How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Key areas of RepresentationWithin my two minute short film introduction there are only two characters that feature within that. Our characters are called Emily and Jay. We tried to create them to the generic conventions of relationships within this society, but not only just happy relationships but violent ones as well.

There are seven key themes that are used within films. These include:

o Gendero Ethnicityo Ageo Sexualityo Ageo Class and statuso Regional Identity o Disability

Social RealismSocial realism is an international genre, which is particularly popular in British and French cinema. The genre is based on real life, the story’s are fiction but story of the film are a reflection of the world. The characters, dialogue and settings are all made but inspired by the real world. It has shown us to ourselves, pushing the boundaries in the effort to put the experiences of people on the screen.

StereotypesA stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things. These thoughts or beliefs may or may not accurately reflect reality. Stereotypes reflect expectations and beliefs about the characteristics of members of groups perceived as different from one's own, prejudice represents the emotional response, and discrimination refers to actions.

We have used links to the idea of stereotypes within our two minute short film. In relationships you tend to see the male that is the violent person within a relationship rather than the woman, although it is common within society that women are but it is not talked about as much. I think we used this a basis for our introduction and tried to incorporate and reflect how things seem within these relationship, although some violent relationship are different to how we presented it.