How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our main film consists of one character, and is a young girl. We chose to have a girl as the main character as a common stereotype is that girls are generally seen as more vulnerable and almost the weaker sex in terms of physical ability. The main social group our media product represents is females, with our film showing how defenseless they are on their own. This is common of the thriller type films as the victims are usually women. The girl in our media product is white, as this is the only choice we had. However, we did not aim to represent a particular ethnicity. The first shot of the female in our product shows her walking down a path in the middle of a forest. A stereotype of a girl her age, which is roughly around 16/17, is that she would be hanging with friends etc. This raises the question as to why is she out walking through a forest all alone. Also, females around this particular age are thought to want more independence, and think they are more grown up than they actually are. This shows by the fact that she is walking on her own and could represent the fact that she wants to be alone maybe. There is also the possibility of naivety and that the protagonist believes that it is safe to be walking alone.

Also in our film, the main protagonist is wearing a hooded jumper with her hood up. This is to hide her face and to add more mystery to our product. By not seeing the main protagonists face, the audience does not get to know the protagonist or establish a relationship almost as her identity is unknown.