Evaluation Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social group?

My media product represents particular social groups through the main character and her personality. By having one main character the audience have something to focus on, this will help them deconstruct her traits and behaviour in the opening sequence. The main character represents particular social groups through her clothing, behaviour and attitude towards what she's doing. Her clothing is quite simplistic, which represents the simple minded and innocent people in today's society, some might say there are very few of those left and this would help people realise what type of person they are, just by looking and taking in what the main character wears. This particular social group are then represented in my media product.

The main character behaviour also represents particular social groups, she is calm and collected one minute, and the next she's angry and frustrated. This represents people with a short temper, so they can then connect with the main character and even possibly realise how they could start controlling their temper themselves. So therefore, this particular social group are represented in my media product.

A social group with a bad attitude are represented in my media pro duct through the main character and her negative outlook on things. For example, when she made a mistake on her painting she could've painted over it in a different colour, but instead she chose to ruin it and get angry. If she has a more positive attitude then she may have been able to salvage the painting, and therefore complete it to the best of her ability. This is how that particular social group are represented on my media product.

Other females in various films are represented in lots of different ways, I wanted to find some main female characters who I could compare to my own and then I found Juno. She is a young girl who I feel i could compare to my own main character as she is in a vulnerable state and in need to help. The girls situations might not be the same but their emotions and how they're feeling might be, throughout the film Juno the audience see her fall pregnant and realise what a struggle bringing up a baby would be. Even though the situation is very different from my own characters situation, I thought that the vulnerability both girls are feeling is important. This is mainly because it is obvious to the audience, through the girls body language and facial expressions. Both girls are therefore being represented negatively in the media which I felt was an effective way of addressing and highlighting certain issues to the young females of todays society.