Evaluation Question 2

Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Representation is how a character is constructed through costume, actions and speech. The director also constructs the character through shot types and the characters place of origin. Representation also portrays stereotypical characters of a particular group. These could include pretty clothes and an innocent attitude for a typical popular girl or old fashioned clothing and high intellect for a nerd. It reminds the audience that the characters within a film are developed through the stereotypical ideas a director and producer have of a person.

 We contextualised a stereotypical situation for some female teenagers and changed it to show the feelings of the character. We showed the romance building up rather than suggesting that the character had a one nights stand with a stranger. We showed the flashbacks where Leah was happy and smiling, then, when the shots went back to the present the audience can see the seriousness on Leah's face which suggests that something is wrong and the fact that she is alone in the present suggests that she has become an outcast in society.

In our film opening we introduced two types of characters, the protagonist Leah and the antagonist Cain. We conveyed Leah in the flashback to be quite innocent and positive which contrasts to her present self as pregnant and suddenly not innocent anymore with a monotone colour scheme. We also think that the character Cain is seen as positive throughout the opening until it is revealed in the end that he was probably the cause of her situation and hence the father of the baby. Furthermore we think that he could be seen as a typical teenager who disappoints her because she is clearly falling for him but in the end she is abandoned by him.

Class & Teacher Feedback

Individual Student Feedback

Overall, the majority of the feedback received was positive. A lot of people commented on how it can be related to teenagers and presents real life problems so it would appeal to our target audience. They also thought that we represented teenagers really well by From the class and teacher feedback received, we realised that we should have used a mother scene in the last flashback to show the two characters finally interacting properly. The last student feedback commented on how she liked the sound effects we used with the folder and footsteps to make it seem more realistic which is good. She also said that she would recommend it to her friends which means that our audience will expand and more teenagers will view the opening of our film. The feedback really helped us and let us know what we needed to improve on for the future.