1. Every single media product will represent people in different ways depending on their social group,
age and gender. These representations may met, develop or challenged the stereotypes regarding
that specific age or gender.
The main social groups we explored in our media product were Gender and Social Status
Young Male characters
Young male character are nearly always seen as inexperienced and sometimes, don't really have a
clue what is happening around nod them or the severity of an event. This is a
negative representation of young males because it's basically saying they don't
really care.
We have shown this by our main character (the victim) not being aware of the
spat of killing around his area. He watches the news but has no idea of what is
going on and doesn't investigate more, he just turns it down and moves on.
This meets the general convention of young males because he isn't very
informed or interested in the surround events that may affect him.
We made this stereotype clear by showing him watching the news for about 10
seconds and then turning it down and not listening to anything that could affect him.
Unknown Character
Our second character's age isn't known to
the audience. He therefore addresses some
stereotypes of different ages. for example,
He drives a moped which is a stereotypical
vehicle of young males but, his plan is very
thought-out and he has took precautions so
his identity isn't made known to the public.
We haven't let the audience know the
specific age or gender of the character, we
have let the audience way up the
stereotypes and come up with an answer them self's.
Location
Locations plays a very big part in showing a characters social status. A big city and big house would
connote wealth, whereas a suburban town wouldn't connote wealth.
We have set our film opening in a rural town. The victim lives in an ordinary house with nothing
special. This shows that the victims inst very special and doesn't seem to be very important. This is a
negative stereotype because in reality, size of house and location means nothing.
