrayed with a strict wear. The clothing and personality doesn’t only affect portraying characters and people, what also is a big influence is the setting. High school is always portrayed as the hallways having lockers, the famous lockers are essential for every high school movie or tv show, also having the football games and the cafeteria. Where in the cafeteria the tables are divided, meaning the football players/jocks are in one table, the pretty popular girls in another and the nerds in another, sometimes they don’t even have a table and instead sits next to the trash or on the floor. The setting, clothing and personality has a lot to do with how characters are portrayed.
A good example could be the 2017 tv show, Young Sheldon. The tv show is about the stereotypical ‘nerdy’ student, Sheldon. He is this 9 year old who is extremely smart and instead of being in elementary he is in high school, he is portrayed with very well formal clothing, and being smart and not having many friends. On the other hand, is Sheldon’s bother, Georgie. He is the older brother who is not as smart and plays football, he has many friends and is a bully and ashamed of having Sheldon, a nerd, as his brother. These characters are super stereotypical when it comes to high school movies or tv shows. The representation in this show affects a lot on how the nerd is portrayed and affects on the image people have on nerds, same goes for the popular football player. Another tv show could be High School Musical, Troy and Gabriella. The popular cute basketball player and the pretty popular new girl, who are the known high school couple. Both these tv shows put an image on these characters who are relatable to people in real life.
Finally, the representation on a show is extremely important, the way films represent characters affects on how people see those who relate to those characters in real life. This doesn’t only go for personality’s but also countries, the way a countries is portrayed in a film affects a lot on the image people have of this place. Representation could sometimes be wrong, for example the way some races or cultures are portrayed are sometimes incorrectly. Going back to films, the angles a large part on how someone is viewed, for example the villain or the bully of the story usually is portrayed at a low angle to seem off as scary or intimidating. All these factors take a big place on our world today, media itself is very important when portraying races, cultures, people and places.
Here are some examples:
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