Q2:How does your media product represent particular

social groups?

What is Representation?Representation in media has quite a few definitions,

such as:• It is how the media represents the world to us• It is a depiction of something in real life but does

not show real life.• It is often stereotypical, which in most cases

negative to which perpetuates stereotypes within our society.

….. And lots more!!

Social GroupsIn my film opening we have represented various social groups: Children Parents Young to mid age female adultsOut of all the brief three social groups mentioned above, I would say

children was the main social group. This is because a child was our main character in our film.

Representation of Children• In most films children are often brought across as innocent. For example;

Matilda, Pursuit of happiness, daddy day care, miracle on 34th street and lots more.

However, sometimes this can be the opposite. Children can be represented as evil to some extent, which cause the child to be considered as demented. Examples of films which have represented children like this are the omen, orphan, sixth sense, hide & seek.

Positive or Negative?I think in terms of deciding whether I’ve represented my social

groups as negative or positive is not something I can give one answer or a specific answer to because we represented both. The child was represented as a young innocent child who was happy to go home with her new adopted family, however she then turns to a disturbed child which then shows the social group of children being represented negatively. Little do we know that this child is suffering from a mental illness called schizophrenia which results in her behavior.

Relating to real media, the plot of our film is based from the film of the orphan where the child ‘Esther’ is the girl suffering from the mental illness.