The document discusses how the media product represented the social group of young females through the character of Clementine. It compares Clementine to the character of Hayley Stark from another film. While both sought revenge, Clementine's motive was to avenge a loved one, whereas Hayley's was to teach a lesson. Clementine wore army-like attire and makeup to show her strength and independence, avoiding stereotypes of females as victims. However, in one scene Clementine took on a domestic role of washing dishes, fitting the stereotype of women being less capable. The conclusion is that while one scene fit a stereotype, overall Clementine's character went against stereotypes through her strength in the first scene.

1. How does your
media product
represent
particular social
groups?

2. Similarities Differences
Role in the film Both characters are seeking/have sought revenge. Hayley’s motive to punish is purely to teach the
antagonist a lesson whereas Clementine’s is to avenge a
loved one.
Costume Clementine wears a more army-like attire – cargo
trousers and a sleeveless top. Hayley wears a hoodie
and a skirt.
Make-up Both characters wear make-up to show their
bloody appearance.
Hayley is more of a sterotypical ‘tomboy’ as she lacks
make-up, however Clementine does wear make-up
Props Clementine is tied up in the first scene (where she is
heavily represented). Hayley threatens the other
character with surgical tools.
Dialogue Clementine remains silent, whereas Hayley is a more
mocking, threatening character.
Hayley Stark from Hard Candy Clementine in Kill Another Day
(our production)
One social groups that we represented in our production was young females. This representation was made
through the character of Clementine, who was also the protagonist. Another film that included a young
female protagonist was Hard Candy. Here, I am going to outline the similarities and differences between the
characters of Clementine and Hayley Stark.

3. We represented the social group of females differently to how they are
stereotypically represented – as damsels in distress who require the aid
of a male to save them, which was shown in my research into characters
in thriller films. We showed this social group through the character of
Clementine. Clementine is the protagonist of the production and is
represented as being a young female who doesn’t conform to the
stereotype of a damsel in distress or a ‘princess’ as suggested by Propp’s
theory or is simply used for the benefit of the male audience as implied
by the male gaze theory by Mulvey.
In our production, we represented different social groups through the characters of Butch and Clementine. The two characters in
question were of the D socio-economic group – the working class. We intended to represent these characters in an anti-
stereotypical way, especially avoiding the stereotypes of their genders.
Instead, she is violent and independent and does not rely on the other main character, her brother. We represented her in this
way because we wanted to avoid the stereotype of her being the one vulnerable as conventionally in the thriller genre, females
are often represented as being able to hold their own as found from my own research of the films Hard Candy and Red Eye. We
represented her in such an anti-stereotypical way through the mise en scene, primarily in the first scene. The character wore
army-like clothing in order to show that she is a serious and determined character and she was also adorned with bruises to
show that she was able to survive a beating and therefore emphasise on her lack of vulnerability. This is a positive representation
of females because, from my research, I found that it is not always the case that females are represented as being strong and
independent, especially in opening sequences, as I discovered from the analysis of Sleeping with the Enemy, the female protagonist
was weak and oppressed by her male partner.
In second scene, however, we represented females differently. We showed Clementine being in a more domestic role by giving
the character direction of washing up. This represented her as being more innocent and naive rather than how she was
previously represented. We put her in this sterotypical, female house maker role to emphasise more on the character
development. This is a more negative representation of this social group because it is fitting to the stereotype that women are not
as strong as the men.

4. Conclusion
The character of Clementine does follow the stereotypical representation of females
in the second scene of our production. This is because she is seen in a domestic role
which is typically applied to the female gender as she is shown washing up and not
looking particularly violent or heroic. Although, in the first scene, Clementine’s
character actually goes against that of the stereotypes. Instead, she has a more
masculine role and is portrayed as a hero rather than a victim as represented
through the use of mise en scene – her costume and make-up.
By representing this character as not being a stereotypical young woman, we were
able to make a production that fit in with the generic conventions of the thriller
genre because often this genre avoids sticking to stereotypes and in fact, sometimes
switches gender roles around to make the male character the one who is weak.
I think that our overall representation of the character determined from both scenes
is positive. As our narrative is non-linear, the audience will be able to distinguish
between who Clementine was and who she turned into which in itself shows the
escape from the stereotype that she was.