Small Presentation on Primeval Representation

Representation refers to the construction in any medium of aspects of 'reality' such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other concepts. When representing a person media texts often focus on their; age, gender, race, job, culture, social standing, appearance and financial status. Signs and symbols are used as a kind of visual shorthand to represent these attribute. We decode these signs to make assumptions on who the character is.

Issues of representation of gender stereotypes are;
- Masculinity/Femininity
- Gender Roles
- Equality
- Characteristics
- Apperance
- Attitudes

Example from primeval;
Abby; Appears to be a tom boy character, we can see this by the clothing she is wearing, and she also has very short hair, in addition to this she is the one who fights off and shoots the saber tooth tiger. When stereo typically women would be seen as the 'damsel in distress' and would need to be 'saved'. So this is going against usual representation of women.