The document discusses representation of social groups in media. It analyzes how the film "Adulthood" and the character "Steeze" in the author's own media product represent young urban male skaters. Both portray stereotypes of being angry, violent, and detached. However, the author's piece also shows the potential for skating to help these youth better themselves and escape urban deprivation. It questions whether this balances positively representing male teenagers with darker aspects of their reality around pressure, loneliness, and crime.

1. Evaluation activity 2
How does your media product
represent particular social groups?

2. Definitions of representation
• the description or portrayal of someone or
something in a particular way. Oxford
dictionaries
• an artistic likeness or image. Merriam
webster.com
• the act or an instance of representing or the
state of being represented. Free
dictionary.com

3. Within the film ‘Adulthood’ which is an
established urban drama flim the character
‘Sam’ played by Noel Clarke is stereotypes
similarly to our main character ‘Steeze’. He
is young male, angry with a history of
violence. His apperance and costume
enhance this persona. The hoodies that he
is shown mainly in embed his darker
secrets within life . The relationships which
he shares with others are detached and
cold, other characters project hostility
towards him. Stereotypically ‘sam’ and
steeze are stereotyped in the same manor.
They come from urban decayed
environments where power and respect is
earn’t from violence and abuse. They have
had a history of criminal activity or friends
who are associated with this.
Witihn Adulthood same becomes the
arctype urban, troubled male youth
however steeze and the treatment for out
opening deals less with the urban and
more with skater culture but portraying the

4. The values and beliefs of the two charaters are
shaped around bettering them selves, picking
up the pieces and working their way out of
urban deprivation.

5. The particular social group that we have chosen
to represent is young male, working class
urban skaters, around the age of 16 and above
We have filmed in urban derelict skater parks
which are popular places for young skater
male youths and are also very representative
and stereotypical of urban environments as
there is lots of grey concrete and graffiti

6. Representation of main character
• Another way in which we have enhanced our
representaion is by focusing and depicting the
darkness and grit that can is within the lives of
some young urban males.

7. Social group represented
• The social group that we have chosen to
represent are stereotypically associated with
• Drugs, crime,deviacne ,alcohol, and smoking
• Urban music/ parties
• The night, grafitti and urban locations

8. However did we represent male
teenagers in the right way ?
• Within the opening of our film the positive
representaion of male youth lyes in the skill
and ability they have developed in skating and
the potential of this to elevate youngsters
• However there is a dark underbelly within the
opening that represents the lonliness and hurt
of being an male urban youth with constant
pressure to be powerful and hard

9. Positive and negative of our
representation
Negative Positive
• Smoking
•Dark mysterious light
•Balaclava – refrence to crime
•Graffitied locations
•Sense of
lonliness, despair, insanity and fear
• Skating and skill of skaters
•Introduces a sense of hope as it
becomes clear skating is a way
out for this young male