Strippers

Audience:

·      Males 16 and upward: sexualised representation of women, which would appeal to a male audience because they’d find them attractive.

·      Females 18-30 – information use and gratification.

·      Entertainment use and gratification.

·      Preferred reading: male gender.

·      Oppositional reading: young people (under 14) and the older generation (above 60).

·      Negotiated reading: female gender – may watch the show to become more informed about strippers – interested in their life and the job itself. May personally identify with the strippers because they understand themselves what it’s like to need extra money.

·      Socio-economic group: B, however appeals to a wider audience due to the curiosity element of the documentary.

Representation:

·      Gender: females are being represented in a sexualised manner, because although the programme aims to give the audience an insight into the life of a stripper, when the strippers are being interviewed, they’re still in little clothing. This shows that the audience are still being reminded that they’re strippers and it’s come to define a part of who they are.

Beginning of the show:

#strippers – social integration

Extreme long shot – sets the location

Close ups and extreme close ups of their eyes, bums & boobs – sexualising: close up of the eyes – alluring, trying to connect with the audience

Pan up and down the strippers bodies – also sexualising – cuts from one poledancing scene to a lap dance scene, etc.

Further into the show:

The strippers are seen fully dressed in their own homes and their back/life stories are given. It’s showing the audience that although they are sexualised and strip to make extra money, they’re just normal people who live their lives day-to-day.

The aim of the documentary is to open the audience’s eyes to this aspect of the sex industry.

Voice-over: shows it’s a documentary: information gratification.