AS Media Studies Representation - Sooty

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Claire Savage   AS Media Studies   Representation.   Block E  696 words.

I studied, ‘Sooty’, genre is a children’s learning programme. It’s of a typical family but is peculiar because three of the characters are puppets and one of them is human, this makes it interesting.

     The characters are being represented, Sue, the eldest of the three puppets is confident and intelligent. She’s represented as the calming influence and the motherly figure, as she’s the only lady. By being the motherly figure she often speaks with a high tone and points her finger when correcting the boys. She’s also represented as being mature, which is shown when she is making a cup of tea; if she were young she wouldn’t have been doing this. She’s also wise and knowledgeable as is shown because she always knows the answer to arithmetic and puzzles. Being very feminine by having a sweet voice and by saying things like, ‘That mug is pretty’ represents her. Her outfit also symbolizes her, which is pink and yellow. At one point the characters are counting, they all count objects that represent them, in this case Sue counts her dresses, which are blue, red and yellow. These colours also denote her; red meaning she is dominant, yellow meaning she is feminine and blue meaning she has a tomboy side to her, probably because she is always with three boys. Her puppet is a panda bear and her colours are black and white, these signify her being innocent and full of purity as she is mostly white.

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   The second character is Sweep; he’s the most frustrated of all and never gets his sums correct. He’s being taught to count which represents him being the youngest whom is still learning. E.g. at one point he puts Sue’s orange dress on. He’s also very confused easily. His character is a dog and he’s represented in this way by wearing a collar and he ‘tries’ to count his bones.

   The third character to be represented is, ‘Sooty’. He doesn’t speak, instead he always whispers and then the others always repeat what he says. He always does a ...

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