Task 5 – Essay Plan

Introduction

• ·         Gang culture in the UK
• ·         Gang culture on the UK screen
• ·         Gang culture historically in the UK and on screen
• ·         Difference between Historic gang culture films and contemporary ones

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• ·         How has society changed towards the representation of these people and how has the way they’ve been represented evolved

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• ·         How does the media construct gang culture in the media
• ·         How does the media depict, represent and construct gang members
• ·         How does the media influence its audience in believing these people are no good

Paragraph 3

• ·         Audience expectations towards the people being represented
• ·         How are the audience infected
• ·         Which audience theory can be applied

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• ·         Institutions and the ideologies they want to portray

Conclusion

• ·         Are these people misrepresented/misunderstood or is it an accurate representation of these people
• ·         What are the advantages to this sort of representation
• ·         What are the disadvantages to this sort of representation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2008/feb/23/ifonlybritishgangstermovie

http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kY_xA-5d1VkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=MALIK,+SARITA+Representing+Black+Britain:+Black+And+Asian+Images+On+Television&ots=r8j0VV6q8B&sig=vE6cXA1frwODXMM-6D-8QdDYgrU#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.ccb.vic.edu.au/resources/library/Bibliography.html#bib