Evaluation: Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

                               HOW WE HAVE REPRESENTED CERTAIN CHARACTERS

what is representation: 

Representation is the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way. For example: The way in which a 'cheerleader' is represented is through their pom poms and short skirted uniform. 

Ways in which we represented certain characters: 

Within the majority of teen movies the portrayal of certain characters are highly stereotypical, for example if the character plays a 'jock' he is dressed in jeans a white t-shirt and a baseball jacket. we tried to achieve the stereotypical look of certain characters in our film opening (the bullies and the victim). 
                                                                    The victim: 

   In this image we see that the main character
 is dressed in a shirt that is a part of her school uniform
 this co-relates with the stereotypes amongst this
 she i wearing a back pack and carrying school books. 
This is very similar to a character playing the victim as 
their whole persona is really plain, it could be argued 
that they are trying to blend in and not stand out. However in our film opening we challenge the conventional representation of a victims behaviour as they are usually scared to face their bullies, in contrast to this we portray the main character to brave her situation as she still attends the school despite fear of any reassurances and she passes through the two bullies on her way to school. 

Here is an image of the victimised character from mean girls, here we see she is wearing an old oversized polo shirt and plain trousers as well as this we notice that her hair is simple. similarly to our main character and as i have mentioned before this is stereotypically this is stereotypically the look taken on by victims of bullying to not draw attention to themselves. 















                                                              The bullies: 




As for this type of character we decided to follow convention and represent them I a negative way through their clothing,for their look as we were able to clearly differentiate the two types of characters we were trying to portray (The bully and the victim). In order to portray this character properly we utilised a beanie and a bomber jacket, this conveys the nonchalant attitude given by characters such as this. 

This mans character in the film Kidulthood was a bully, as you can see from his attire he is wearing a hoodie and a lack bomber jacket on top. This look is stereotypically what bullies nowadays dress like as it gives of a 'bad boy' reputation look.