evaluation question 2

1. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?

2. Lighting
• The high key lighting in the beginning represents Dylan as a
positive person as he’s experiencing his first day at his new
school. The low key lighting when Dylan walks through the
first door into school, shows the audience that things are
about to get worse for Dylan in the next sequence. The
general high key lighting in the opening sequence represents
the outcome of the film which is a positive one.

3. Costume
. Dylan, our main character, is wearing the most bright clothing
of all our characters (underneath his dark coat). This tells the
audience that he is the moral compass of the film and represents
him as a nice guy. However, Carl, is wearing a much darker top
which represents him as the meaner character and that he
possibly has some dark secrets. The costume used in our
opening sequence is what gives away the type of people the
characters are. This also represents the fact that teenagers are
fashionable.

4. Location
• The main part of the opening is in a school, which could
represent teenagers in a good light because they aren’t doing
typical things that teenagers are related to like drinking or
drugs.
• The location used in the beginning (Dylan’s house and the
general place in which he lives) it shows us that Dylan is just
an normal boy and could also suggest his social class as he
lives in suburban type place (usually working class)

5. Body language/ facial expression
• Dylan’s body language here represents the fact that he is
anxious and lonely as he is looking down and is holding his
hands together after being talked down on by other
characters.
• Carl’s body language suggests that he feels like he can
dominate other people. Whilst he is slouching in a chair
(suggesting that he’s unimpressed with the situation), his
friend is standing up and seems more engaged with the
conversation. This represents him as more understanding.

6. Positioning of characters/ camera
angles
• In several instances, the 2 ‘meaner’ characters are shown to
be looking down on Dylan whilst his head is turned towards
them which exaggerates their commanding personalities
(mainly from Carl as he appears to be looking more closely at
Dylan)
• The close up shot at the end of the opening sequence
represents Dylan’s emotional state as he’s concerned. This
possibly puts him in a social group of an outcast at school.

7. Sound
• The silence used when Dylan is sat in the classroom
represents the fact that he’s under authority (in school) but
also portrays him as uneasy.
• The voice overs act as an inner voice for the audience and
again, represents Dylan as fairly lonely as he’s talking about
his own actions to the audience.
• The music used in the opening sequence represents Dylan to
be calm and collection as it’s not up beat and is mainly
composed guitar music that fades out. It also represents the
carefree nature of teenagers that isn’t always shown and how
people can grow and become better.