Evaluation 2 -How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In this blog post I am going to be discussing how my media product represents a social group and how my work challenges the conventions of the different social group in which our work has focused on; I will be discussing the social groups of; gender, age and social class.

   Gender is a very key part of our 2 minute film opening as it only shows the female gender so is typically subverting the conventions of a thriller as commonly thrillers parts are played by males as males are often viewed as the superheroes who save the day and create the happy ending which the audience want; we wanted our 2 minute opening to go against the stereotype of the main roles being taken by males to show a different side to thriller. We also subverted the stereotypes of police work being typically male role with most police interviewers being male, we felt having a female police interviewer would bring a different dynamic to the film by adding a more calm and sensitive side to it then sharply breaking it by having tense scenes straight after the female character is in the scene; this also showed two different types of females one being vulnerable and in need of help and the other being strong and independent. However we have adhere to some stereotype of gender in thrillers as our main character who is shown to be in a very vulnerable state is a female and a very key conventions to females in thrillers are that they are the weak victims and n our 2 minute opening the character who is vulnerable and in a state is female. 

    Age is another social group which is represented in out 2 minute opening it shows two different age groups on being teenagers who are seen as a venerable group of people we have adhered to these stereotypes as our younger character is shown in a very vulnerable state and the older character is shown to be comforting her and showing her that she is safe; this is a very stereotypical relationship between a teenager and adult character in films; as well as this adults are normally shown to be in control of situations and be in charge this is shown in our 2 minute opening as the adult interviewer s shown in a professional way which makes the audience feel that she is in control  of the young character. However we have subverted some stereotypes of teenagers in our opening as in many films and in society teenagers are viewed to always having fun and out causing trouble however in our opening the teenager is shown to be sad and at her worst point in her life whereas she should be out enjoying life. 

  The last social group which was presented in our film was the working and middle class these two groups were shown in very district and unnoticeable ways; with the young character being shown as working class through her vulnerability and the interviewer being shown as middle class through her job title. The two classes which are shown and shown in different ways, the working class was shown with run down close and in a state which suggests the idea that she has a mental illness this is often associated with lower classes as the upbringing mean that they at more likely to experience a mental illness. The middle class was shown through the interviewer she was shown wearing professional clothing showing her wealth and also her job would suggest that she is highly educated and well put together; these two classes show a contrast between each other during our opening.