3. My media film presents to a variety of teenagers of different ages and is more so targeted to males due to the film containing three characters that are all noticeably male. It appeals directly to them (the thriller genre is popular amongst them). However it depends on their personality, the personality of a person determines how your media product represents to them. Although it consist of three male characters with no females representing the film we must remember it is females (teenagers) that also watch these type of films (thrillers). Noticeably it may not represent the female gender however it will still encourage females to watch the thriller due to females naturally attracted by a male lead role actor. A person who is adventurous and loves excitement will be eager to watch a thriller, a person who is reserved and quiet will not like a thriller as it may not meet their specifications of a good movie. My media film in particular representing a teenage social group more so a niche Mosher type group who are outgoing and are deemed to be friendly. However this is only representing mainly the male Mosher audience as oppose to a wider audience which is normally associated with both males and females (Both Genders). In terms of gender representation it is inevitable that it is male dominated. However when looking at social groups and peer groups that are formed such as Moshers and Chaves it is represented in a way where by the audience would be able to notice the difference in gender representation. For e.g. William the innocent character represents Moshers due to stereotypically containing the long hair with the in dated Mosher clothing such as the Chequered shirts, arguably however it may be a traditional for all social groups/niche groups to wear such clothing as chequered clothing has come back in to fashion. Interestingly the long hair style which William has will always represent again to the Mosher group due to the long period in which Moshers traditionally have been associated for their long curly hair. The dog plays a pivotal role as the dog is believed to be a Labrador/Border colleague cross. Stereotypically William is representing the Middle class group, as it is regarded by many in society that the Labrador cross Border colleague traditionally is seen as a Middle class family pet dog, typically labeled in a white household. The chav group is represented by Usman (Murderer) who is seen wearing grey bottoms with Addidas trainers and a Nike hooded jacket. Stereotypically speaking it is highly common for a ; male working class, teenage of a white ethnic descent to be seen wearing clothing as per above. Moreover due to the murderer appearing to be wearing a hood we notice this reflects the typical Chaves social group in which labels such as thieves have been attached/embedded to the working class people. Chaves are traditionally seen and live up to the expectation in committing crime, mainly on the streets and in the thriller this is reflected to the every day society in a Working class estate.
4. The Middle class (Bourgeoisie) believe the working class (Proletariats) hide their identity in order to escape punishment when committing crime. it appears Usman (Murderer) is representing the Working class, chav group in a certain way as teenagers in that certain group are seen casually wearing their hoods up even in hot dry weather conditions... In the film we have shown the hood is constantly on to resemble and earn the trademark tradition of a typical teenager, from a working class, chav social group. In contrast we had William (Innocent character) carrying the Middle class predominant role in which the props used such as a mobile phone, a dog are carrying that typical representation of that white, middle class group. William represents the traditional middle class male, this is portrayed through the use of clothing such as Jeans, converse etc which is seen as very typical of a white, middle class male teenager. Finally the film represents this with two bikes being shown in the opening scene (Abney Hall) wear it appears to be two bikes with one a mountain bike and the other a BMX . The connotations of a BMX with four stunt pegs immediately represents the youth more so the teenagers, moving on, due to it being a BMX it represents the working class teenagers due to the tradition of it benefitting them when riding bikes that are seen as to small for them but nippy in order to avoid punishment for crimes. The working class are constantly reminded about how the various crimes are committed and the BMX reflects the way a typical working class teenager may choose to use it. The fact that it has four stunt pegs suggests it is to carry people when riding hence linking it to the working class teenagers who have that negative stereotype attached in which they are perceived too be as thieves who are relatively big / young adults and yet still ride BMX’s due to it deemed to be cool, fast and crucially representing their social group in striving to become a chav . In complete contrast we used the mountain bike to gain the stereotype in what is believed to be a middle, class male type of bike. The mountain bike represents William (Middle class Mosher) and the BMX represents Usman (Working class Chav). Mountain bikes are seen to be used by the majority of people from all social groups, this generalizes the normal incentive of a traditional innocent civilian. The mountain bike has the label of a positive stereotype for it to be used mainly by everyone of all age groups, gender, ethnicity and class... Where as the BMX has that negative stereotype in which labels such as thieves are only attached and the majority of people who ride them are believed to be in the region of a working class teenage chav. This thriller underlines/reflects the connotations of the clothing use, the behavior and the stereotypes linked to each incentive from each class, age, ethnicity and social group.
5. Representation Middle Class Working Class
6. Associating-Representing Middle Class (William) Working Class (Usman)
