The media product represents social groups in the following ways: 1) Men are presented unfavorably, with the only man shown in the opening being an abusive father depicted through close-ups and fast editing. 2) Women are presented in a challenging way by making the murderer a woman, breaking thriller conventions of male murderers. 3) The middle class is shown as hardworking through a man's smart work clothes that are loosened, implying a tough day, in the opening titles. 4) Children are presented as innocent through a young girl's pure white jacket but also willing to fight back as implied by her copycat murder.

1. Question 2
How does your media
product represent
social groups?

2. Men
- In our thriller, we present men in an
unfavourable light
- The only man in the title sequence
is the killer as a child's father, who
abuses her
- We used camerawork (close ups of
his actions) and fast paced editing
to show this

3. Women
- We wanted a woman to be the
murderer as it challenges the
conventions of a thriller as men
are typically the murderers

4. The Middle Class
- We present the middle class in our
opening titles as hard working
- We did this by dressing James, the
actor playing the father, in smart
work clothes
- We also had James un-tuck his
shirt and loosen his tie to show
that he had a rough, hard day at
work
- This presents the middle class as
hard working

5. Children
- We present children as innocent
through the use of pure colours
such as white (we got Hannah
to wear a white jacket)
- Moreover, we also present them
as willing to fight back, due to
the link between the father and
child and her violent response
of killing another woman who
resembles her (copycat murder)