The document discusses representations of social groups in films. It focuses on representations of teenagers and females. For teenagers, it notes common stereotypes in films that portray them as troublemakers who use drugs and alcohol. For females, it discusses stereotypes of them as the weaker sex who are easily scared and vulnerable. The author's film opening portrays the main character, a teenage girl, in stereotypical ways at first by showing her as innocent, vulnerable, and wearing pink clothes. This is intended to help audiences understand the story by starting with expectations, while her character develops strength later in going against stereotypes.

1. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT REPRESENT
PERTICULAR SOCIAL
GROUPS?
Emma Blake

2. SOCIAL GROUPS IN WHICH
CHARACTERS ARE REPRESENTATIVE
AND WHY
I wanted to show the main character in my film as a sterotypical girl, by
this I mean showing her as:
• Innocent
• Vulnerable
I thought it was important to do this because my film opening storyline
pushes their view of what is possible and what is not therefore having
the main character stick to the sterotype may help their understanding
of the film.

3. REPRESENTATIONS OF
TEENAGERS

4. THE STEREOTYPE
The stereotype of teenagers is not always positive. They are often
shown to be trouble makers and many films present a view that they
cannot be trusted. There are many films where teenagers are all seen
to be in gangs, take drugs and accessive amounts of alcohol, use
strong langues and violance.

5. TEENAGERS IN MY FILM
• I chose the main character to be classified as a teenager as although they are classed as
'young adults' they still have the vulnerability of a child. They also have some of the same
mannerisms of child. An example of this is the fact that in the opening the girl is seen to
be wearing, as some might say, 'childish nightwear' and some things in her room are the
same as what a child might have in their room yet society sees her as a young adult.
• I think it is important to my film opening because it helps the audience feel sympathy for
her yet due to her being a teenager and not younger increases the way in which she can
react in the film. The audience may also see a different aspect to teenagers that does not
fit the sterotype of them being 'trouble makers' as they will see her trying to save lives
through out the film.

6. REPRESENTATIONS OF
FEMALES

7. THE STEREOTYPE
The stereotype of females is normally that they are the weaker sex,
easily scared, more vulnerable than males and are stereotypically
seen in pink. Many films present them being reliant on the males in
their lives. Some jobs are seen as a 'job for a man' so some females
who have jobs such as a builder get pushed about, this is also shown
in some films.

8. FEMALES IN MY FILM
• In my film opening the girl is wearing pink night clothes which follows the
stereotypical view of females. At the end of film opening she is seen to be
running from what she has seen which again is one of the stereotypical
views of females
• I wanted the main character to be female as overall they are seen to be
weaker and I wanted to go against the stereotype. Although I wanted to show
her as strong at the end , I wanted the audience to see the change in her
from the beinning to the end. In the opening there are many ways in which
she fits the steroetype and because the storyline pushes the boundries of
what the audience thinks is possible and what is not I wanted something that
people will expect from a film.