RESEARCH: SOCIAL GROUPS.

Today we researched the social groups present in our film opening. Within the opening there are 4 social groups present; mothers, doctors, children and woman that want children but can not have them.

The woman, known as Susan Marsh in our film opening, is the main character within the title sequence. There are many people that have children within society and those that don't are within the minority therefore if a woman wants a child but is not able to have one it is obvious that this will have a mental and emotional impact. The woman is driven to insanity when she finds herself surrounded by children and mothers to be, and she feel she is missing out on this. The woman, also a war photographer is a middle class lady leading a normal life, however it becomes apparent that this is not the first time she has gone insane when she reverts back to the war photography throughout the opening. She also relates to another social group, being a person with a mental illness. Many people have mental illnesses within society and they go unnoticed as the can not be seen, therefore everyone assumes they are 'normal'. People that face mental illness can be any gender, race, religion and age, it can happen to anyone and the fact that it is bypassed by people in day to day society means it is harder for them to cope on a daily basis.

The other social group are mothers, within the opening the woman looks upon them with envy and jealousy and wishes she could have a child of her own and be in the same position as many other women in society. The fact that she is a slightly older woman means that the sight of young mothers makes her angry as she feels that this is unfair on her. This is presented within the park scene where we see the mothers look after their children and show them affection and love.

Yet another social group is children, the woman longs for a child of her own and therefore the doll seen within the opening acts as a substitute for the child she longs to have.

The last social group is doctors, eventhough we do not see them within the film opening we hear the doctor talking to the woman and delivering the sad news that she is not able to have a child of her own. This sparks her mental breakdown and therefore is a very important part in the film opening.