This post will be on the topic of the misrepresentation of elderly people in films. This group can be represented in our projects to bring many factors from the table not only are elderly people wise, bu they have their own life stories that people can learn from that deviate from the stereotypical old person. Everyone is unique in their own way and films tend to overlook this when representing older people.

     One example of this is the film, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. In this film there is many cliques about old people such as not remembering things or not understanding modern technology. However there is an attempt to correctly represent the elderly in this movie. The producers of the movie represent the aging of older people in the movies which is a step in the right direction for representation of this group the in the film industry.

     Another example of this is the film, The Iron Lady. They represent elderly people by tackling the issues that the weakness of their mental poses as they age. This allows for the personality of the elderly characters to show and deviate from the stereotype. This is definitely a route that is worth considering when representing elderly in media. These tactics can also be applied to represent other groups that tend to not be very outspoken such as people with disabilities where their personal perspective can be very insightful.

     Overall, I believe that these characteristics are fair and would definitely implement them into future projects that I create. These tactics can be applied to many other groups that have trouble being represented properly in film. Most of these groups misrepresentation in film is due to the lack of communication or inability to communicate their feelings and thoughts. Overall I would retain the tactic that these two films used.