media studies

1. 2) How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
By Olivia Mullen

2. Social Groups
 As my opening scene is focused on a young student aged 17 it is
representing a teenager.
 We associate teenagers with being rebellious, negative and rude
and potentially the most likely social group to commit crimes.
However I wanted to challenge this particular social group and do
the opposite for my protagonist Jess as I wanted her to come
across completely innocent but driven and focused on work at the
same time.

3. Research
 From research many films show this negative stereotype of teenagers
which is partly one of the reasons I went against it. I also thought my story
would be much more interesting having a naive sweet girl get stalked over
a rebellious one that it doesn’t affect as much.
 One film I have done research on was Eden Lake which is about a young
couple on a romantic weekend who confront a gang of loutish youths with
terrifyingly brutal consequences.

4. Further Film Research
 Eden Lake in particular helped me decided on how I wanted my
antagonist to appear as he is a few years older age 19 with a
mental illness.
 The antagonist probably fits the stereotypical stereotype of
teenagers however he is slightly more miss understood which is
why I went on to research about another film ‘We need to talk
about Kevin’. Jasper the antagonist fits very well with the character
Kevin as all his problems were all triggered off by his childhood
which is what I wanted Jasper to have also. This film is a thriller
however it does have physiological conventions which is why I
chose to use it as a base for my plot line.

6. Conclusion
 You could say my opening scene conveys a counter
type as the teenager Jess isn’t what we would expect
her to be like in a thriller however I did this to help stand
out to the audience and engage them to think why I
have done this?
 Possibly to make the storyline more relate able and
realistic which is key when trying to connect with an
audience. As my target audience is the younger
generation I included particular things to show that I am
addressing them and that I have taken time into
researching what they use, the main one being the use
of social media in my opening scene.
 To elaborate on this at the beginning of the scene
Jasper the antagonist is research the protagonist Jess
on facebook, I think this has been cleverly used as it will
make the audience more intrigued as this is an
everyday situation that could occur not something that
is over the top and un-realistic.