2. What are ‘social groups’?
A social group is defined as two or more people
who interact with one another, share similar
characteristics and collectively have a sense of
unity.
4. What social groups are represented in your
media?
The main social group represented
in our media is primary, because the
three main protagonists, Ida Teagan
and Keira are all friends, showing
clear unity between them.
Later in the film it may expand into
representing secondary social
groups because there would be a
search for Lily and the other 2 girls
that go missing, so there might have
been policemen and communities
involved.
5. Age
In psychological thrillers, teenagers
are often represented as weak and
naïve. Our film vaguely represents
this as the three main protagonists
are seen running away, and our
camera angles are often high,
looking down on our characters to
make them look vulnerable.
In contrast, there is a low angle
looking up at Lily (8 years old) which
contradicts this convention.
6. Gender
Our main protagonists are female which represents them as being
weak and vulnerable.
In contrast, we juxtaposed this idea with a young female antagonist,
which should make the audience feel more unnerved as they
wouldn’t normally be seen as the stronger, more powerful character.
In thrillers, there is typically a strong male lead antagonist and
sometimes a ‘hero’ protagonist too. We went against this idea to
bring something new to the film industry. Later in the film there may
have been some male policemen to search for the girls,
representing them as powerful and heroic (if they actually manage
to save the girls by the end of the film…).
