The document discusses how a media production represents various social groups through its protagonist character. Specifically: - The protagonist is middle-class, as seen through his surroundings and clothing, challenging stereotypes of the middle class. - The sole character is white, challenging the convention that black people are stronger by depicting the white protagonist surviving alone. - The protagonist is aged 21 to target an audience of 15-24 year olds, allowing them to relate to his situation as a recent university graduate. - The production only includes a male protagonist, confirming stereotypes that men are stronger than women by depicting his ability to leave society. - The protagonist's masculine role living alone portrays him as heterosexual, conforming to

1. Question 2: How does your media
product represent particular social
groups
Within my project, my media production represents the following : (relating to social
groups)

2. C - Class
R - Race
A - Age
G - Gender
S - Sexuality
Class
The audience that I have targeted in my
media production would be middle class,
I have represented class within my
production through my protagonist,
throughout the narrative he can be seen to
be middle class.
However, the way that he is dressed and
the actions that he followed challenges
the stereotypes that the middle class are
well
presented and respected, as well as being clean
and tidy. The audience can see that my
protagonist is middle class, this is from his
surroundings and bedroom.
I have used mise-en-scene purposefully to show
the audience he is middle class. This is from the
use of props and location.
The audience can also see the protagonists
social class when he
is in the wilderness,
despite living alone, the character is still well dressed and
clean.
Race
The race of my social I am representing is white.

3. My productions protagonist is white - the narrative suggest that he is a survivor and
managing to survive on his own, this challenges the conventions that black people are
stronger than white people.
The only character in my production is white so therefore my production has no black
characters incorporated into the story. Also my productiondoes not contain physical
violence, or gun crime ( which is stereotypical for black people)
Age
The age of people who would view my production, as well
as being my intended target audience are aged 15 - 24.
The protagonist in my film is a similar age, the character
is a 21 year old who has just finished university and is
driven to leave home and society. I think that is why I
have chosenthis particular age group to target my film.
Due to my viewers being of similar age and situations, I
feel like my audience would be able to relate to my
protagonist. As part of my props, I have positioned a
MacBook and a pair of headphones clearly in sight of the
audience, this again relates to the audience as this shows
them that the character is following modern technology
and trends.
Also this supports the stereotype that young people are stronger than old people as
my protagonist was strong enough to leave home and leave society.
This could potentially support the stereotype that old people are more intelligent and
mature than young people, this is due to my protagonist leaving society to go into the
wild without any training or preparation.
Gender
My productionis all male, this is because the only character in my production is a
male, this confirms the stereotype than man are stronger than women, this is shown
as the male protagonist is strong enough to leave the comforts of his house and
society. Stereotypically this is something that women would not be able to do.
Sexuality
The sexuality I have portrayed in my productionis heterosexual, as this is traditional
in a film. This can be seen through the masculine role of my protagonist character as
he is living on his own.

4. This confirms the stereotype that men are seen as masculine.