Representation theories.
Representation:
All media products re-present the real world, however, they only show one version of reality, not a true view of reality itself.
A major theorist involved within representation is Stuart Hall. He quotes that 'The power to represent the world in certain ways. And because there are so many different and conflicting ways in which meaning about the world can be constructing, it matters profoundly, what and who gets left out, and how things, people, events and relationships are represented'.
Stuart Hall's quote fits in with our trailer as the teenagers are being represented as what is typically seen in the media which is negatively, for example, hoodies, gang crime and violence.
Another representation theorist is Richard Dyer (1993) who argues that representation is a political tool. 'How social groups are treated in cultural representation is part and parcel of how they are treated in life, that poverty, harassment, self-hate and discrimination are shored up and instituted by representation'.
Richard Dyer's quote also ties in with our trailer as the teenagers are evidently from working class backgrounds so they are behaving how they are expected to behave.
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