Introduction to Representation

Taken trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJVJBm9TPA


Groups:
Men- Dominant as Liam Neeson is acting strong and trying to save his daughter.
Women- Dominant as they are shown as weak and in need of saving.
White people- Dominant- speaking like how white people would speak.

Stereotypes in the trailer include women being helpless and in need of saving and men being strong and saving women.

Taken might offend groups as they are showing women being weak and helpless, when women can be strong but they are instead using a stereotype so they can appeal to as wide of a target audience as possible.

Mainstream film and television texts often use stereotypes because it appeals to a wide target audience. Using alternative portrayals might put more traditional viewers off, as they see it as something weird and not something they are comfortable with. This costs the film money and in the end, mainstream films are made to make millions in the box office, not to appease social groups.