Representations in film

Most films represent certain social groups throughout. These representations can either be good such as the representation of black women in Spike Lee's 2015 film Chi-Raq or bad such as the representation of prisoners in Frank Darabont's 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption. Counter stereotypes are common in films like this, in The Shawshank Redemption, the protagonist (also a prisoner) is a good representation of a prisoner and a counter stereotype of what we think prisoners to be.


While it would be difficult for my film to represent any social groups because of the length of it and the fact that there is only two characters, it is important for me to keep in mind how representations work and how they give the audience an idea of what to expect from the social group in question.