Representation- Les Revenants

Representations aren't real they are a construction of reality
Representations construct reality

representation:

• allows audience to relate to characters
• allows the producer to construct a text easier
• gives insight into other cultures etc that people otherwise wouldn't know about
• representations are bias
• recreation 
• it is important because it changes the way we view others

John Berger: he argued "men act, women appear"

Representation is the study of...

1. The group, place or issue on which a media product is focusing.

2. The media language the media product uses in order to present these groups or issues.

3.  The ideological perspective about the group or issue being created within the product.

4.  The impact of this ideological perspective on the target audience.

Simon:
- he represents young men and looks youthful
- the leather jacket and dark hair are something that could be stereotypically associated with someone who's attractive
- the darkness of his clothing and hair seems quite mysterious, like his character, and could make them more attracted to him because of the mystery
- he looks stereotypically french because it is aimed at a French audience



Camille:
-school girl, she's represented as young and naive therefore representing young girls
- lack of make up goes will the french culture/society 
-pale skin makes her seem almost shy, and delicate which again goes with her representing young girls
-red hair makes her stand out as its unconventional 
-A-typical representation of a teenage girl- binary opersition she's older beyond her years
- she is a complex representation/ character
- her complicated character is reflected in the complicated narrative 



Claire: (the mum)
- she represents mothers, and by her plain attire and her simple yet dressed hair, she seems to be the type of woman who is "basic"
- the audience may see this and relate to how busy she is, so much so that her beauty and fashion lays in what is quick and simple
- she is a stereotypical aspirational mother







Julie:
- represents older, single woman and her dark hair is not what is considered stereotypically attractive
- the target audience may feel that if you are a single woman living on your own that you are a bit unorganised and also may make her seem a bit strange, like an outcast











How the cast are represented:
- rural setting- represents typical rural french life 
- the cast universally look very french
- They're all white
- the show is targeting a white middle class audience 




Its allegorically about:  
- Death and how people deal with it


Abjection: to have something cut off/ separated