Saturday, 23 October 2010

Jaime Murray
Jaimie Murray was one of the main characters from the TV drama ‘Hustle’ and played Stacie Monroe. As a stereotypical, young looking and attractive woman she would get a lot of attention. This is exaggerated even more as she is the only female member of the group. Also by being the only female it is highly important that her character is well presented at ALL times as this is what is expected by viewers.
Women at this age are portrayed as mature, ideal looking and perfect so that women can inspire to look like them. This is a typical media stereotype and can be seen on programs and magazines (models) alike. Her character is very glam and mature which shows she’s very successful. She is at the age where she has reached her achievements.
On the BBC website the character Stacie is described as follows...


The Lure’ 
Stacie has a cool head on her shoulders and is rarely flustered.  Sexy, smart and glamorous, she often uses her feminine charms to ensnare unsuspecting marks: playing the 'lure' while another gang member targets the male victim. Stacie also has the role of the group's 'banker', and is great at playing the inside when she needs to. Like all great con-artists, she's intuitive, versatile and can think on her feet.
                      
                   
Most women would look up to this and want to be like her. Also people younger than her might want to be like her when they reach that age. She plays a proud character and this could have been influenced by the attention she gets as it gives her the power to control.



In the trailer we can notice that she’s in the middle of the car, with the men sat around her. Not only does she stand out by being the only women but because of what she’s wearing. It appears as though she’s wearing nothing! This shows a sense of ‘showing off’ and tells us that she enjoys the attention. As a character she represents how women that age want to feel and therefore fits in as a stereotypical representation of middle aged women. 

3 comments:

  1. Well done Emma, your analysis of some micro elements are very perceptive.

    Try to now focus on sound and editing.

    Prepare to be bored beyond belief with trivia. The music used is Isaac Hayes' (famous black soul singer, was the voice of Chef in Southpark) 'Shaft' (a black Private Investigator)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiCB2isZcRM

    The trailer is rubbish but you get the idea that Shaft is a 'bad' man, the style of music is supposed to intimate a certain 'cool' and laid back style.

    This heavily influenced Barry Whites band 'The Love Unlimited Orchestra' to write songs like

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1_BawH-m8

    and obviously this classic

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVESzTCqc50

    which links very nicely with the male gaze and stereotypes on the representation of women like 'Stacie'.

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  2. okay, so do i just have to explain how the music relates to how the character is? so like the 'cool' music relates to how the character has a cool, laid back, rich lifestyle that the audience could aspire to?

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