Foundation Portfolio Evaluation: Question 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? (28.02.11)

In our opening sequence, our media group represent particular social groups in different ways. Our opening sequence aims to set the conventions of a dance genre film, and engage our audience to make them interested in the film and want to watch more. We portray our male characters in a violent nasty way to tackle the stereotype of dancers working well as a team. This emphasises that not everything in life is as easy as it seems, and although we follow many of the conventions of a dance genre, we adapt our storyline to show the dancers are not friendly characters and are not able to work together. We represent our dancers as of a low social status group because the whole reason they are dancing is because they need the money. This means they are not doing it out of passion or love for dance, but for financial reasons, and are therefore undertaking and activity because they need to not because they want to. This re-enforces that they are of a low social group. The first image is from our opening sequence and resembles the shot from Step Up 2, showing aggressive behaviour between boys. The second image is from Step Up 2 and shows the aggressive behaviour between boys.