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    The document discusses the representation of social groups in a film's opening sequence. It represents an abuse victim stereotypically as depressed with no close relationships. The main character is also a former police woman, stereotypically shown as brave, strong-willed, and independent. These traits are meant to inspire pride and admiration in female audiences. Other social groups are not depicted until later in the story. The opening sequence focuses on creating audience connection and sympathy for the main character alone in order to engage viewers in the story.

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    The document discusses the representation of social groups in a film's opening sequence. It represents an abuse victim stereotypically as depressed with no close relationships. The main character is also a former police woman, stereotypically shown as brave, strong-willed, and independent. These traits are meant to inspire pride and admiration in female audiences. Other social groups are not depicted until later in the story. The opening sequence focuses on creating audience connection and sympathy for the main character alone in order to engage viewers in the story.

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    How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

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    The document discusses the representation of social groups in a film's opening sequence. It represents an abuse victim stereotypically as depressed with no close relationships. The main character is also a former police woman, stereotypically shown as brave, strong-willed, and independent. These traits are meant to inspire pride and admiration in female audiences. Other social groups are not depicted until later in the story. The opening sequence focuses on creating audience connection and sympathy for the main character alone in order to engage viewers in the story.

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    Evaluation Part: Four

    How does your media product represent


    particular social groups?

    There are many different types of people we have represented


    stereotypically throughout our film, these stereotypes we constructed
    consisted of policemen, gangs/criminals and abuse victims. In my opening
    sequence, the main character is an abuse victim of her mother, whom
    beat her is represented to feel very sorry for herself, not having any close
    relations and being depressed. This is a stereotypical representation of an
    abuse victim as not all victims are effected later on in life by their abuse,
    they may have many friends and be content with their lives. The main
    character is also an ex-police women, she is shown to be brave and
    independent. She is strong willed and we represented her like this due to
    the fact that police have to have these characteristics stereotypically to
    face their demanding job. Females will desire to have this brave and
    confident overview, which is shown when she picks up a knife insinuating
    that she is pre-pared to use it, this will create a thrill and burst of pride in
    the female audience because of her admirable characteristics, straight
    after the audience are made to feel connected and sympathy for her due
    to a voice over in to her dark past. The representation of other social
    groups do not come in to play until much later, this is due to them being
    introduced during the twist of the story, therefore our opening sequence
    does not include them. The social groups represented in the opening
    sequence is very limited due to there is only one character that we get to
    meet in the opening sequence. The main character. The opening sequence
    is an aim to create a
    personal connection
    between the audience
    and the main character
    which is why we have
    included her back story,
    to gain sympathy. If the
    audience sympathise for
    her this means that they
    will gain an attachment
    to her. Also it will create
    a opposition, between
    hero and villain. With
    this opposition it creates
    a fast-past storyline for
    the audience to follow.

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