Question 2 of our media evaluation

1. QUESTION 2: HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR
SOCIAL GROUPS?
By Angelique McGillivary

2. REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL
GROUPS IN OUR FILM
Our media product represents different social
groups in different ways. To begin, our film
opening starts off with the introduction of three
young men (16+) that have been trapped in this
facility/warehouse. The fact that the film opened
with the 3 men suggests that they were the main
characters. The first shot of Daishon shows him
as poised and calm. This is stereotypical for the
social group of ‘men’ because superiority and
courage is one thing that is usually associated
with men. There is no movement in this shot
which helps convey Daishon’s masculinity.
Contradicting this stereotype, the next two shots
we used of the two other boys made them look
inferior and defeated. The camera movement is
slow, in order for the audience to properly identify
the two character’s emotions. The camera
movement emphasises the loneliness felt by both
Fola and Irgel.
Daishon looking poised.

3. Fola and Irgel appearing helpless and lonely.

4. REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL
GROUPS IN OUR FILM
Next, all of our main characters are from ethnic minorities. It is stereotypical for the main characters of films
made in the UK, by perhaps the UK film council to be of ethnic descent. However, bigger UK films which
may be in conjunction with a major studio in the US usually feature Caucasian and White main parts. Our
film was aimed at a niche audience and is an independent film. Therefore we decided to implement actors
from ethnic backgrounds as it would represent equality amongst different ethnicities and allow our film to be
multicultural. I believe this is beneficial to films in this day and age because multiculturalism is something
that we definitely promote in the UK and I believe that showing it in films will allow for more people to view it
as the norm.
We decided that throughout our film we would challenge stereotypes rather than follow them in order to
make our film captivating, enjoyable, unique and different!