Pete’s lesson

 Week 1
Representation is when one person represents a minority or a religion.
The movie that we like looked at was called barely lethal this movie looks at breaking stereotypes such as girls can’t fight as it is based on a female teenager agent and how she wants to escape the agency to go live a normal teenage life although it breaks the stereotype of girls being weak it strongly in forces stereotype of the new girl at school not knowing how to dress or how to act. In the school there were lots of different clicks as per usual in stereotypical high school movies. It also breaks the stereotype and race of how black people are followers as Samuel Jackson please Prescott.  The man in charge of the agency, Samuel Jackson also plays Nick Fury from the Marvel franchise suggesting that he is a powerful character.

Week 2
A hypodermic needle is when audience is passive, this means they go along with what they’ve been told.  Lots of audience these days are passive because of the hypodermic needle and how they seem to believe everything they’ve been told if it comes from media.  This comes across as no one has an individual response to the media, this is what the media companies want for the audience to agree with them.
The news is a good example for this because people are always believing that every thing on it is right so when they say that all Muslims are terrorist and that Syria is a dangerous place instead of finding out for themselves they assume that its right.

Gratification model is where you Choose a media for yourself, you’ve read about it, if you need is gratified you read it again. It is your choice and is not passive.  This comes across as the audience chooses for themselves, for the specific point of view and interests.
For example, any crime or mystery show will hint to different people during the program/film this lets you come up with your own theory on what is happening.

Week 3
 Vladimir Propp had the theory that in ever Fiction there always consists of eight characters the hero, villain, the dispatcher, the helper, the princess or price, her father, the donor and the false hero.
 The hero - the person that everyone routes for (the good guy).
 The villain - the person who tries to stop the hero and for his plans.
 The dispatcher - the person that sends the hero on his quest.
 The helper - the one who’s along for the ride helping the hero on his quest.
 The princess or prize - the person or thing the hero is searching for.
 The father - the person that has possession of the princess or prize.
 The donor - the person that gives the hero something or prepares them.
 The false hero -  The person we think is good ends up being on the wrong side.
For example Shrek and any pixel or Disney movies contains most if not all of these characters this prove that if not all the character most of them will be in all shows/films.

Week 4
 Todorov Theory is that there are five distinct parts in the story.
Equilibrium
Disruption
Recognition of destruction
Attempt to repair disruption
New equilibrium
 A state in which opens saying forces or influences our balance.  This means that something influenced this certain part.
 The disruption is state in which piece has been broken.  An example would be a calm scene is interrupted by a violent moment.

 The Recolonization of destruction is workforce is the character/characters to change the upcoming events that may have been in the story for example if they didn’t recognise the disruption then the events in the production will have ended up differently.
 The attempt to repair the disruption is for example when an alien attack happens the people form of rebellion to fight back this would be the attempt to repair the disruption because they are fighting to get the home back.
 The new equilibrium would be at the end of a production when we find out which side has one for example if the rebellion one or if they failed.

Week 5
Described at length in Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the hero's journey serves as the tale every culture tells. The journey's path is described variously, but in general it includes the call to adventure, a supernatural aide or mentor, initiation by trials and adventures, victory, and return. 

Its stages are:
1.        THE ORDINARY WORLD.  The hero is shown against a background of environment, heredity, and personal history.  Some kind of polarity in the hero’s life is pulling in different directions and causing stress.
2.        THE CALL TO ADVENTURE.  Something shakes up the situation, either from external pressures or from something rising up from deep within, so the hero must face the beginnings of change. 
3.        REFUSAL OF THE CALL.  The hero feels the fear of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure, however briefly.  Alternately, another character may express the uncertainty and danger ahead.
4.        MEETING WITH THE MENTOR.  The hero comes across a seasoned traveller of the worlds who gives him or her training, equipment, or advice that will help on the journey.  Or the hero reaches within to a source of courage and wisdom.
5.        CROSSING THE THRESHOLD.  At the end of Act One, the hero commits to leaving the Ordinary World and entering a new region or condition with unfamiliar rules and values. 
6.        TESTS, ALLIES AND ENEMIES.  The hero is tested and sorts out allegiances in the Special World.
7.        APPROACH.  The hero and newfound allies prepare for the major challenge in the Special world.
8.        THE ORDEAL.  Near the middle of the story, the hero enters a central space in the Special World and confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.  Out of the moment of death comes a new life. 
9.        THE REWARD.  The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death.  There may be celebration, but there is also danger of losing the treasure again.
10.      THE ROAD BACK.  About three-fourths of the way through the story, the hero is driven to complete the adventure, leaving the Special World to be sure the treasure is brought home.  Often a chase scene signals the urgency and danger of the mission.
11.     THE RESURRECTION.  At the climax, the hero is severely tested once more on the threshold of home.  He or she is purified by a last sacrifice, another moment of death and rebirth, but on a higher and more complete level.  By the hero’s action, the polarities that were in conflict at the beginning are finally resolved.
12.       RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR.  The hero returns home or continues the journey, bearing some element of the treasure that has the power to transform the world as the hero has been transformed.

for example the call to adventure is when all the fairy tale creatures come to sherks swamp and he tries to get rid of them. Later in the movie he goes to save the princess this also relates to Vladimir Propps theory.   

Week 6
The encoding and decoding model is how a media message is produced or is consumed. This theory is proposing a new method of communication with an audience. Stuart Hall argues the meaning is not decided by the production or produces of the media, that’s the message is never easy to see through a pick apart and that the audience is not a passive recipient of meaning, he says there is a lack of fit between the moment of encoding the production of the message and decoding at the moment of its reception.
 Encoding and decoding is active audience theory which examines the relationship between the text (the message) and its audience.
 Encoding is the process of which the text is constructed by producer, decording is a process by which the audience read, understand and interpret the text.

Binary oppression is when there are two different side, this can sometimes be found in conflict such as good and evil but binary oppression doesn’t have to be so black and white, it can also take form as rich and poor, order and disorder, etc

An example of this could be star wars because there is a good guy and a bad guy and there is also a conflict between the two sides.



Task 3 
I chose propps character theory because i feel like it is the best fit to our story. Although we only have to characters in our production both characters have more then one role from this theory. For example, the story follows our lead Annie on her attempt to escape her stalker, because she is the person the story follows this makes her the hero in this theory. As well as the hero she is also the princesse/gift, this is because she is the end target for the stalker. 
our second character also has more then one purpose, the stalker is the villain because he is the one trying to capture or kill her as an end results. He is also the dispatcher, because by messaging Annie 

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