Re-presentation Lesson

Re-presentation
My definition of re-presentation: Something that is being portrayed as being real but in fact it is just a copy of a copy
Actual definition: The way the media present 'something' as though it were real, it is not real, merely a copy of something

Signs and Signifiers
Definition of a sign: Something which communicates a piece of information
Definition of a signifer: Multiple 'ideas' or feelings behind a sign-All signs belong to cultures.

We were all then asked to draw a house,tree and sun and put a number between 1 and 10 somewhere on the page. The majority of the class drew a square house with four windows and a door. A typical tree and a round sun with line like rays. The point of this exercise being that these basic things are instant signs. We think of them because of where we have been brought up. If we were to ask people of different cultures to draw this very picture we would be sure to get a completely different image. For example someone that lives in Norway would be more likely to draw a pine tree rather than a traditional English oak.

Gatekeepers
Definition of a gatekeeper: The people in charge of what we see on Tv, in films, in magazines etc.

Ideology
Definition of Ideology: A belief system

Rushmore
We then watched the opening of the film Rushmore.The first time we watched it without sound. The purpose of this was to see if we could get an idea of the film just from the use of camera angles, props, acting, lighting and setting. This is known as Mise en scene.

After watching this a couple of times we completed a few questions;
1) Where is the film set? A religious,private all boys school in America

2) Describe the main characters personality. A student at a school. Looks quite different compared to the other students. He is smartly dressed in a blazer whereas the other students are in plain jumpers. I feel this character comes across as fairly british because of typical britsh stereotypes such as his tea cup. The character also comes across as being highly inteligent and kind of smug. His inteligence is shown when he completes what looks like an extremely chalenging mathematic equation.