Evaluation - Question 5 How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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Through mise-en-scene we managed to demonstrate Ashley’s character of a sweet simple girl, specifically through the props that were used in her bedroom and her chosen attire of a plain and appropriate t-shirt and jeans. This created a stereotypical representation of the wholesome girl next door. As our film targets young women explicitly, it was very important to us to show them in a realistic light so as to create a foundation for young girls to learn from and relate to. Because Ashley succumbs to her temptations she is automatically seen as more human and therefore her character becomes more three-dimensional this directly challenges other representation of young girls as large studios prefer to distribute an image of a teenager that says no to peer pressure. Conventions are challenged this way due to Ashley’s human actions. However in the aspect of our representation of males we have created a fairly 2-dimensional character, this is acceptable due to the films explicit targeting at females. We only see two male characters within the opening sequence who are both instrumental in peer pressuring Ashley to taking drugs and having sex. They are therefore considered the evil characters and thus it becomes a fairly stereotypical model of the male gender. Youth has also been represented in our media product. We have portrayed a typical view of how the world perceives youth today that being as irresponsible, as substance and alcohol abusers and as sexually active which no regard for consequences. However this was pertinent to our product as we wanted to show that even those of the most wholesome personalities may fall to the pressures of teenagers. This was important in our creation of a realistic setting and character. It is evident from the large stair case that Ashley descends and the nicely furnished home that she is from the middle class of society which is then further enhanced by the diegetic sound of radio four coming from the kitchen in the background.