HOW DOES YOUR OPENING SEQUENCE REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

Millie White British

No make up (natural)

Child

Young

Middle Class

Female

Long, brown hair which has been put back into a pony tail

Non-regional accent

Long, girly dress

SarahWhite British

Black, smart clothing

Negative personality

Expensive jewellery Middle

Class

Non-regional accent

Female

Long, brown hair which is a bit messy.

Young adultAged 24-32

No make up (natural)

JessicaWhite British

Young adultAged 24-32

Female

Smart, colourful clothingNon-regional

accentMiddle Class

Reassuring

Long, dark hair which has been straightened

No make up (natural)

The CharactersThe target audience for our opening sequence are the same as the characters of Jessica and Sarah. We knew who our target audience were, and we wanted to have some characters similar to the target audience, so they could relate to those characters. We also wanted a character who the target audience could sympathise with, thus Millie, a young and innocent girl whose world has come crashing down. Millie is seen as a stereotypical girl but her life is a lot more difficult than most girls her age. Millie is portrayed as a positive stereotype and she is the protagonist of the film. Jessica is not a stereotypical mother because she has abandoned her child and is missing. Jessica is portrayed as a slightly negative stereotype because she has left Millie, however we do not know the reasons why.

The ActorsThe actors which we used to play the roles of Sarah and Jessica are a part of the target audience for our film. The target audience for our film are middle class, British females, aged between 18-35. We made sure that the actors we chose had a non-regional, British accents because the class of target audience are not associated with a particular regional accent. The target audience can relate to the characters because the actors playing them fit into the same stereotype.