Howdoesyourmediaproductrepresentparticularsocialgroups?

Whenarepeoplerepresented?
SceneOne

Althoughtheviewerneverseesthefacesof
thepeoplewalkingaround,becausetheyare
wearingthesameclothingasthoseinthe
secondscenewecanassumethattheyare
fromthesameorganisation.Thisallowsusto
inferthattheyareyoungadultswithamilitary
background,organisationandtraining.
Othersocialgroupsarerepresentedinsceneonealso.Negativestereotypesforthisgroup
canbeconnotatedfromthedarksurroundings,lightfromthecomputerandtheunshaven,
spottyfaceoftheteenagemale.Thisallinfers
anegativestereotypewhichisoftenassociated
withteenagemales.Theshotsofthemilitary
personneliscrosscuttedwithshotsshowing
teenagemalesandlargeexplosions.This
allowstheviewertomakefurtherinferences
aboutthisnewsocialgroup.

SceneTwo

Inthesecondscenemostlyyoungadultsare
represented.Theyarepresentedastrained,
organisedandexperiencedalthoughstill
beingyoungandfit.Thisisdonethroughthe
useofmiseensceneandtheirmovements
andcostumes.Bothmaleandfemaleare
shownhoweverwedrawmainlyon
stereotypesassociatedwithmalestheyare
trainedandmilitary.Thiscouldshowthefemalecharacterascountertypical.

Whoisrepresentedandhow?
Teenagers

Duringtheopeningsceneofthefilmthe
teenagerspresentedareshownwithnegative
stereotypesasdangeroustroublemakersand
drawsontheassumptionsthatcanbemade
aboutthecharacters.Thisallowstheviewerto
makeclearandcorrectassumptionsaboutthe
backgroundofthestory.Thisstereotypeisonly
drawnuponintheopeningsectionofthevideo
asthatistheonlytimeteenagersare

represented.Wetriedtomakethisasclearaspossiblebyusingaspectsofmiseenscene
onlytypicallyseenonlateteenagers(spots,unshaven,lighthair,pale).

YoungAdults

Inthesecondsceneofmyfilmopeningagroupofyoung
adultsispresented.Althoughitisactedbyteenagers,as
thatisallwehadaccessto,weusedmiseensceneto
presentthemasyoungadults.Thissocialgroupis
representedasbeingpassionate,welltrained,
organised,resourcefulandpowerful.Thisisdone
throughthestoryandthemotifsofthecharacters.Itis
alsoconnotedbythemiseensceneandthecamera
work.Lowanglesshowthedominancetheyhaveand
theirrecognisablemilitaryclothingshowstheir
organisationandtraining.Thisiscountertypicalas
youngadultsareoftenshownasbeingmischievousand
tonotfitintothisrole.

MaleVs.Female

Inthefirstpartofouropeningonlymalecharactersarepresented.Thisisverytypicalofthis
genreofmovieasmalestereotypesarefamiliartothemostlymaletargetaudience.During
thesecondsceneofouropening,thereisamix
ofmaleandfemalecharactershoweverthe
presenceofafemalecharacterisverycounter
typicalaswomenareoftennotpresentinthis
kindofmilitaryenvironment.