A group that I may want to represent in my film opening would be teenagers in everyday life. I chose this group because the media gives them a poor connotation. They are typically represented in the media to be moody, immature, trouble making young adults who are reckless and have a negative perspective on life. Because of this many adults may believe that all younger people have bad intentions, when in reality there is a large amount who don't and would like to make a difference in the world like Emma Gonzalez.
I believe to an extent these stereotypes and representations are fair. Yes, there are many teenagers in the world who are moody and rebellious, but on the contrary there are even more trying to positively impact society. These representative characteristics gives uneducated adults a faulty idea of how teenagers behave in everyday life and just encourage poor judgement. But hopefully through my film opening, I can correct these false beliefs.
The characteristics I wish to challenge would be those that portray teenagers to be lazy and unaware of the world around them. Instead I would like to highlight how nowadays teenagers are taking stand for what they believe in to better living for themselves and others. Even though they are not yet adults, that does not mean they aren't mature enough to form their own opinions. But characteristics I would retain would be how teenagers are moody and indecisive because that is true in most cases since they haven't experienced much in life to completely understand what is in their best interest.
