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

In my thriller, we have only very few haracters. Every one of these characters that star in the film are all men except for one pass by who is a woman that gets barged. The age of the these men are all between the ages of 15-17. The reason we decided to base our thriller on a group of young men is because men are seen as the more dominant powerful sex. The characters in the film are supposed to be portrayed as very young, violent and harsh men hence them being dressed in dark clothing and being the stars in the kidnapping of a boy therefore being shown in a negative way. Therefore, in our film we use a stereotype against these as we have put the young men in a category of 'thugs' basically. However, we do not use any abusive or racist language neither homosexuality. The reason for having the stereotype in our film was due to the fact that we wanted out thriller to come across as violent and scary, and wanted it to respresnt what life is really like out in our world today; we wanted the audience to see for themselves what things go on in the world.
We also use the stereotype of 'the young theives, or thugs' as we have the kidnappers in the film wearing dark clothing with their hoods up. Usually when we see groups of people with hoods up we expect something bad to happen due to their actions.
'The young thugs'

The 'dumb blonde' is also another stereotype that we decided to use in the thriller as she is barged by one of the protagonists. This way, she comes across to the audience as weak and stupid and very clumsy.

The 'dumb blonde'

I believe that our film represents middle-working class people. This is because the characters are not shown to be walking around with loads of money however they are not shown to be sitting on the floor in poverty. I think that the film we have created is not suitable for young children as a crime is being shown. It also shows abusive behaviour as the antagonist is beaten and taken away.