The document discusses how different social groups are represented in a media product. It describes how teenage girls are portrayed stereotypically as emotional but the protagonist's life is truly hard. The mother is represented in opposition to stereotypes as unconcerned and self-centered rather than serious and caring. All characters are female but not all are stereotypical - the protagonist shows some domestic traits while the mother seems atypical through smoking and drinking. Audience feedback on the product notes the emotive music but confusion over the flashback, advising clarifying plot points and subtitles.

1. EVALUATION QUESTION 2:
How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
Age: In our product the teenager girl is shown to be emotional, seems to
have a though life. This is a stereotypical factor we used about teenagers
being emotional and seeing life as hard, however we made the protagonist
who is one of the teenagers life to be shown truly hard.
The female adult who is the mum and is shown to be in 30’s is
represented of a complete opposite from stereotypical adult . A
stereotypical adult is known as: serious, concerned over children however
the adult in our product is shown to be unconcerned over their child & more
self centred.
In our product the main group represented a teenager girls & one female
adult:

2. Age:
In our product the teenager girl is shown to be
emotional, seems to have a though life. This is a
stereotypical factor we used about teenagers being
emotional and seeing life as hard, however we made the
protagonist who is one of the teenagers life to be shown
truly hard.
The female adult who is the mum and is shown to be
in 30’s is represented of a complete opposite from
stereotypical adult . A stereotypical adult is known as:
serious, concerned over children however the adult in
our product is shown to be unconcerned over their child
& more self centred.

3. Gender:
All the of the characters are females however not all three of them are
represented as stereotypical females.
The protagonist is shown to have some
stereotypical female characteristics as
she is shown to be emotional due to her
friends death. Also as she is taking a
laundry basket to a laundrette shows
some domestic work.
For the dead character at first it’s not possible to say if
they’re represented as a stereotypical female or not.
This is a good thing because it keeps a good interest to
However, the mother seems to be not as stereotype
the audience, as they will be wondering what kind of due to the fact she seems self-centred, smokes &
character she is. drinks. These are factors which are usually not
expecting from a female, instead from a male. This is
because smoking & drinking signify violence,
something unusual for women.

4. Audience Feedback
Mirrin, 16: Joseph, 16:
“ I like the use of the music and I like the plot. Maybe “ I liked the background music, I thought it
make it clearer that it was a flashback. was very emotive. Although I wasn’t sure
Make the subtitles clearer & the scene a bit longer.” about the flashback bit.”
This was done by showing different
Miranda, 16: people the final product and asking
“Effective, intense music.
Good acting.
to give their opinion over it. It shows
Good setting. me the areas where the final product
May be a different colour subtitles could be used.” could be improved, so it’s approved.
Lawrence, 17:
“-Costume/ wardrobe was good a very Realistic.
-effectively filmed to capture all the action.
-Good use of music to convey the mood.
-perhaps it was slightly unclear. ( the plot).”
Viveak, 17
“Choice of Music fitted the acting.
Not 100% certain it was a flashback so make it
clearer-maybe some sort of thought process.
Good choice of setting.
Make it easier to read subtitles.”