Inspiration Comparison - How does our media product represent particular social groups?

We were inspired by many movies which helped us to represent our particular social group- to help us pick our genre and main characters personality. We looked at Mean girls; which was based around the stereotypical hierarchy of social status. We used the image of the main 'popular hated' girls to help create the image of our main character. We were able to do this by using the same mise en scene; props, such as short skirts, make-up, high heels and a polished/ groomed appearance. We also used the location - a College/ High school.

We also looked at Kidulthood and Adulthood. We used these examples to compare how teenagers act and how teenagers are portrayed to the general public. We got the impression that they were generally rude, ignorant and belong to social cliques. We used this example to portray our teenage characters; by showing teenagers in cliques and all staring at Mabina when she walks in the room. We also looked at the main female character in this film - she was wearing shorts and had an attitude. This is how we portrayed our character in our film.

The girl from Kidulthood Mabina wearing shorts and heels Character from Mean girls

Our opening scenes show 3 different groups. The first is Charlotte Ross walking in through doors ( this is our first shot) she sits down with other girls and a few boys. This is one group. As the establishing shot takes place; you notice another group full of boys in hoody's. This is another social group. It continues to rotate and we notice a group of 2 students with glasses working. This is another group. When Mabina walks in she doesn't belong to any group. We are able to identify the groups through what they are wearing, the size of the groups, the gender and their social complaince to otehr members of different cliques and people in their own clique.