Evaluation question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Gender

All of the characters in our opening are male. This links to our target audience as our target audience are young adult males, much like our main character. This is similar to Wolf of Wall Street in that the main character is also male, and is seen as the protagonist. We have represented the male as dominant, wealthy and sophisticated. This meet the stereotype of males, being seen as the main bread-winners in the family, as well as being smartly dresses in suits.

In the latter part of our feature, females would be introduced, being portrayed as less wealthy, and the 'damsels in distress', whereby our main character helps them out in the situation.

 

Age

Our character is a young adult male. He is represented as wealthy, successful and powerful. This is contrary to the stereotype on young adult males, whereby they are stereotypically seen as career driven in terms of finance. However, our characters juxtapose this significantly. This is similar to the main character, Jordan Belfort, in Wolf of Wall Street.

 

Other Representations

Social class will be represented throughout our piece. We will see our main character in a flashback as a drug lord, being represented in a negative light as he is low class. He is then seen in a positive light, as he becomes wealthy and has many luxuries in his life.