How do the 2 extracts construct representations of social class? Refer to the micro-elements.

In outnumbered the social class represented is a middle class family. The family is made up of five members, three males and two females. The scene begins in a living room and immediately as we see the living room we assume that it is a middle class family, because they have good furniture. Also the oldest son and the father are playing on their wii and this shows that they are able to afford a wii, which also shows that they are a middle class family. 

The boys seem to be quite close with their father, because they're playing wii together and most parents don't play games as a family anymore, the boys seem to be in their teenage years and most teenagers have their own problems and don't tend to spend time with their parents. Also it shows that they are close because the father is very bad at the game they're playing and boys are pointing it out and making him feel bad, and he's defending himself, and they're advising him on how to play. But they're doing it in a friendly way as a joke.

The scene then moves to the kitchen, where the mother is talking to the daughter. And the daughter is doing her homework, and most children don't want to do their homework but this child is is doing her homework straight after dinner, this shows that the parents are bringing up their children and they want them to be educated. The mother seems to be close with her daughter, and the mother is currently working and the daughter doesn't want her to work and makes up excuses for her mother to stay home.


The mother then enters the living room and the father turns around to look at his son and he's on his phone and he's complaining to the mother and turns around to see her on the phone too. In that scene there was a close up of the fathers face and of the son and his wife, this close up is used to show us how he is feeling. And also a medium shot is used on the family this is to show that all the people in the family have power equally.

In this scene of Eastenders, the social groups shown are working class families. There are three groups of people shown in this episode. The episode starts with Whitney, who is dressed very casually and people would say she would come under the group of people named 'chavs'. Whitney has walked in on a boy having sexual intercourse with another girl, and after seeing this Whitney storms out and she must mean a lot to the boy because he runs after her, but she still leaves.


The scene is then cut and moves to a group of old people, who are trying out a motor bike. And they are also working class people, the women then gets off the bike is leaving and she yells "i'll pick you up at seven" but the man starts to rev the engine so the other lady does not hear what she says.


Next is another group of people who are asians and they are also working class people, and we can see this by looking at their living room. The man also seems to be unemployed at the moment and he is watching TV. The girl is telling him off and telling him to get ready so they can leave to go out.