How does your media product present particular social groups

How does your media product present particular social groups?

Our media product only presents one particular social group.There are not enough films that present the alternative social group made up of geeks,gamers,emos,goths,hipsters etc. Due to this we found it hard to find sources in other movies showing similar people to our characters.

Although our characters are presented as geeky,socially awkward game addicts we did not go COMPLETELY  stereo typical in the way we showed them.We conducted a survey and approached people we felt would like our movie.From this we felt we would take a much more realistic approach towards our characters and allow the target audience to relate to our characters.We have added in  small stereo typical elements within the opening scene to define the genre.Although we have used stereo typical elements we have shown the alternate social group as nothing more than what it really is. Penny the lead protagonist is shown to be a Japanese obsessed gamer girl with many social issues hiding herself behind her hair and her yellow pikachu onesie.Dory however is presented as a young goody two shoes book worm that in her spare time likes to be a little bit of a rebel and play video games with her friend Penny.Dory is shown not to have any apparent social issues there for we show two sides of the alternate scene. The issues that these girls have are real issues that people within this particular social group tend to have therefore the audience can find themselves relating to either the main protagonist Penny or the sidekick Dory.



I also feel we raise the issue of bullying within this social group and show exactly how out casted the rest of society makes these people feel. When Dory asks Penny about having a house party  she replies  "yeah, i could invite you and........... never mind". This shows that People like Dory and Penny who are in fact representation of the alternative scene  are taken for granted and pushed out of society like unwanted stray dogs.For this reason they stick together to allow themselves at least a small amount of friendship into their lives. The fact that we raise the bullying issue helps connect with audience but also shows people who would not be considered alternative how their small actions make this particular group of people feel.In summery we present the alternative social group as completely separate from conventional social standards. Unlike typical mainstream social groups such as popular girls, jocks etc. each person is completely unique .