Question Two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Within my film opening there are quite a few social groups represented which are evident.  In terms of social groups there is a stereotypical popular girl, a stereotypical popular boy and a stereotypical nerd. The popular girl stereotypically would act dumb, put on a fake front, and make an effort all of the time appearance wise. This is shown in my film opening through the use of mise en scene and costume in particular as she wears a black dress and little boots.  This costume denotes the ‘little black dress’ that every girl has in their wardrobe or dreams of. However in this case it is customized into a little black day dress which shows the passion for fashion which also would match the personality of a stereotypical popular girl. Although the character doesn’t have the typical blonde hair that a popular girl would be associated with, she has long, thick, mousey brown hair which in my opinion foreshadows that she is in fact putting on a fake front in order to please other members of her social class. 

 Another social group that is evident is the popular boy who is also stereotypical in terms of caring more about his appearance and sport rather than caring about others and his school work. This is shown through the use of costume. In the film opening the character Harry’s clothes consists of a red checked top, in which the colour red could connote being dangerous, jeans and designer trainers. This outfit in my opinion represents effectively the social group: Jock, which he is acting as.  In contrast to this, the character Joe is represent as a nerd through his costume as he wears simple clothing such as a plain t-shirt, jeans and shoes. This denotes the simplicity of the characters and suggests that he is more bothered about school work in contradiction to the character Harry.

<!--[if !vml]-->A replica character of Mollie isn’t really perceived in stereotypical rom coms as her appearance reflects a popular girl whereas her hidden personality represents almost a nerd.  An example of Mollie’s character in social groups includes:

This is an image that in my opinion reflect the character. The image is taken from the movie ‘Mean Girls’. In image one Lindsey Lohan is playing the social group of a nerd, whereas in image two the same character is playing the role of a popular. This is almost parallel to the character in my film opening.