Mini mock questions to look at

Compared with the past, David Gauntlett argues that in the media today ‘we no longer get singular, straightforward messages about ideal types of male and female identities.’ Evaluate the validity of this claim with reference to the set episode of Humans and Les Revenants

NEED TO USE DAC FOR INTRO Theory of identity  - Audiences are not passive, and media products  allow the audience to construct their own identities. Audiences can pick and mix which ideologies suit them, and completely ignore the elements of the product which they do not agree with in a process of negotiation similar to the one suggested by Stuart Hall.

Things have changed - in the past a lot of the messages given to the audience about male and female identities were stereotypical beliefs that didn't represent everyone. 

Scene when Lena is walking Simon home - she is quite assertive - doesn't get what she wants so calls him a dickhead - she is atypical - shows she is being presented as a subvert from the stereotype as she is the more dominant character in this scene - Low-key lighting increases the intensity and mystery of the scene which creates a hermeneutic code

Anita is a stereotypical representation of a woman as she is bought and used for sex - she is a Madonna and a Whore (Madonna Whore theory = Madonna = Virgin Mary - virtuous, nurturing, saintly and sexually repressed
Whore = someone who takes money for having sex - sensual, sexualised and desirable without purity.) - 
Leo thinks Niska = whore - because he goes to brothel to rescue her but then says he needs to rescue Anita first leaving her to get raped - showing he cares more about Anita than her. 

Anita = Madonna she is a typical housewife, motherly, friendly, well spoken, she is stereotypically attractive, quiet, doesn't answer back, does exactly what she is told 

= Levi Strauss - Binary opposition.

Presents sexist stereotypes but HUMANS isn't sexist show - its doing it to challenge the stereotypes and ways in which females are presented. Also in HUMANS Leo is a very masculine and aggressive character - shown through the mise-en-scene of his green coat in the scene where he is outside the brothel - encodes the idea that he is in the military which further reinforces the idea of him being a typical male = straightforward message of what a male is like. 

Julie = complicated character = typical and atypical (mise-en-scene of her makeup and clothing = natural makeup and oversized jumper makes her look more masculine) = she is a nurse - stereotypical women job - she ends up looking after Victor = she is walking around at night on her own and see's Victor and doesn't get scared - dark grey concrete buildings symbolise crime and danger functions as a proairetic code - goes against the stereotype of a women always being scared etc. 

CAN COMPARE SEX SCENE WITH NISHKA - presented as a prostitute - close up slow zoom on her face = Nishka's revealing costume. However the camera zooms in on Nishka's face acting as a direct mode of address to the audience. The preferred response is for the audience to identify with Nishka and to feel as uncomfortable as possible. This is further anchored through the lexis that the Punter uses which is both unloving and aggressive. This is further reinforced by Nishka's dead expression. (UNLOVING AND UNCONSENSUAL) 
WITH LENA'S SEX SCENE (LOVING) represents how she is a rebellious and atypical character = Birds eye view close up of Lena and her boyfriend positions us with them, which feels uncomfortable, positioning us is a voyeuristic way. - this is anchored through the use of low-key lighting which connotes intimacy, privacy and ultimately, sex.