Lindsey Lohan Representations

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Lindsey represents herself as a young passionate girl who is growing. her clothing represents her innocence as she is dressed in formal black clothes that suits her personality of being enclosed and smart. Lohan jokes about the interviewers name and calls him 'Jay Lemon' this shows us that the representation of being made that she is childish and loves to have a laugh which creates a positive representation. Lohan makes a representation that she is unaware of what being on television in an interview is all about, she reveals little gossip about her life and is quite contempt throughout is which shows how she is calm and gentle.

 Throughout the interview, Lohan remains happy and cheery, this suggests how child like she is and how she has an optimistic view on life. Lohan reveals her age which is 12, this shows the audience how naive and innocent she is. As she walks onto the stage, she waves to the audience, this creates the representation that she is confident and is that is already familiar with the celebrity lifestyle.

Considering she is just a child at this point, the language she uses is very formal, she creates the representation that she is growing into an elegant girl, she portrays herself as being mature for her age. Throughout the interview Lohan giggles which goes against the representation that she is mature for her age because the giggling shows her child like behaviour. Her facial expressions throughout the interview seem to be quite calm and collective, this creates the representation that she is laid back. A clip from a film she stars in is shown to the audience, this portrays how her career is growing from such a young age.

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The image used for this magazine front cover suggests how wrecked she is due to her lazy eyes. The close up shot reveals how she is unaware of how she is looking due to being so intoxicated. The encoders in this case are the editors and journalists of Star magazine create an awful but also a familiar representation this is through the copy used which is 'wasted again' which suggests it has already happened.With this representation, the encoders are portraying a negative image to the audience. Lohan looks as if she doesn't know what is going on, this indicates to her fans and to any potential audience that her life is becoming beyond a joke as we get the impression that she doesn't care about her representation being created.
The shot has a spotlight on her face and shows the audience Lohans lazy eyes, the encoders have done this to show the consequences she is facing from her drug and alcohol abuse. The encoders who are in this case are the journalist and the magazine editors have made sure that Lohans story is the biggest on the page, this is because she is such a famous person, when gossip is released it is easier to influence the audience to believe this representation because of her popularity which will then shock the audience.



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This representation gives the audience the impression that she is back on track with his life however, this isn't the best representation of herself. Lohan is modelling but in a negative way. The encoders want to show the audience that they Lohan has changed herself from the bad representation of her using drugs and alcohol to forget about everything. The modelling representation can be interpreted into a positive aspect and negative aspect, the positive impression is she wants to be out there and engage with her fans to show her life is back on track but the negative way is that she is revealing herself too much because she is crying out for help.

In this cover, you can see her breast cleavage, this creates the representation that she has no respect for herself. This could be down to the confusion of how to get her life back together. Lohan is modelling for Playboy which is an adult magazine company which shows the audience has she has degraded herself. Lohan is surrounded in the colour read which signifies lust and love but it also represents danger. Playboy magazine are unsure how to represent Lohan due to her actions before hand, they want to show us as audience that she got her life back together but they have shown has she is swallowing her dignity and getting involved with the wrong business. The long shot used allows us to see everything that she is wearing (which is very little) and also emphasizes her revealed legs and top half of her body. This creates a sense of mystery and also a sense of guilt due to her wanting her career back that she has been forced into doing this.

The target audience for this particular text would be aged 18-25 year old men due to the nature of the magazine, this would be for those who are more interested in what she does in her own life than her acting career. The men targetted for this would probably not be married or have any children, they would use this text purely for entertainment and comfort because of the lack of attention that they have. They would take the preferred reading of this text that Lohan has now moved on from her acting career and is an object of sexual desire to those who lack this.


This shows how in our society, women are becoming more looked at as objects and that can be controlled by men because of their dominance, it implies that we live in a patriarchal society.

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This media text is a front cover for one of her film that she starred in called Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen which was released in 2004, this was before Lohan had went off the tracks she hadn't abused drugs or alcohol at this point. The images show Lohan in a good lighting, her hair looks healthy and she is smiling on most of the pictures. This creates the representation that she is just a young girl enjoying her life and what she is doing. This representation is significant because it shows the audience how well she had a good child life through her upbringing. 

The images used are bright and vibrant, the encoders have did this so to the audience she is represented as being a bright young girl and is shown to have so much potential, this is very different to her more recent representations because at this point she wasn't aware of the drugs and alcohol she has went through her more recent life depending on. The bright colours imply how she is confident and has a lot of will power to pursue what she wants when she gets older. However, we all know now due to tabloids that she is basically a mess. 

The target audience for this piece of media would be girls aged 14-17 due to the setting of the film being still in high school, these girls would have spare time so would choose to watch this for entertainment but a stereotypical look for teenage girls is that they love to shop and in this film Lohan is shown as a huge lover of shopping so this allows them to familiarize themselves with her. The preferred reading of this text is that Lohan is growing so much in her acting career as she is in so many films, this gives the ideology that anyone can pursue their dreams with the opportunities that they're offered.