Saturday 5 April 2014

Evaluation: part 5 How our media product represents particular social groups

In our title sequence the we represent teenagers/ young adults in a stereotypical negative way representing them all as drug dealers or addicts except for the main character who is seeking revenge on the drug dealer he is following.

The films creates the representation of drug dealers by showing scenes of the dealer meeting with some of his clients here the representation of addicts and dealers is that they are pale and skinny a common stereotype for this sort of group, another common representation of addicts is shown during the opening of the title sequences with people in suits and ties as they have enough disposable income to be able too keep up their habit the juxtaposition of all the deals shows that this drug dealer sells to a diverse range of people.

The dealers clothes on the other hand are quite the opposite of a suit and tie, the clothing he wears suggests that he is more in the area of the "chav" social group this is reinforced by the fact that he always has his hood up too look intimidating to others which is what that social group does.The dark colors of the clothes also connote dark nature of the film as does the lighting as all the way through the sequence the lighting is very dark and gloomy in every place that was shown which captures the mod of the film well.

On the whole the film represents young people extremely negatively with them being either drug dealers, drug addicts or angry and vengeful people, these are all rather common stereotypes for teenagers of the 21st century.    

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