How does your media product represent particular social groups?

QUESTION 2

WHAT IS REPRESENTATION?

Representation is the presentation of a group or individual that is perceived or appears as normal/reality. Directors and writers use representations to connote certain things to the audience however this may be biased depending on their views on a certain market segments.

Moreover, Representation is used to drive the film’s plot forward. This is than manipulated in order to show basic psychological problems that are associated with that certain group basic stereotype.

This is also than showed throughout locations, props and the plot itself. A common example of this is how teenagers a portrayed negatively as older writers and prodcers have a negative stereotypical view of modern day teenagers.

SOCIAL GROUPS USUALLY AFFILIATED WITH URBAN CRIME THRILLERS

In Bullit, The social groups represented in this movie is caucasian thieves who are articulate, smart and wealthy. This allows them to look professional and portray to the audience that despite they are meant to be portrayed negatively; They will be the core positive focus of the film

In TOP 123, The social groups represented in this movie is a coloured working class citizens as well as, just like bullit, caucasian thieves who are articulate, smart and wealthy. This allows them to look professional but in this case portrayed to the audience negatively unlike the other social group who is the ‘hero in the film.’

In Tower Heist, The social groups represented in this movie is a are multicultural and have a wide range of ethnicity. This allows the thieves to look ordinary which mainly has to do with the complex plot of the film. However, the black male in this film is portrayed negatively as the thieve and other characters as working class citizens

SOCIAL GROUP WE HAVE REPRESENTED

Thieves:

Thief 1: the first subordinate planner/ robber wears high end clothes in order to blend in with the luxurious shopping center. In the end of the title sequence however he wears a mask and dark clothing which connotes that he is about to do something suspicious.

He also has a Arabic/eastern African descent.

This representation is negative but in a way that is not too worrying challenges common themes and stereotypes that thieves cannot be multi ethnical.

SOCIAL GROUP WE HAVE REPRESENTED

Thieves:

Thief 2: the second subordinate planner/ robber wears normal not to blend in with the luxurious shopping center but the urban atmosphere instead. In the end of the title sequence however he wears a dark clothing which connotes that he is about to do something suspicious.

He also has a European descent.

This representation is negative but in a way that is not too worrying and challenges common themes and stereotypes that thieves cannot be multi ethnical.

SOCIAL GROUP WE HAVE REPRESENTED

Mastermind: The mastermind is not perceived at all besides his fingers which show his skin color. This represents him as restricted and mysterious.

This representation is negative but in a way that makes him taken seriously as he is portrayed as a mastemind and challenges common themes and stereotypes that masterminds are caucasian.