How my film presents specific social groups

In my film i have represented particular social groups very stereo-typically. For example one of our main characters (Don), as shown on the right is shown to be in his late teens and is a very troublesome young man. The clothing of which he wears is derogatory and supposedly known to be used by people who are 'up to no good' we specifically chose the clothing of which we did due to the fact our film is a Crime and Gangster film and it helps us create a more authentic look. As you can see from the image on the right our character has a very laid back and comical attitude, although when it comes to acting he becomes much more focused. This allowed us to work well with him as an actor as he followed our instructions easily and did not make a fuss. With Brook's clothing that he wears outside of his role we could tell he would be a major asset, along with his flat-peak caps and tracksuit tops he becomes a major part in playing the role of a young 'crimester'.


Our other main character is Sam Northmore, is also portrayed as a 'hoodlum' we do this in a very similar way of which we did with Brook with the costume and facial expressions although we did add one extra attribute to it as we scripted that he sparks a cigarette. This adds to the genre as well as creating another stereotype in our film as in our generation teens are known to be ' hoodie wearing smokers'. It also gives off a question of which the audience can answer which is if it is illegal drugs or not? We did not create the look of a 'joint' or 'spliff' as we didn't want the films BBFC rating to be increased to an 18.


From looking at how we have represented the particular groups in which we have it has allowed me to reconcile the fact that we are focusing on the genre Crime and Gangster and therefore understand some of the concepts of which this bring.
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