Media Evaluation Question 2

1. HOW DOES YOUR TITLE AND
OPENING SEQUENCE REPRESENT
PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

2. In my title and opening sequence I have represented the
following social groups are:
• Gay male teenagers
• Female teenagers

3. Gay male teenagers are usually perceived as quite quiet people
as they have struggled to let out who they really are as well as
this they usually have a lot of female friends as they can be quiet
feminine. Female teenagers are usually perceived as very
feminine with lots of makeup with false nails and have lots of
male friends.

4. Costume represents the social group of gay male teenagers as my protagonists are wearing
mostly fashionable clothes. For example they are both wearing skinny jeans; teenagers are more
likely to wear skinny jeans than a 40 year old man as well as this they are wearing shirts that look
formal but what somebody over the age of 20 might not wear as well as this gay people are likely
to wear skinny jeans as they are known to be quite a feminine piece of clothing. This is to show
the audience that they want to look older by wearing older clothes as well as the fact that they
have just on their way back to the house after the date they had. The costume of my antagonist
challenges the female teenager as my antagonist is wearing a black hoodie. This represents the
stereotypical teenager of the bad mood swings with the colour black. However it contradicts how
female teenagers are represented as they usually wear little clothes and brighter colours than
black. The lighting in my opening sequence represents the stereotypical gay community as they
are typically happy almost all of the time so to match this I also made the lighting bright like their
happiness as well as the fact I did it to challenge the code and convention of low key lighting. The
prop that is the house keys represent teenagers in general as it shows that teenagers can be
responsible enough to look after a house. The body language contradicts how gay male teenagers
are usually perceived as my gay characters are very confident people walking with their heads up
and holding hands confidently. Holding hands in public with someone some people could feel
ashamed about shows what confidence they have as well as this it shows the audience that you
can be who you want to be and you shouldn’t feel ashamed about it.