Post 3: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media production successfully represents our particular social group as the characters appear to be in appropriate costume. Comparing both the images shown, both characters appear to be wearing school uniform and the location is easily established. Throughout “The Meeting” both Charlotte and Freddy are dressed smart to fit the conventions of the film. In comparison the image of the girls from “Princess Diaries” it helps identify the characters better as they are wearing school uniform. Due to our characters studying in sixth form we failed to do this and recognise the fact it would benefit us more if they were in a matching school uniform.

Opposing this idea the characters still remain to look smart and fit the genre of the film and will appeal to our selected target audience. Charlotte is dressed in smart clothes, but after watching the remainder of the opening sequence it is obvious that she successfully stands more than her friends. Her bag is large and implies its filled with books for her studies during school, her clothes are brighter colours and she walks slightly in front of her friends dominating her from the others and indicating importance, which to an extend remains true. This creates a positive impression and connotes well with the dialogue spoken in the last scene of the opening sequence “What the smart one?”


Freddy’s characteristics are established through the costume he wears throughout our specific project; he is, just like Charlotte, equally shown to wear smart clothes to establish the location of the film and represent the remainder of the story line. Freddy has a bike helmet and stands with his friends by, what we assume are their own personal bikes. In comparison to the character of Patrick in “10 things I hate about you” Freddy dresses just as smart and fits the codes and conventions of a student at school. The uniform Heath Ledger wears appears to be more casual, but as an audience you can easily establish that he attends a high school. Both male characters from “10 things I hate about you” and “The meeting” are represented as popular boys with a lot of friends. The representation from Freddy’s friends appears to be slightly negative as at first they don’t necessarily believe who he “has been talking too recently”. Comparing both opening sequences Heath Ledger isn’t presented to the audiences as much as Freddy in our production of “The meeting” this questions the dominance of the character and weather the affect they will have on the remainder of the production.