Apply the concept of representation to your media product.

Representation is how a character or location is being portrayed to the audience. In my production of a film opening, 'Because of Them', we had two female characters living in the same house, but many years apart from each other. We then went back and forth between the time periods in order to make our narrative.

Levi-Strauss' theory of binary oppositions suggests that films have characters with opposite traits and characteristics from each other. However, we subverted this theory by having lots of similarities between our characters. We did this to show an obvious relationship between the two women. The only differences between them were due to temporal factors and not personality. For example, the character from the modern day was career driven and very motivated to work. This was not the case for the suffragette, who did not work, but she did have the motivation to fight for what she believed in.

Angela McRobbie's theory suggests that characters conform to male and female stereotypes. However, we strongly subverted this by having the woman from modern day be very powerful and in control. She is the boss of her own company and so very powerful professionally; she also did not have a family. However, we did conform to stereotypes with the post-WW1 woman who was a stereotypical female. She has a baby and can be seen cleaning the house in a few shots. We did this to show how the roles of women are changing as time goes on.