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

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our film is shown from a males point of view as it is based in a pub and stereotypically a pub is a associated with males. Our opening shows representation of gender and age, this is because the in the clip you can clearly see that there are conventions of each of these that I will discuss below.

Gender is shown in our clip through the use of the different characters. For example the stereotypical man likes to get muddy and drink beer therefore our film shows. In our film our main character is shown as the stereotypical male, for example if you look at the images below it shows. Also in the opening, you can see that our main character is either drinking/eating or working out which shows that he is a stereotypical bloke.

Also the personal trainer who is also the friend of the fat man is seen to be wearing clothes that are associated with men as they do not really care about their appearance therefore what he is wearing is a good example to what the typical male wears/looks like. However, although this does show the stereotypical male it does not show the dominant, angry male that people generally associate men to be. The use of the slightly lower angle that can be seen in the football pitch seen shows that the men in the image are dominant, not necessarily over anyone but they are equally dominant. The clothing in the image shown is also stereotypical of a male as he is seen to be in sports clothing which shows he is going to be taking part in some sports event and this is stereotypical as men are typically associate with various sports.

 

 

 

 

As you can see in the image on the right it shows that the opening has been shown from a male’s point of view. The use of the over the shoulder shot shows that the camera is almost trying to make the audience feel like they are the person in black as he is the person who is speaking.

 

 

 

The image on the left shows the stereotypical pub scene that you would see in a professional movie as men are associated to always be in a pub and therefore the image reflects this. The lighting in this represents them in a positive light due to the lighting being bright also shows generic conventions of a comedy as this is the type of lighting you see in a comedy.

 

 

 

Our movie links to our target audience as it is aimed at men ages between 15 – 25, therefore due to the fact it is shown from a male’s point of view links to our target audience as they are also male and will understand some of the humour that is displayed throughout the clip.

Furthermore, age is also represented in this clip through the use of the props, for example this image shows that our film has representations of age as adults tend to drink a lot of tea and coffee and the act that the actors shown are drinking this shows that they are grown up and adult like. Due to the fact they are adult like it shows that they can relate to the target audience who are within the age category of 15 – 25 however our target audience members who are below the age of 18 will not be able to relate to this specific scene as they are not that sort of age where they would drink tea and coffee as it is stereotypically associated with older people. The type of clothing they are wearing do not reflect the stereotypical adult, this is due to the fact our main character is wearing a hoodie which is typically associated with people who are teenagers. All of the characters displayed in this clip are seen in both a positive and negative light, this is due to the fact the two friends of the main character are seen to bully/take the mick out of his weight, this is seen as not a very nice thing to do as it could be seen as bullying or dark humour. Moreover, the main character is seen in a positive light as he is the one that they keep calling “big” therefore the audience start to grow fonder of him due to the fact he is getting bullied.