'How does your media product represent particular social groups?'
It is clear throughout our media product that certain social groups are represented, some examples of these social groups would be Gender, Age, Class etc. Here I am going to explain each social group and how we applied them in our opening.
Gender:
Throughout our opening Gender is represented in a way that is sometimes but not always shown in a thriller opening or a thriller as a whole. What I mean by this is a our opening is an all female opening with . Even though it is only a short opening we are able to see two girls with leading roles in a movie without there being a male actor being seen yet. Although there are many films including thrillers where women have leading roles for example; The Hunger Game. It is uncommon you see a opening where there are two leading females without a male role to be seen yet. Despite of this we know that all the main female actors in our film where the main characters of the film because they were the first three 'cast names' we saw in the titles. In addition, the male actors names do come after the female actors names which means they are important for this movies dialogue but for this particular film the females have the main roles. From this I can say that Gender could be represented as the women having the power and leading the roles throughout the film. However, this could be contradicted due to the storyline of the opening. The story is about a girl called 'Lydia' who is getting flashbacks from the time she was kidnapped by an unknown dark dressed figure. Also, during the openings storyline 'Lydia' sees a dark dressed figure walking towards her, she panics and falls to the ground. This could be seen as a stereotypical reaction of a women/girl in a film, she is seen as very vulnerable, can have her power and control ripped away from her instantly and cannot protect herself. This is a stereotypical representation of women. Despite of this after 'Lydia' realises the figure dressed in black is not a threat but her best friend 'Mia' we see her best friend comfort and try to help 'Lydia', this represents a powerful characters who is a girl and is trying to help her friend and empower her. So the representation of women in our opening is that yes there are some girls and/or women that are vulnerable and live up to the stereotypes of women, but there will always be some that will be powerful enough to stand up to those stereotypes, whilst at the same time possibly try to empower and help other women at the same time.
Age:
In our opening Age can be represented through the idea of the stereotype that 85% to 90% of the time someone is kidnapped or missing it is a child this is because they are less likely to defend themselves from their attacker. Meaning the age of 'Lydia' in our opening (which is 16) meets these statistics. We chose someone of this age to play the part of the victim (which was me and I am 16) meant that we meet these statistics in order to get not only the message across about child kidnappings but also the message on how vulnerable and effected they are even after what has happened. In addition to this our target audience is mainly aimed at teenagers, meaning they will most likely relate to our characters 'Lydia' and 'Mia' and feel sympathy for them (if they were in 'Lydia's' position).
Class:
Another social group that is represented in our opening would be Class. It is clear from the beginning of our opening and from 'Lydia's' bedroom because it looks very modern and bright, which tells the audience she is most likely middle class. You can also identify this from her choice in clothing as they also seem very modern and her phone also indicates she is most likely middle class as it is a very modern phone (an IPhone).
Gender:
Throughout our opening Gender is represented in a way that is sometimes but not always shown in a thriller opening or a thriller as a whole. What I mean by this is a our opening is an all female opening with . Even though it is only a short opening we are able to see two girls with leading roles in a movie without there being a male actor being seen yet. Although there are many films including thrillers where women have leading roles for example; The Hunger Game. It is uncommon you see a opening where there are two leading females without a male role to be seen yet. Despite of this we know that all the main female actors in our film where the main characters of the film because they were the first three 'cast names' we saw in the titles. In addition, the male actors names do come after the female actors names which means they are important for this movies dialogue but for this particular film the females have the main roles. From this I can say that Gender could be represented as the women having the power and leading the roles throughout the film. However, this could be contradicted due to the storyline of the opening. The story is about a girl called 'Lydia' who is getting flashbacks from the time she was kidnapped by an unknown dark dressed figure. Also, during the openings storyline 'Lydia' sees a dark dressed figure walking towards her, she panics and falls to the ground. This could be seen as a stereotypical reaction of a women/girl in a film, she is seen as very vulnerable, can have her power and control ripped away from her instantly and cannot protect herself. This is a stereotypical representation of women. Despite of this after 'Lydia' realises the figure dressed in black is not a threat but her best friend 'Mia' we see her best friend comfort and try to help 'Lydia', this represents a powerful characters who is a girl and is trying to help her friend and empower her. So the representation of women in our opening is that yes there are some girls and/or women that are vulnerable and live up to the stereotypes of women, but there will always be some that will be powerful enough to stand up to those stereotypes, whilst at the same time possibly try to empower and help other women at the same time.
Age:
In our opening Age can be represented through the idea of the stereotype that 85% to 90% of the time someone is kidnapped or missing it is a child this is because they are less likely to defend themselves from their attacker. Meaning the age of 'Lydia' in our opening (which is 16) meets these statistics. We chose someone of this age to play the part of the victim (which was me and I am 16) meant that we meet these statistics in order to get not only the message across about child kidnappings but also the message on how vulnerable and effected they are even after what has happened. In addition to this our target audience is mainly aimed at teenagers, meaning they will most likely relate to our characters 'Lydia' and 'Mia' and feel sympathy for them (if they were in 'Lydia's' position).
Class:
Another social group that is represented in our opening would be Class. It is clear from the beginning of our opening and from 'Lydia's' bedroom because it looks very modern and bright, which tells the audience she is most likely middle class. You can also identify this from her choice in clothing as they also seem very modern and her phone also indicates she is most likely middle class as it is a very modern phone (an IPhone).
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