Research task - Social groups

Different TV dramas represent social groups and social issues in different ways. Tv dramas may represent them by being able to see the divide in different social groups. For example in a recent episode of eastenders you could see the divide in the social groups by Lola and her friends being in a big group causing trouble and other people being afraid of them and not approaching them. This was also represented when they were talking to Lola, Abbie and Jay. As them three were in a group on one side of the park and the other group were together on the other side of the park. Eastenders did this because you could very clearly see the different social groups because of how they were set out on the square. TV dramas represent social issues by having arguments or fights between character about the social issue. They make it clear to the audience what they are arguing or fighting about. For example in coronation street Tina and Tommy are having an argument with Kirsty and Tyrone about money they owe and them getting involved in eachothers relationships. In this argument they represent social groups and social issues because you can clearly see the divide between Tina and Tommy and Kirsty and Tyrone because they are standing on different sides of the street arguing. You know they are arguing about money if you have watched previous eppisodes but they also make it clear that they are arguing about money if you havent by kirty repeatidly saying "We lent you money" and Tina replying to her to clearly show the social issue.
Dramatic conflict can be shown between different social groups in TV dramas especially social groups of different races. You often see groups of people from different races having arguments in TV dramas. They are usually arguing about one group doing something to the other group. You also often see conflict between social groups of males and females. You may also see it between older people and younger people. This is nearly always shown between arguments but can sometimes be shown in a not so obvious way. For example certain looks between the groups or the way somebody will act around a certain group can show this.
The shots are usually shown in wide shots because this shows the whole of the groups and makes the audience able to see everything the groups are doing. Some shots may be close up when the scene is just based on one group or close up shots when going in between the social groups. Theyre may be extreme close ups if the groups are giving certain looks or facial expressions but are mainly wide shots to show the divide between the groups especially at the beginning of the scene so the audience can see the divide between the groups clearly as they are usually standing on opposite sides of the road, park etc.