In my media product, I represented young people of a working class background. I

showed this by variety of technical aspects and by conforming to some ideologies

and teenage stereotypes of young people. The protagonist (Mary) was one clear way

that I carried out this. She dresses quite “chavvy” and is quite reserved.

This is reflected by the use of a voiceover. It helped to make the audience feel like

the protagonist is speaking from what she is thinking. This lifted the sense of

realism. For example, the memorable phrase “what you see…is what you get” have

connotations of being honest. This presents our main character Mary to be quite

vocal. This is quite a stereotypical presentation of working class girls as most

people insinuate that females are quite chatty. The soundtrack is another way in

which the audience form an interpretation of Mary. The slow, thumping dubstep

beat signifies the slow nature of life that she experiences. It seems that her life has

not taken off in the best way. It makes her come across as an emotionally insecure

young girl. Once again, this was a stereotype to show that teenage girls often face

problems from a psychologically aspect.

On the other hand, the antagonist is not shown in my film. His type of personality

is suggested by the voiceover. At the time duration 1:00, the speaker says in a

distraught tone of voice “let’s just say my boyfriend thinks it’s clever to start

blanking me”. This connotes that he is quite troublesome. This is a stereotypical

depiction of boys being unreliable in a relationship or being a “bad guy”. It

represents him to be uncaring and unbothered by the relationship.

In my camera shots the clips are shown in a basic way. The establishing shot of

Mary walking slowly in the park connotes her distant type of personality. She

seems very much as an individual throughout the whole of the opening sequence.

For example, she is running to her house. This represents her to be very

independent. This promotes the post-modernist ideology that people in society are

becoming more exclusive. It also reinforces that girls tend to single themselves out

from people, especially when they are in a relationship. For example, she is made

out to be friendless.

The editing also emphasises her silent nature of behaviour. The use of the match

on edit near the beginning when she is opening the doors to her home signifies that

she leads a private life. It can signify that she is very secretive. This represents her

to be crafty.

In my mise-en-scene, I used various many techniques. Firstly, it is shot in a

working class location which gives connotations of poor living standards. It

represents the main character to be deprived and rough due to her proletarian

status. Mary’s performance as an actor is quite bitter. She doesn’t ever smile in my

opening sequence which connotes her tough type of personality. This is quite a

countertype as the view of young girls is quite aggressive. I think that this made

her more three dimensional as we get a wider sense of her personality.