Evaluation Activity 2!

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In this image, i have put together a split screen of the actor playing spider-man in the new upcoming 'The Amazing Spider-man' and me in the role of 'Shaq' who is the main character of 'The Misanthrope'. This image is a common image in films of the comic-book gender and even possibly of the horror genre too. What i noticed was that both of these characters are teenagers. This shot is a representation of those these male characters being self conscious of themselves. They are also dressed similarly in casual black tee shirts. 

A difference between these two is that the character on the right is afro-caribbean whereas the character on the left is caucasian. This could also cause the film to be a representation of afro-Caribbean's as well as teenagers. 

This is another split screen of screen grabs. The one on the left is of Kick-Ass' friends and on the right is the group of friends from 'The Misanthrope' and this again shows that my media product would be representing afro-caribbean's aswell as teenagers. The image of the Afro-Caribbeans could give the audience a negative view on them as they look quite intimidating as they are dressed in dark colours and all have hoodies on (one even has it on!). This however is quite a common representation in media unfortunately.

Here is a VLOG on another split screen of stills that i felt represented particular social groups.

Summary of points from the video:

• Still on the right is of main character from 'Super', still on the left is main character of 'The Misanthrope'.
• Both assaulting people in their hero outfits and believe that what they are doing is right.
• Both carry a weapen; Left still carries a Wrench and right still carries a bat.
• Differences are that the Still on the left is a caucasian hero and the Still on the right is an afro caribbean hero which is less common in real media products.
• Another difference is that the still on the left is a middle aged man and the still on the right is a younger teenaged character.