How does my media production represent particular social groups?- Evaluation 2

The Importance Of Included A Variation Of Social Groups

It was important for us to incorporate different stereotypical social groups within our teen angst film in order for the audience to be able to relate to our film and the characters within. With this in mind we included the nerds, the chavs, the sporty popular boys, the popular girls and the ones who lazy about. These social group are the ones which are easily recognizeable and people can relate to these socail groups meaning we have a broader audience than other teen angst film with one socail group.The popular girls and Jessie were our main focus in the film as they are one of the main generic conventions of teen angst films and emphasises other social groups personalitys.

The Nerds

 

This social group is seen in the majority of teen angst films and are seen to be the ones who are dedicated to their work and are fascinated by academics and are stereotypical socially unaccepted. They stereotypically have no social life inside and outside of school. They are seen as being undesirable,wearing glasses, having braces and wearing out of date or past down clothing. The main geek is seen wearing glasses, this is stereotypical of a 'geeky' personality. The boy geek has facial hair which is uncommon in teenagers at school. The facial hair makes him come across unattractive, this is supported by the distance from him to other characters even when they are in the same social groups. All the stereotypical nerds have there clothes us to there neck, this represents there uncomfortableness with there bodies and being weary of social environment and with what others think of them. In this shot of the nerds they are doing their work which none of the other classmates are doing, this emphasises their dedication and there determination in there school work.

The Chavs

The so called 'Chavs' are not typically seen in every teen angst film, however they are commonly seen in British(usually low budget) teen angst films such as Kidulthood. This social group is more commonly seen in TV teen angst series such as, shameless and skins.We wanted to include this group nevertheless to add a twist and in the 21st century chavs are more recognisable and a big part of society. They are usually seen wearing cheap gold, having undesirable tattoo's, wearing tracksuits/hoodies and taking part in smoking and alcohol and drug consumption. They stereotypically use certain terms and semantics which other social group would not understand, their terminology is also seen as being vulgar and insulting. We considered mise-en-scene particularly with this group so there characteristics come across easily. The character wore dark clothing, including hoodies and leather jackets. Boxes of tobacco were placed on the table to emphasis there class, habbits and the fact they dont care about anything including their health. Further more they placed their feet on the table to show how they do not care about school and education.

 

 The Popular Girls and Sporty Boys

 

This popular girls and boys are one of the most common social groups and are scene is most teen angst films. They are one of the generic conventions of a teen angst film. The girls are seen as being bitchy and troublemakers especially against other girls seen as being a threat, particularly if the girls are getting close with the popular boys. This is seen especially in Mean Girls. They are also seen as being a 'queen bee', this is seen in real life, particularly in America and so the film industry emphasis's this characteristic. They are seen as running the school, being of higher importance than everyone else, being loved by everyone and being beautiful. They wearing fashionable, up to date expensive clothes. They all wear the same type of clothes to show they belong to the same group and are better than everyone else. This is also seen in Mean Girls and Clueless. In our film we choose pretty girls to portray this feature. The popular girls in our film are seen wearing the colour seen of black and green showing they are in the same group.
The sporty boys are easily recognisable and are seen in most teen angst films, they are a big part of teen angst films as they usually connect with the popular girls, they both come as a package and is it frowned upon if anyone tries to join in with them or attempts to join there group.However the popular boys usually feel sorry for ordinary social groups and what to get to know them and to socialise with them, This is frowned upon by the Popular girls and some popular boys. Both groups are seen as being at the top of the school.This is seen in films such as Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

The Lazy Ones

In our teen angst film we also included a character who is seen with there head on the table. This social group is not seen in every teen angst film but is seen in most, we placed them next to the chavs as they are in the same league as them. This social group is seen in films such as The Inbetweeners and Pitch Perfect.

Jessie 

 Jessie is the main character in the film, she used to be in the popular girl social group but since here getting pregnant she is by her self in her own little group which no one wants anything to do with her, however this changes when she moves school.