Question2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In our opening sequence class is shown in a certain way. The class of both the male and female character differs hugely. The male character which Darren plays is very high and upper class, he works for a big company and gets a large salary. Being rich, and upper class it means he has a nice house to himself, on the other hand there is Emily's character who is a lot more middle class, and is very unorganised, crazy and a bit different. She is shown as clumsy to reinforce the fact that she is middle class, and to show that she is of a lower class than Darren's character. We also used costume to define the classes of the two main characters. We chose to dress Darren in a suit, and look very formal ready for work, whereas Emily's character was wearing a smart-casual outfit.

This is Darrens outfit, which is a suit, which is very formal clothing.

This is Emilys outfit, which is immature and scruffy.

Gender is represented in our media product as very stereotypical. The male character holds a lot of status and power often by the costume that he wears. He looks corporal and professional in what he wears as he wears a suit. Whereas the woman has a lower status, and looks less professional. By looking that way, she appears to have less power and is portrayed as a typical woman, not as important/rich as the male persona.

Both of the characters in our opening sequence are of a white ethnicity, which is stereotypical of a Romantic Comedy film. Most Romantic Comedy films have two main characters that are white. It is rare to see two main characters in a romantic comedy film that are both of a different ethnicity, or mixed racial couples.