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

The film is aimed at teens of 14-18 years of age. We didn't aim at a specific social group and therefore tried to accommodate for a wide range of them. For example, the main protagonist (Hannah) is presented as a more rebellious character when compared to the rest of her friends. As there is only 4 people shown in the entire movie we had to sum up several social groups and implement them into each character. The person on the far left of the spinning group shot is bearing crutches which presents her as part of a disabled minority group. Even though, in reality, the actress was only suffering with a broken leg, it proved helpful when appealing to a wider audience. The other two characters are wearing a variety of clothes between them instead of having a monotonous costume of just tshirt and trousers. This variety appeals to those of different tastes to that they can put themselves in the situation of the characters on screen. As the issue on screen is how Hannah's friends react to how she is isolating herself, the audience is supposed to make themselves think of what they would do in that situation.

I think that as the film is in an educational setting, mainly, the idea is to represent as many social groups as possible in order to put across a degree of verisimilitude: i.e. how there is usually a variety of people with different thoughts, feelings and interests when visiting any modern school. Branching out to these different ares of the social structure is imperative when making a film that is specifically intended for an age group.