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THEORY TABLE:  Levi Strauss: RED Todorov: BLUE Neale: ORANGE Barthes: PURPLE Van Zoonen; PINK Bell Hooks: GOLD Gilroy: GREEN Gauntlett: DARK BLUE Hall: PINK Baudrillard: MAGENTA Bandura: DARK GREEN  Curran & Seaton:  BROWN Butler: BLACK Hesmondhalgh: BURGANDY Livingstone & Lundt: YELLOW LEVI STRAUSS - Structuralism is the study of the hidden rules that govern a structure.  Levi-Strauss thought that the human mind could be investigated by studying the fundamental structure underlying myths and fables from around the world (which he saw as one unitary system). He developed the idea of the ‘binary opposition’ – that the system of myths and fables was ruled by a structure of opposing terms, e.g. hot-cold, male-female, culture-nature, raw-cooked.  Many writers have analysed media products using the idea of the binary opposition, but seeing the overall system as ‘ideology’ rather than ‘human consciousness’.  HOMELAND APPLICATION:  Insiders v Outsiders; Al Qaeda v US; Cruelty v Bureau

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Scenes from the movie : Girl, Interrupted  SCENE 1:  https://youtu.be/Gnpxe9kO_V8 camerawork is used in the opening POV shot showing barred windows and Lisa getting out of a police car, this suggests that Susannah feels imprisoned and trapped in this place, this creates a representation of mental wellbeing in the 1960s not being looked at as an actual illness and rather as a police matter.  A zooming in close up shot of Georgina's facial expression is then seen where she looks scared of Lisa foreshadowing that something bad is about to happen and that Lisa is potentially dangerous. This creates representation of the stereotype that mentally ill people are bad and to be feared.  Mise En Scene is used to further suggest the feeling of imprisonment through Susannah's clothes, she is wearing a black and white stripy top similar to that of a prisoner's uniform, reinforcing the representation that the mentally ill should be locked up away from society. A low angle shot of Lisa su