Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. I stand before you today on behalf of my client, late Princess Diana, as the media has represented her inadequately a number of times. An article in the ‘Woman’s Day’ that was published on the 10th of July portrays Princess Diana falsely and unjustly. In the article, the reader is positioned to view my client, Princess Diana, as a terrible mother who is evil and jealous of Camilla. This is definitely a false representation. Today we seek compensation for the inaccurate image that has been created of my client through the deceitful manipulation of codes and conventions used in the media. Both sides of the case have been heard and it is now time to deliberate your verdict. But first let me reiterate my side of
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Emotive words are used to make the audience feel the emotions. For example, when the author states, “Buckingham Palace is in turmoil after the new biography about Camilla’s life was released…” Using a word such as ‘turmoil’ makes the article sound more reliable and shows that everyone is in shock from this as Diana was the people’s princess and it was not expected from her even though it isn’t true. The fonts used make certain words stand out and draw attention. In the article there is certain sections that are in bold and when the audience reads these specific sentences they are positioned to view Diana in a bad light. The headline in the article is partly in capital letters. The section in capitals reads “Kill Me”. Having this in capitals really makes it stand out to the readers and it emphasizes it which gives it more effect and makes it look and sound way worse than it really is. This headline is in white but has a red background. The red background immediately positions the audience to think of death and blood. There is one main big photo of Princess Diana although the author has included this specific photo as Diana’s body language makes her look evil. The way that Diana is standing with her arms crossed and her head tilted slightly down makes it look like she is frowning, although just as the other image this one may have been taken completely out of context. As well as using a number of symbolic codes to poorly represent Diana, conventions are also
Emotive words are used to make the audience feel the emotions. For example, when the author states, “Buckingham Palace is in turmoil after the new biography about Camilla’s life was released…” Using a word such as ‘turmoil’ makes the article sound more reliable and shows that everyone is in shock from this as Diana was the people’s princess and it was not expected from her even though it isn’t true. The fonts used make certain words stand out and draw attention. In the article there is certain sections that are in bold and when the audience reads these specific sentences they are positioned to view Diana in a bad light. The headline in the article is partly in capital letters. The section in capitals reads “Kill Me”. Having this in capitals really makes it stand out to the readers and it emphasizes it which gives it more effect and makes it look and sound way worse than it really is. This headline is in white but has a red background. The red background immediately positions the audience to think of death and blood. There is one main big photo of Princess Diana although the author has included this specific photo as Diana’s body language makes her look evil. The way that Diana is standing with her arms crossed and her head tilted slightly down makes it look like she is frowning, although just as the other image this one may have been taken completely out of context. As well as using a number of symbolic codes to poorly represent Diana, conventions are also