Strippers
Audience:
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Males 16 and upward: sexualised representation
of women, which would appeal to a male audience because they’d find them
attractive.
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Females 18-30 – information use and
gratification.
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Entertainment use and gratification.
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Preferred reading: male gender.
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Oppositional reading: young people (under 14)
and the older generation (above 60).
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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.
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Socio-economic group: B, however appeals to a
wider audience due to the curiosity element of the documentary.
Representation:
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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.