Unit 1: Case Study - Live For The Weekend

The film we are produces mainly follows the expected ideas of representation theory. 

Our film represents: 

• a set of young group/gang of teenagers in a stereotypical way. They are 'up to no good'. We see Chloe (the protagonist) discarding homework she need to do, going out drinking and taking drugs.
• Chloe is let by Joe (male character) whilst Nikki (her best friend) tries to stop her from doing the things he is offering. This shows a male character 'controlling' a female character, sadly this is a very stereotypical way of representing these gender in the film industry. 
• All the characters are white British middle class teenagers who come from privileged families. The fact that they are appearing a bit rough does go against the stereotype slightly as you would expect this kind of youths to be more civilised however, the way they are represented in Live For The Weekend could be a way of showing off money. 
• In the short film, the backstory of Chloe is that she lost her mum when she was younger. We expect this to cause her problems as such a big loss can be very difficult to anyone. This could be linked to the drug use etc. This therefor is not a huge surprise to the viewer that she is represented in this way.

• One of the scenes in the film is a house party in one of the teenagers house. It appears to be very well furnished inside with expensive ornaments etc. This matches up with the characters lives so is as expected. 
• The group of characters also spend time drinking and doing drugs in the local park and on the moor (away from the attention of other people). This could be seen not stereotypical as normally teenagers are seen in town centres causing trouble for other members of the public (most likely where the stereotype comes from). 

Ultimately I think "Live For The Weekend" is probably a Hegemonic film as it does largely follow stereotypes of the middle class characters (considering the situation they are in) and location.