Evaluation Activity 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I would say that our film represents teenagers as a social group, mostly females. This is because our film consists of a teenage girl who is very modern, looks quite smart, independent and has a bright future. She is shown as a typical girl who likes to dress up and go out.

In this screen grab, I have chosen a shot from Pretty Little Liars because the girl is also putting on red lipstick. The reason for this is because although they may not look the same, they have the same type of interests as they are both looking into compact mirrors and putting on red lipstick. This portrays them as 'normal' teenagers because it seems like all they want to do is look nice etc. However, they do both have a different side to them and by using the colour red, they are revealing danger.

There are many similarities between the two characters which can be seen from the picture alone. They both like to wear red lipstick and carry round compact mirrors which could portray that image is a big thing for them. They dress very similar and leave their hair down which is how a 'normal' teenager is. However, the similarities between the two characters are not just by what can be seen, but what lies beneath. By this I mean that they both hold deep secrets which would not be able to be known just by looking at them as they seem like happy people.

Although there are similarities, there are also differences. The character in our film has dark hair whereas the character in Pretty Little Liars has blonde hair. Using the stereotype of how blondes are seen as 'slow', the character from Pretty Little Liars may be portrayed as someone who is gullible and not so intelligent and just takes everything how it is however in our film, our character is always seen walking alone which represents independence and that she has no reason to rely on anyone else which also comes back to holding deep secrets.