Friday, 11 February 2011

Working towards prompt question 3!

In what ways has Britain been represented in the film London to Brighton?
In the film, Britain is given a negative image and is portrayed as a corrupt society. The various issues raised including prostitution, crime and gang culture delineate the culture as degraded. The characters emphasise the way of life through the social activity they choose to indulge in. The film presents a verily compressed Britain and surely does not reflect the British society today.  The film focuses mainly on the abrupt behaviour and the delegation isn't appropriate to the means and attributes that represent Britain today.
I don't think the representation is necessarily authentic but there are aspects that have been developed from realistic British societies. Examples of theses issues that relate to the film include assaults with bats, knives, broken glass bottles and guns. For example Ben Hitchcocks murder in 2007. He was attacked by one of London's youth gangs, which conforms with the ideas raised in the film but then again can't be taken as a general perception of Britain.

Can you identify a specific "collective group", which has been represented in the film?
The representation of the female gender within the film is mainly focused on the negative social consequence. It is formed through the female's images and occupations, one of these being a prostitute. We are not really given an insight into any successful females in the film as opposed to the successful men which we are introduced to. This suppresses female identity and doesn't reflect the women in a positive manner.

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