Wednesday, 25 March 2009

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The main social group our piece represents is 'nerds'. Just the appearence of him suggests that he lack confidence in himself and doesn't particulaly cares about his appearence or what other people think of him. Other thinks give him away to be a nerd by the fact that he sleeps in his clothes and also that he always wears the same clothes all the time. Another aspect of the 'nerdy' culture is the music in the background. It is not what you would call 'in' music, again showing a lack of social awareness on behalf of the main character. Also we used props to convey his character. The speed camera for example is not something a usual teenager would do, they wouldn't make a speed camera that doesn't work and further still the definatly wouldn't bring it into school. The speed camera was meant to have a 'homemade' look about it to show that he had produced it himself. The fact that he brings it into school is another example that he doesn't care what other people think or say which is another trait of a nerdish character.

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