How does your media product represent particular social groups?

As a whole, my media products represents male and female teenagers who are part of the technological generation. This is because that the storyline behind my opening/film begins with Millie and Liam talking through a dating app called Tinder. However, this is a very broad social group, so my three characters behold different personas - some personality traits being more relatable to the teens of the real world than others. It is difficult to analyse how the characters clearly represent particular social groups within the space of two minutes, yet I thought that their costumes and what they do within the time frame can give a strong indication. 

There are a variety of social groups within the age range of my characters. Polly, for instance, represents the shy, introverted and naive traits that many girls her age possess. She is presented in my media product of representing this specific social group by what she wears. For example, her large glasses and bold coloured jumper in the phone call scene highlights a sense of happiness and righteousness, which also relates to the trait of being innocent. The fact that she also left her keys behind a plant pot just outside her front door (shown in the burglar scene) reveals the character's unawareness, obliviousness and also carelessness about how easy they were for someone (Millie) to find, possibly resulting in ruination within her own household. 

Millie, as described in my 'Characters' blog post, is someone who has two sides to her personality. She comes across as being engaging and kind, but her friendliness and assertive tone of her voice can be perceived in a manipulative manner. This reflects her other aspect of her personality, which involves the traits of being vengeful and against morals. Therefore, Milie represents the stereotypical social group of popular teenage girls who possess a high ego and cause drama if they do not get their own way, e.g. Regina George in 'Mean Girls'. The contrast of Millie acting sweet and friendly towards Polly on her phone, and then breaking into her house, strongly represents her overall personality and spiteful teenage girls in the modern world. Although the act of burglary does not represent the common actions of teenage social groups, it is something that can happen and has happened in the past from people of Millie's age. It still represents the similar malicious level in which some teenagers go to, as well as the hostility and retaliation they feel. 

Liam is not shown in my media opening as much as my other characters, therefore his more pleasant and caring side is not easily highlighted. This is because his contribution to Polly's burglary distracts the audience from these aspects of his personality, resulting in him being perceived as a sly, untrustworthy and betraying person. Therefore, this represents a proportion of everyday teenagers who have exposed someone (e.g. a friend) to danger or grief by treacherously giving information to someone else, e.g. an enemy.