Final Task: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The film in terms of representing a particular social group is entirely a representation of teenagers who also are the audience of this film. This is becasue firstly the props used within the film which represents teengaers lives such as the girl walkinh with the school unifirm. Having this as the first shot and as a long shot immediately informs the audience it is about a teenager hence the school uniform.

Further on in the film the use of a mobile phone once again shows the representation of teenagers which quite often in society use of mobile phones exceessively for interenet and texting which also links into the storyline of the film with cyber bullying. The phone aso informs the audience that the film is set in the modern day allowing it to be something they can relate to.

However the film very much contracticts the representation of teenagers in terms of ideologies and issues used in a film in todays socieity. Firstly the girl walking home alone suggests she has no friends and the sad expression shows a sense of loneliness and depression. This very much a contratiction to other teen related films where they are often represented in large groups and intimatating. This is immediatlet relates to the issue of bullying that th girl is experiencing causing the audience to watch further and see why this girl is different to other teens represented in other films. Another part of the film which show this is the use of the mobile phone where when hearing the text message the audience suddenly have a glimpse of hope kind of that this girl has a friend or someone who cares about her but however this turns out for the audience to know she is bein bullied or stalked.  This therefore causes the audience to sypathsise with her furthe watching the film.

The taking of pills is a also very much a contrtication of teens represented in other films and therfore challenges forms and coventions of real life  media products. It however does show a serious issue in the film relating to the primary and secondary audience of the film.

From this the film is more likey to be a 12a as it has some strong issues and also will be used to aim at the target audience.