2. WHICH SOCIAL GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED IN MY
PRODUCT?
In my opening sequence I have chosen
to represent indie teenage girls.
Films which are about teenage
girls, people normally associate
these types of films with rom-coms
and chick-flicks, normally these
types of films are about how a girl
tries to get a guy, however I have
chosen to make a film about an indie
teenage girl, my film isn’t really
about the problems normal teenage
girls have, my film is about one
teenagers struggles in life.

3. HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THEM?
You would define your average indie teenage girls in many different way such as;
what they wear, what they act like, their interests, activities which they take part in.
Indie teenage girls are normally in a group of other Indie teenage girls, are the way
they talk, in a teenage girls mind, the only thing they want is to find a stereotypical
‘perfect boyfriend’ which they see on chick flicks such as the example on the
previous slide. Indie teenage girls are also portrayed as the girls who put loads of
makeup on, and wear fancy clothes so they look good, and also the clothes they
wear are normally from high street shops such as Topshop and River Island so
they know that they are wearing the latest trends. Normally indie teenage girls go
out with their friends to each other’s houses to have sleepovers and they would
talk about their current love affairs and other things such as talking about people
they don’t like which is normally referred to as ‘bitching about someone’ which is
what most other stereotypes think they teenage girls do.

4. HOW DID YOU REPRESENT YOUR CHARACTERS
SOCIAL GROUP
I have chosen to represent my character in
a certain way so that she looks like a
normal teenager, wearing what most
indie teenagers wear (fashionable
clothing) she also has a very trendy hair
cut, which makes the audience think that
she is a normal indie teenager, as she
does have nice clothing and she looks
quite smart.

5. COSTUME
This shows my characters costume, as
you can see, her hair is cut short, which
is what is quite fashionable now, and
also her costume is in fashion which is
what most indie teenagers would
consider wearing. Her outfit is mostly
form high street shops such as Topshop
and River Island, and her shoes are
from urban outfitters, which shows that
she is in fashion like most indie teenage
girls. With her wearing fashionable
clothing and looking like a normal
teenage girl, she is trying to cover up
the fact that she is also a mother to her
little sister, because her mother is an
alcoholic, so she would wear something
like this because if she wore raggy
clothing then the college would start to
think things, and may get social

6. SETTING
The setting of my film was also a good way of
showing what my character is like. I have chosen
these settings because her house is in a nice
area, which shows that they could have been a
normal family, also her route to college isnt very
different to what a lot of other college students
would take, which shows her trying to cover up
what is going wrong at home. Her house is on a
nice street which is also good, and the reason
why I have used this location is because the
character wont be under the radar of the social
services because it is in a nice area however if
they lived in a ‘raggy’ area, then social services
would probably get asked to check up on the
family, and discover the truth. The location is
also good because normal teenagers studying at
college would normally live in these types of
places because they want to get a good
education and go to university, rather than being
on a horrible estate where most people don’t

7. DIALOGUE
The voice over on my opening titles was chosen very
carefully to represent that what has happened to my
character can happen to anyone. The voice over is
played by a girl from Richmond, so she naturally
has quite a posh accent, which shows to the
audience that anyone can have problems at
home, as she does speak quite clearly, although she
does have a slight stutter, it proves that no-one is
perfect, even the people you don’t expect to have
problems do. Also, what she says whilst the film
opening sequence is happening is the background
of her life, she is telling the audience so it will give
the audience a realisation of what her life has been
like for many years.

8. UK TRIBES ‘INDIE’
‘Alternative Tribes are passionate about music, sharing an appreciation for
live music, independent record shops and grass roots talents – it’s all
about authenticity and being ‘real’. Unusually, Tribe members will buy
music to support the artists they love and a dedicated merchandise and
gig goers. Rather than rebelling against specific objectives, the
Alternative segment is motivated by a need to be themselves, nothing
more, nothing less…’
I have interpreted this by making my character look as though she is being
a normal indie teenage girl, however, if she was to dress to be
herself, then she would have a very mixed dress sense, as she would
look like a mother, wearing motherly clothes, but she would also look
like a teenager.