Evaluation 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Social Groups
- In our opening sequence the social group represented is young white middle class females, other persons of ethnic origins, men and people of working or upper class backgrounds are not included in our opening.
- The young, white, middle class females in our opening are represented both positively and negatively. One being a murderer (antagonist) and the other being an innocent victim (protagonist). Through both characters we challenge social norms and show the traditional stereotypical view of women.
- The antagonist is female and therefore challenges gender stereotypes because usually a male would be a murderer. However, the protagonist is also female, she is wearing stereotypically feminine clothing which is coloured appropriately purple unlike the antagonist who is dressed in dark jeans and a black, unflattering jumper - not following the codes of femininity.
How is this representation constructed through:
Non-verbal language?
The main character (the antagonist) shows no emotion and appears to be cold and unfeeling, which challenges the typical stereotype of women being too emotional. On the other hand our stock character (the protagonist) is shown as laughing and smiling which adheres to this stereotype and therefore constructing a stark contrast between the two characters.
'Macro' Issues
Using only female characters in our opening and by both challenging and conforming to gender stereotypes and therefore common ideologies about women I feel that our opening would appeal to a large global audience. As someone of today's society I can say that I want to see different representations of people in the films that I watch and I believe that this is a popular view.
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