Question two for the evaluation process of my AS media studies coursework.

1. Foundation Production
Evaluation Question Two
How has your product represented specific social groups?

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. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.