2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our two main characters, are from two completely different ends of the social spectrum. Poppy an 18 year-old white, female art student from a middle class family. She is creative, loves art, music and has an adventurous fashion sense. The character is one in a wide circle of friends that are considered by themselves as 'cool' as well as others. She likes to socialise and meet new people, she is open to what she finds fun or intriguing such as going out to clubs and parties. Poppy has elements of a number of existing romantic comedy characters as she is the it girl, the one that all the guys want to be with and all the girls want to be. The effect she has on other people is similar to that of Cameron Diaz's character Mary Jensen in the 1998 rom-com 'There's Something About Mary' where every man that she meets seems to have some form of liking to her. She also has the 'cool, attractive' elements of Stockard Channing's Grease character Rizzo, who is considerably the leader of her circle of friends. Poppy is however less reckless and sarcastic. This cool, attractive element is like that of Skins character Effy Stonem, however Poppy is less elusive and enigmatic, just very much an attraction to many of the people around her.

Eugene is an 18 year-old black, male maths, biology, chemistry and physics student from a working class family. He is extremely intelligent and dedicated to his subjects spending most of his spare time on his studies. He likes to dress smartly for college as he takes pride in his a-levels and wants to make the best of the opportunity of the education he is getting. He has a few friends that he socialises with every now and then but he is hardly ever noticed by them or many other students as during break times he is found in the library as his studies are his priority. His character is similar to the Grease character Eugene in the sense that he is considered nerdy by others because of his dedication to his studies,. He is however less physically awkward than Eugene from Grease. The character resembles elements of Jason Schwartzman's character Max Fischer in the 1998 comedy-drama film Rushmore as well as Michael Cera's character in 2007 romantic comedy Juno as he is a socially awkward know-it-all.

Because of their different subjects, interests and priorities, the two characters fall into very different social groups. Eugene who spends less time socialising with people his age and more time alone revising and studying his subjects. Poppy on the other hand very much enjoys socialising and being with other people, and because of that has attracted loads of friends who consider her cool because of her talent in art and eye-catching fashion sense.