How does your media product represent particular social groups?

As far as social class goes, the two represented in our film are working and middle class. The working class is represented in the form of "The Tank" who is a 'hood-boy', and of course the antagonist for our story. This might be seen as a rather negative representation of this social class, and this point can be backed up with the use of the fight scene where The tank starts all the trouble. When he spits on ME at the end in the fight scene, it is a visual representation of the lack of respect he has for the other social groups, not just ME. Part of the reason he hates David, and therefore assaults his brother is due to his jealousy towards him. This jealousy originated back when the two met in the U-16 boxing championships in which David humiliated The Tank due to his parents being able to afford professional coaching, whereas The Tank had to do with his one punching bag, a pair of gloves and a skipping rope. David's family are the middle class people in our film, they own the nice house and can afford luxuries. The middle class is represented in a positive light, the shot where David gives his mum a kiss suggests that there is love in the family and David has his family's support when it comes to his passion (boxing). In contrast, we don't see anyone supporting the Tank in the same way. Also, the reason The Tank beats up David's brother is to damage him mentally before their fight. This is a really shallow, unsporting move, casting a dark shadow over the lower class and making the audience feel commiserate towards the middle class. The Black-British race is represented by our lower class character, the tank. The stereotype which goes on in South London of teenage black boys being difficult and corrupt in society is one of the reason we decided to have Terrel Laing play this character, as we wanted the Antagonist to be a Black male due to the region action takes place in. The White-British is the other race represented in our film. David's family are all of this race, meaning that they are middle class and therefore the White-British are represented positively. You could say that we represented the youth in a negative manner because of the violence in the fight scene, however since both the antagonist and the protagonist are part of the same age group we can't give a clear representation. The only woman in our opening scene is David's mother. Stereotypically, She is seen doing the washing up when David is in the kitchen, to symbolise that she is a housewife, supporting her family by taking care of their home instead of working which is just as important. This is also because She simply doesn't have to work because the father of the family earns more than enough money to look after them financially on his own. Males are represented in a very masculine manner, the main characters being boxers which is known to be a very manly sport. However not every male in the film is represented in this way as David's brother is defenceless when the tank beats him up. This make's him seem as a weak person, not very masculine and quiet tragic actually. As far as sexuality goes in the opening scene, it is simply absent. When David's brother leaves his girlfriend's house, there is a possibility that something sexual went on, however this is not on camera and completely up to the interpretation of the audience.