Evaluation Question 2

                   HOW DOES CHASING SHADOWS REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL                                                                                GROUPS 
               

Here we have an interview of Emmanuel who plays Marcus' friend in Chasing Shadows. He shares his opinions on the different representations of social groups that are displayed  in Chasing Shadows. 

WHAT IS REPRESENTATION ? 

Representation is the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way. As it's 

a teen film we decided to create an accurate representation of teenage  afro black african/black 

caribbean boys.We displayed this representation through the character Marcus and his friend. 

Black teenagers are typically revealed to be badly behaved in school by refusing to conform to 

school rules. Furthermore, they tend to not care about the importance of education. 

This is a quick slideshow showing the various representations of our chosen social group  

STEREOTYPES




Representation portrayed through the character Marcus 

Marcus is 16 years old and in year 11 however he has to conduct his revision in college due to his unacceptable behaviour in secondary school. He is an arrogant, rude individual who doesn't care about his school life. Most of the time he refuses to do his work during lesson so he is always in detention completing his work -  never learns. Marcus' negative attitude is conveyed through his costume and dialogue. Marcus wears his tie over his jumper with his shirt tucked out and his cap backwards. This reinforces the fact that he is refusing to conform to the school rules. Furthermore, Marcus uses colloquial terms such as "fam" and this reveals to the audience that he is from a working class background. Alternatively, the fact that Marcus remains in his detention despite the fact his friend persuades him to leave challenges the typical representation of a black male teenager as he is determined to complete his coursework.