Q2: How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

Evaluation Question 2:

Representation of the Young Male:





In our movie we wanted to present the male character as happen two sides to him.

1. We wanted the stereotypical (for his clothing, slang and actions) side to him, being the 'street/gangs' side. This was represented by:

• His clothing: He wore tracksuit, swinging headphones and a chain to represent his affliction to the gang/street- based side of youth culture. 
• His slang in his dialogue parts also demonstrated his similarities to characters in other youth culture films such as Adulthood.

• However, we wanted to polarise the relationship between the street/gang side and the more loving side of the male character. To do this we first introduced the idea that he was closer to school than to the street side with this shot:

The bars in the middle of the shot separate the two characters, with the main character being closer to the school, showing the side of him that wants to get away from the street/gang side of life, while the other character is facing away, with the flats in his background, showing his connection to the street/gang side of life. 

• We then used the final shot in the opening two minutes to show the caring and loving side of the main character, challenging the stereotypes of these conventional characters. The character says the girls name, "Flo" with a lot of care in his voice, and the smile she gives back shows that there is some connection between the two characters