Media Representations

Who is being represented?-Teenage males and females from a white middleclass/suburban background.

In what way?-The teenage males are represented with raging hormones and full of testosterone additionally knowledgeable of technology and gadgets. The teenage females are represented through male personas both the characters and the directors point of view. They are represented as eye/sex candy. They displayed to the audience as sexual pleasures for the male.

By whom?-Both the director and the persona (Stiffler) portray the females as “sluts” as the character Stiffler makes a soft porn movies without the teenage girls knowing.

Why is the subject being represented in this way?-The females are represented in fetishist way as this enforces the male gaze and attract male audiences; to fulfil male fantasies.

Is the representation fair and accurate?-The representation of females in American Pie: Band Camp mostly unfair as all females are seen wearing tight skimpy band clothes that enhance their bodily features also some of them are represented as sexual deviants who enjoy it. However this to reinforce the theory of the male gaze.

Media Languages and Forms

What are the non-verbal structures of meaning in the text (e.g. gesture, facial expression, positional communication, clothing, props etc)?-The brass instrument stuck to a part of Stiffler’s body connotes the sexual tension and high testosterone in male teenagers and are experimental. Additionally a small brass intrument which is in a metal container which is seen as a vibrator in the beginning by Stiffler, this creates the idea in the audiences mind all even good "bandee" girls are bad and "slutty"

What is the significance of mise-en-scene/sets/settings?-The setting is a band camp called tall oaks, basically in the woods. The significance of the setting is to create a scenic and still atmosphere which can be disrupted by young hormonal teenagers.

What work is being done by the sound track/commentary/language of the text?-The soundtrack helps create a certain mood, for example when stifflerin the beginning is demolishing the bands instrument the music used is by sum 41 fast pace music is used excite the audience and create sense of male dominance.

What are the dominant images and iconography, and what is their relevance to the major themes of the text?-The dominant image in the text are when Stiffler is recording the teenage girls in the shower room, this exemplifies even though the girls are in a safe environment form guys they are being watched by Stiffler and lose their privacy.

What sound and visual techniques are used to convey meaning (e.g. camera positioning, editing; the ways that images and sounds are combined to convey meaning)?-The high camera angle positioned in women shower room connote that they vulnerable and weak to men or Stiffler the spy/observer or voyeur.