R+P Post 4: Representations of social groups in our opening sequence

Through the opening sequence we aim to represent British (particularly North London) teenagers from the ages 16-19 in their everyday school situation and they will be relatable characters to the primary target audience.

We decided that we would shoot a large percentage of our opening in a sixth-form school setting instead of a secondary school. This was primarily due to the fact that if we used a secondary school we would need uniform and felt that would restrict the representations of the different cliques.


The different cliques we have decided on are:
-The Hipster
-The Geeks
-The Athletes
-The Chavs
-The Emos

Our inspiration for this was both the canteen scene in "Mean Girl" and the car park scene in "21 Jump Street". These both depicted the establishment of different social cliques and highlighted the familiar stereotypes to the audience. We thought this was extremely effective as it immediately introduces the different characters, whilst also giving the audience information about the role in society they represent. As well as this, it further increases the audience's interest as they will be able to recognize the social setup, and therefore they will be able to understand and enjoy the comedic and stereotypical aspects of the different cliques.

Due to this, we aimed to accurately portray the different british sixth-form stereotypes in order to make the scene as relatable as possible, for the average teen. We also decided it would be important that social group segregation is show to emphasis and exaggerate the social restrictions and immobility of british school groups. This is because it will enable the audience to relate to and sympathize with our main character creating a further involvement in the story.

We we also use costumes, props, dialogue and movement to denote their social grouping. The Emos will wear black clothes and heavy make up, The Geeks will wear glasses and be playing a game of chess, The Athletes will wear sporty clothing and trainers and will be playing with a ball and running down the hallway and finally, The Chavs will wear hoop earrings and will speak using english slang.