Evaluation

1. Question 2 – How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Gender
All of the characters were female, however my character (Kyra) could be seen as a
stereotypical female character as she was over emotional and killed out of revenge. On the
other hand, the character Lilly could be seen as a stereotypical female as she was also over
emotional, and then let her emotions get the better of her leading her to kill herself. The
character Rhiannon could be seen as the manipulative controlling woman as she says these
horrible things to Lilly and basically controls her to end up killing herself.
The representation of gender was not equal throughout the play as It did not include any
male characters. This can make the film seem one of two ways, it could either seemlike a
strong feminist filmor it could show how woman are over emotional people who don’t
rationalise things.
Kyra could be seen similar to that of Constance Langdon from American Horror Story who
kills her husband after finding him having an affair with their house maid. Constance is seen
as a strong female character however, as she refused herself her dream of becoming an
actress because the only way she was able to do it would be through nudity. Making her a
feminist character. However, after killing her husband and the maid she goes into a deep
depression and ends up becoming an alcoholic. This is similar to my character Kyra as she
lets her anger and hurt take over and kills Rhiannon.
Ethnicity
Although ethnicity was not that important within our filmI believe that the outcome of the
audience’s perceptions would change as by having someone with ethnic diversity could then
cause there to be some harsh stereotypes thrown on characters; however, I believe it would
not impact our storyline. The cast was all White-British, which is stereotypical within the
media.
Youth
Our thriller shows how much losing someone you care about to someone else’s harsh words
can hurt and how some may deal with it in more extreme ways than others. The emotions
that can run through a person are anger, disgust or confusion. Showing Kyra as someone
who would kill out of revenge shows how youth today can be highly influenced by what they
see and hear on media outlets such as news and films. By actually having a ‘bully’ character
(Rhiannon) can show how bullying is also seen as something that simply just happens and
cannot be helped.