Evaluation Question 2 - 'How does your media product represent particular social groups? '

My product is based around a teenage boy who has psychological problems and believes something greater than him is controlling things that happen, and they are. I use the representation of gender. The stereotypes of how teenage boys dress around the house. My characters costume was a plain white t shirt (slightly creased & food marks) and boxer shorts. This is so teenage boys can relate to the character but also the audience in general as they're aware that teenage boys dress like this around the house. There is also a stereotype that the average middle class teenage boys are lazy and plays console games, lay around and eat. This matches the convention of this stereotype by the way he dresses. However there is no real male representation, as it is a solo acted opening. Male representations usually include men being; in control of themselves, others, financially independent, aggressive and protective. 




However i could also argue i challenged the conventions and representations of Teenage boys because teenagers are typically seen as an overall 'youth' group. As you can by the images 'youth's' are typically seen as mischievous and troublesome. They are stereotypically seen to often party or 'hang around' lazily all the time. I have challenged the representation of this because this boy is different, this to emphasise to the audience he is isolated to people around him (hence the lack of characters in the opening) This works hand in hand with the fact he has psychological problems.