Applying representation to our short film

Class and status
The class of our family is represented as middle class, this is shown through the contrasting shots between the father and the family. Our family is portrayed as happy however there is a contrasting theme in the film that the father has a mental illness and addiction. The father is portrayed as unhappy and depressed (close to suicide). The undertones of this are that even though he has a happy and supportive family he still is suffering from mental health. This shows that money (middle class) doesn't make you happy or exclude you from any issues that life may present (mental health). Class is also represented through the location and costume (mise en scene). 

Places
we are filming our short film in a large family home this suggests that there is wealth in the family suggesting that the male has a nice life, a nice family and a big house which many people want however he is unhappy with all this around him. our short film is shot in rural areas e.g villages and beachy head which also hold connotations of a typical family life living in rural country areas.

Issues raised 
In our short film mental illness is an issue raised, our male character has depression and addiction both of these create a vicious circle. Being depressed may lead someone to use a form of drugs illegal or legal to numb how they feel however after seeing a change in how the person feels they could lean on them and get addicted. Our male character (John) has suicidal thoughts even though he had his family around, this shows his mental state isn't reliant on family or materialistic things and more a personal issue that cant be solved with support or money. We decided to raise the issue of depression and addiction because it is very common in males and females teens-50s. This is one of the most common forms of mental illness as a group we thought we could show a male living through depression and it would be more realistic than doing another mental illness that isn't as common in the social class or ages we have chosen. Another reason we wanted to raise the issue of mental health is because it is a very interesting subject that portrayed correctly can be very powerful and relatable for the audience.