Video 1. Trey Songz - Yo Side Of The Bed. ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPd4Qp-Pdew&feature=relmfu&safe=active
Video 2. Christina Aguilera -Dirrty ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaej4Wjkj1Q&safe=active
Answer the following questions on each music clip:
1. How is the representation made to seem 'true', 'commonsense' or 'natural'?
V1) In this music video, the female is represented as the career woman and the man as a house husband. This goes against the stereotypical of the women being home-makers. It's made to seem natural and true because there are some women that go through that stage where they have to leave their family behind to pursue their career.
V2) In this video, women are normally seen as sex objects which makes the representation of women seem natural.
2. What is foregrounded and what is backgrounded? Are there any notable absences?
V1) Foreground, the couple are in love with their baby. The woman is seen to be involved with both her family and her career as when she gets a call from her job and she has to leave she was genuinely upset about it.
3. Whose representation is it? Whose interests does it reflect? How do you know?
4. At whom is this representation targeted? How do you know?
5. What does the representation mean to you?
6. With what alternative representations could it be compared? How does it differ?
7. Why is the concept of representation problematic?
