HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL

GROUPS?

The age / social group featured in our fi lm is that of the young teenage years.

We decided to go with this as it is the typical stereotype age group and gender that gets killed in thriller/horror fi lms.

FEATURED SOCIAL GROUPS

We portrayed the female character in a way that makes her out to be troubled and deep in thought, as she stops to look over the bridge, looking down at cars, perhaps contemplating suicide. Due to us using the character of a female teenager, we reinforced the stereotype that girls always get killed in horrors (such as: Scream, Sorority Row, The Descent etc.). In my opinion this does ruin the ‘build up’ as the audience will be able to predict that she is going to die from watching other fi lms. From a feminist point of view, it could be argued that our fi lm also portrays women as weak and vulnerable however it could also been seen that women are strong and unfearful as she is walking on her own in the dark at night. As the girl is a teenager we also thought it would be vital to have typical teenage accessories such as a mobile phone and school bag.

REPRESENTATION OF GENDER

We also thought it would be important to be set in typical teenagers bedroom which has PS3’S, a mirror, a video game and hair products. We did this to really give the impression and reinforce to the audience of the girls age and how young she is. This will make her pending death even more shocking and disturbing. However she is dressed in a relatively forbidding manner as she is wearing a long black coat, this is diff erent to the typical teenage dress sense as it isn’t very girly, yet it could foreshadow to the audience of her up coming death.