Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In the opening title sequence of our youth drama film, different types of social groups are not presented. Our opening scene only shows two characters, the main character and a mysterious man. The mysterious main only appears for a few seconds and the rest shows the main character. Although we do not have a variety of social groups in our scene such as the common jocks, nerds, cheerleaders, our main character can be linked with other characters in real media products who represent a certain type of social individual.

Our main charater is only seen on his own within our title sequence which shows he has no friends and does not belong to a specific group but an individual instead. Although this means he does not belong to a particular social group, he is represented as a 'loner'. He can be compared to the character from 'Not Another Teen Movie' also know as the Beautiful Weirdo. Both dress in very plain and neutral colors as well as being on their own.




Another way we represented this 'loner' stereotype was to present him as quite smart. Usually, being very clever would be classed as a nerd and a nerd would typically have only a few friends. This contributes to the idea of isolation. He is shown that he is capable working with the chemistry equipment efficiently which adds to the smart factor as well as being alone in the classroom which contributes to the 'loner' stereotype.