2. How does your media represent particular social groups

 The social groups presented in our film are class and age.

Class
The class groups we focused on were the working class and middle class

- Working Class

Melissa, her friends and family represent this class group.

Melissa is a positive representation of her class groups, the opening shows her looking after her family; "I have to go and get my dads medicine", and does not hold prejudices towards other class groups- hence falling for Clem, a middle class boy.

We purposely chose to contrast her with the portrayal of her friend Shani, who conforms to the presentation of the sassy mixed race girl stereotype often portrayed in film and TV, for example the character Shania Andews from "Fast Girls" (2012):

Shania Andrews- Fast Girls

The trailer presents her as feisty and angry through her body language and script



- Body Language, raising eye brows


- Script
"I'm not very good with teams" (antisocial)
"What the hell was that!?"

Similarly when creating the characters Shani we used facial expressions and dialog to convey character trait



- The eye roll and raised eye brow do this
Script - "Shut up man, you're always complaining"


- Middle Class
Represented by Louis

Influenced by the portrayal of middle class teenagers in the TV Drama Skins

In particular the character Freddie...

He does not act posh, but has the money to be selective about the life style he leads and the hobbies he takes up, e.g. skateboarding.

Age
The main age group our film will focus on our teenagers...

By showing the two teenagers become attracted to each other, despite their different class backgrounds, show how they are well adapted to diverse modern society and can look past social barriers. This positive portrayal of youth behaving maturely and peacefully with each other, contrast the representation in the media and the viewpoint of adults as violent and antisocial.

Headline from guardian website

First love

 This is enhanced by our portrayal of the older characters later on in the film. Melissas' family( older brothers and parents) disapprove of their relationship due to their prejudices.