2. What the question means
• My opening sequence has represented specific
social groups in different ways and in different
amounts.
• This refers to class, status, race, age and gender
3. Class and Status
• My product represents class through the setting and the way
they are dressed. Their surrounding is rather grand and
spacious and is perceived to be their homes’. The small
subtleties such as the designs of the bathrooms, the buildings
and outdoor areas give the audience the impression that they
are wealthy and live a lavish lifestyle. The way that they all
dress in a suit shows that they are stylish and of a higher class.
The term ‘yuppie’ is used to represent those who are young
and living the extravagant lifestyle through spending, going
out, dressing well and having expensive possessions. The
socio-economic group represented in my opening sequence is
what the audience consider to be maybe middle to upper
class people.
4. This is a screenshot from my opening sequence showing one of the four male
characters walking in a suit amongst pleasant surroundings. This shows high class and
status because of the sunglasses, the suit, the posture of the character and the
surrounding.
5. Race
• Race is represented in my opening sequence well as there are
a mixes of nationalities and ethnicities amongst the cast. The
nationalities of my cast include:
Indian, Peruvian, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, English and
American, which really shows a wide range of nationalities.
8. Age
• The only ages shown in the product is a younger generation
being between twenty and twenty-one. The actual ages of my
cast are sixteen and seventeen. No person older than twenty-
one was shown or portrayed in my opening sequence because
the characters were planned to be young.
9. These close-ups of the character show their ages more clearly. They are all seventeen
years old but are playing characters who are supposed to be twenty one.
10. Gender
• All of the characters in the opening sequence are male
therefore no females are shown showing a lack of gender
equality. However, the nature of the opening sequence is
more male based than female based. This is determined
through the costumes, plot and location.
11. Laura Mulvey – The Male Gaze
Laura Mulvey developed a theory
whereby films are made to be generally
catered for men. This includes how
women are shown in films making them
wonder:
1) How men look at women
2) How women look at themselves
3) How women look at other women
She believes that audiences have to view female characters with
the perspective of a typical heterosexual male
In my opening sequence, there are no women to be viewed therefore disproving Laura
Mulvey’s theory as not ALL films have this perspective.
