2. Why do you think these images
are so different?
3. • LO: To understand some of the differences
between Hollywood representations of
Britishness and national representations of
Britishness
4. 1. Can you name these films and their directors?
2. Why do you think these images are so different?
5. Take your film and find out:
• Why is it considered a British film?
• Was it successful at the box office? Why do
you think this was?
• What representations of Britishness does it
portray? Watch the trailer to help you
• How has the fact that it is a
national/hollywood film affected the portrayal
of Britishness?
9. Now look at your film
• How are the characters being represented in
your film? How would you categorize them,
which types?
• How is the type affected by the fact that it is a
hollywood/national film?
10. Which question have we helped
answer today?
• Media and Collective Identity
•
• How do the contemporary media represent nations, regions and
ethnic / social / collective groups of people in different ways?
•
• How does contemporary representation compare to previous time
periods?
•
• What are the social implications of different media representations
of groups of people?
•
• To what extent is human identity increasingly ‘mediated’?
11. Both British, both female leads, both
2010…
• Homework: Research our 2 key texts -
• Why do you think the lead female was
chosen for this role?
