This document analyzes how different social groups are represented in a media product. The main protagonist Lucy Jones is represented as a young woman in her late teens dealing with mental health issues, playing into stereotypes of women as psychologically unstable. Her therapist Sophia challenges some gender stereotypes as an authoritative female figure but also exhibits stereotypically feminine traits like empathy. Lucy's father David is portrayed as a working class, alcoholic man who becomes violent, supporting views of men as dominant but out of control. Lucy's mother Louise is only referenced and depicted as the victim of arguments, reinforcing stereotypes of women as weak. Comparisons are also drawn between David's character and the violent alcoholic father figure in

1. Evaluation Question 2: How does
your media product represent
particular social groups?
Alice Richardson

2. Lucy Jones: Main Protagonist
 Lucy jones is a young woman, therefore attracts a younger, female audience. It is implied to the audience that
Lucy is a teenager due to her casual clothing, and also at the end of the film, she is shot walking down a corridor
with her college badge visible, therefore the audience know that she is in this unstable state of mind at such a
young age.
 Women are seen to be, stereotypically, the weaker sex out of the two, therefore we used high angle shots
throughout to convey this.
 In addition, throughout our film, we played on the idea of her being in a psychotic state of mind, which is also a
stereotypical representation of women in society. This is exaggerated where she is walking down the corridor
within the school, hearing voices in her head.

3. Sophia Hunter: Therapist
 Lucy’s therapist, Sophia, subverts and supports stereotypical representations of women due to her
being an authoritive, supportive figure, as usually, men are seen to be the more authoritive gender. In
addition, she also conveys elements of sympathy, therefore supports women stereotypes as they are
seen to be the more emotional and caring.
 With Sophia’s clothing, it made her look very professional within her job role, and this is also
supported with her organisation with the files being neatly laid out on the desk.
 Due to her having an important job role, this could be highlighted through her ethnicity as white
British ethnicities are seen to have better, more important job roles than other different ethnicities.

4. Lucy’s parents: David and Louise Jones
 Although Lucy’s parents aren’t shown within the film, they are frequently mentioned
throughout. Lucy’s father, David, is known straight away as being an alcoholic, therefore
portrays him as violent and out of control. This can also be shown when he is laid on the
floor, with an empty beer bottle in his hand. This signifies that him being an alcoholic is the
reason why Lucy murders him. Also, this could support stereotypical views of men due to
them being seen as the more dominant and controlling out of the two genders.
 David is the only parent shown on screen, and is presented as working class due to his
choice of clothing; tracksuit bottoms and a loose polo t-shirt.
 Louise, Lucy’s mother, could be seen to be the damsel in distress and portrayed as weak due
to the both of them arguing in the flashback shown in the film, and her to be the one who
screams with fear, therefore supports stereotypical representations of women.
 This links to the film ‘The Shining’ character Jack Torrance: he parallels Lucy’s behavior as
he tries to kill his family, but also he relates to David as he turns to alcohol and becomes
violent and out of control.