Media Languages And Form

In one episode Ugly Betty is shown to have a Gucci bag, this is important as in society it is beleived that people gain status through the goods they posess. The producers have used a number of different props to represent a number of different things throught each series, the idea of using a Gucci bag gives the sense of feeling that Betty is trying to try her best to fit in and that appearance and posessions are a vital aspect of life.

Throughout Ugly Betty the sound is always parrell to what is actually happening, for example if one of the characters are planing something sly the sound changes to support this idea. This then creates more tension for the audience and keeps the more keen, leaving them with a number of unanswered questions. The open credits always start with Bettys face parts mixed with sexy slim models, this could be done to emphasise the difference between the protogonist and average women.

Daniels father connotates a patriarcahl society, therefore this emphasises the idea of marxism as they believe in the exploitation of society of the working class. As mentioned before Betty recieves a Gucci bag, this reflects Bettys position and shows the audience that the bag is worth so much more than her and that this isn't her and because of the bag she has she was shown to be more popular and more respected by her fellow colleagues. This conotates the idea that you can only gain status amongst your peers only throught your posessions and not through personality or the person you are.