LFTVD Representations

Constructed Realism: You decide when to shoot, when to edit- the idea that all the media products and what we see in them is made or built using technical codes and media language such as camerawork, editing.

Dominant Ideology: Everything is ran by middle-class, christian, white men. In our society, the dominant group shapes the dominant values.

Representation in Media:

• All media products are 'constructed'.
• Producers use different elements/conventions of media language to construct these representations.
• Producers of different long form TV dramas may use different elements of media language to:

1. Offer different representations
2. Constructed media representations ensure that the meaning 'encoded' in media products can be quickly read and understood by the audience.