Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall was a media theorist who thought that the media practically interpreted what happened in reality into films and tv programmes ie the media, Hall’s theory was letting the audience view the encoded messages that are included in television and film so that they understood a more deeper meaning but not just that but the fact that young people rebell to become less like their parents. I agree that his theory is commonly used in films as it something audiences find interesting to watch as it relates to a young persons life.
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I think that Stuart Halls theory is something is very familiar in terms of television soaps or dramas, as there is an obvious relationship with the programme itself and the message it is trying to be shown, it’s also easy to pick up on encoded messages hidden throughout.
Kidulthood was a good film that had a target audience that could relate to the situations and problems that occurred throughout the film. It included teenage pregnancies that are very popular nowadays, it included the fight between young people and hierarchy with the three boys shopping but being discriminated for being young and black in an expensive shop. This is an everyday problem in terms of young people and I think that Stuart Halls theory really relates to this film the way it was directed by Noel Clarke. It also shows the rebellious side of teenagers that is with use of drug taking and alcohol abuse at young ages. This can be related to young people as they may feel this is a lifestyle that is common as the young people in the film are not Another film that relates to Hall’s theory that I have studied and looked at is Clockwork Orange although that film doesn’t contain normal conventions of a young person life it relates to Stuarts theory as it contains rebellious acts as in the use of alcohol and sexual aggression also similar to kidult hood. The theory that young people want to be less like their parents and this is then projected into films creates a getaway for audience members as it gives them pleasure to watch something that is very significant as it happens in also everyday life.

　Dominant Hegemonic Position is something that was also included in Stuart Hall’s theory, it means that when a large audience understand the message that is being given throughout television or film then that was meant to be understood by the audience, they are then operating the dominant code.