HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

REPRESENT PERTICULAR SOCIAL

GROUPS?

Emma Blake

SOCIAL GROUPS IN WHICH CHARACTERS ARE REPRESENTATIVE AND WHY

I wanted to show the main character in my film as a sterotypical girl, by this I mean showing her as:• Innocent • VulnerableI thought it was important to do this because my film opening storyline pushes their view of what is possible and what is not therefore having the main character stick to the sterotype may help their understanding of the film.

REPRESENTATIONS OF TEENAGERS

THE STEREOTYPE

The stereotype of teenagers is not always positive. They are often shown to be trouble makers and many films present a view that they cannot be trusted. There are many films where teenagers are all seen to be in gangs, take drugs and accessive amounts of alcohol, use strong langues and violance.

TEENAGERS IN MY FILM

• I chose the main character to be classified as a teenager as although they are classed as 'young adults' they still have the vulnerability of a child. They also have some of the same mannerisms of child. An example of this is the fact that in the opening the girl is seen to be wearing, as some might say, 'childish nightwear' and some things in her room are the same as what a child might have in their room yet society sees her as a young adult.

• I think it is important to my film opening because it helps the audience feel sympathy for her yet due to her being a teenager and not younger increases the way in which she can react in the film. The audience may also see a different aspect to teenagers that does not fit the sterotype of them being 'trouble makers' as they will see her trying to save lives through out the film.

REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALES

THE STEREOTYPE

The stereotype of females is normally that they are the weaker sex, easily scared, more vulnerable than males and are stereotypically seen in pink. Many films present them being reliant on the males in their lives. Some jobs are seen as a 'job for a man' so some females who have jobs such as a builder get pushed about, this is also shown in some films.

FEMALES IN MY FILM

• In my film opening the girl is wearing pink night clothes which follows the stereotypical view of females. At the end of film opening she is seen to be running from what she has seen which again is one of the stereotypical views of females

• I wanted the main character to be female as overall they are seen to be weaker and I wanted to go against the stereotype. Although I wanted to show her as strong at the end , I wanted the audience to see the change in her from the beinning to the end. In the opening there are many ways in which she fits the steroetype and because the storyline pushes the boundries of what the audience thinks is possible and what is not I wanted something that people will expect from a film.