Representation of the characters in my production

As in my production I only have two characters, i creatively developed the characters to have polysemic meanings and views. Both subverting and conforming to hegemonic representations.

Firstly, the female character, is denoted as the artist, through the performance shots. She conforms to the hegemonic readings of a stereotypical woman, through her use of being sad when a male isn't present on scene. She also conforms to hegemonic reading when she's she's fighting with the male present. This connotes her as a annoying problem-maker, conforming to the stereotype of females. The boy on the other hand, is only denoted when with the female, as more shots are different to the female, it connotes her importance. This subverts Laura Mulvey's theory where female's roles are sidelined. Within the ending fight, of the production, the male is denoted standing up and walking out of the room, this conforms to the common stereotype of males; that they just walk away when things get hard. As a couple the characters represent and expose the reality within a relationship. This subverts hegemonic readings of relationships in the media, creating a countertype. This causes my artist to become an ideology, that she's expressing and decoding the reality of a relationship- this conforms to Richard Star's theory of artist, where the artist becomes an ideology. Even though the relationship is connoted to have negative times, they also for the majority have a positive vibe throughout the production- this captures both sides of a relationship. This subverts the hegemonic one, side that of positivity the media dominantly only portrays to their audience. By having this reality of relationships, my artist's target audience look up to her, in a realistic way, where they feel their relationship is normal, rather than having to be in a relationship that has no arguments or conflicts what so ever; this is impossible and only makes situations worsen.