The document discusses the social groups of gender and age that are identified in the author's thriller opening. Gender stereotypes presented include the female protagonist being portrayed as weaker than the male and more emotional. Age stereotypes include the teenage characters being loud and rebellious. The target audience research found that mainly girls wanted to watch the thriller, so a female protagonist was used, and faster pacing and action was included to appeal to older males. Stereotypical portrayals of the characters were intended to clearly identify them and their intentions to the audience.

2. WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL GROUPS IDENTIFIED
• I HAVE CHOSEN TO HAVE GENDER AND AGE AS MY SOCIAL GROUPS BECAUSETHEY WERE SHOWN
THROUGH MY OPENING WITHOUT ME REALLY TRYING HARD TO IDENTIFY THEM, BECAUSE OF MY
INSPIRATION FROM OTHER THRILLER OPENINGS. STEREOTYPICAL VIEWS HAD TO BE USED TO SHOW
THESES SOCIAL GROUPS IN A MORE OBVIOUS MANNER.

3. STEREOTYPICAL VIEWS
• Gender: I have chosen a girl to be the main character and there are usually seen as being weaker than the
opposite sex, I have shown this because the girl is taken by the boy showing she is inferior to the superior sex of
a male. The man is seen as having the most power in the scene because he has so much control over her, and
because he is taking her. Women are seen as being emotional, so through the close-up of her face where she is
looking scared this further demonstrates the stereotypical view of women.
• Age: both the boy and the girl are both in their teens, and this is associated with them being loud, troublesome
and rebellious. This is only seen through the characterisation of the boy as he is performing a criminal act.
Youths are also seen as being adventurous, which is seen through the girl as she is wondering the wood, showing
she is looking for an adventure. I have chosen to stereotypically present these characters as I wanted it to be
clear to the audience who they and what their intentions are.

4. TARGET AUDIENCE
• I have related my characters through my research on the target audience becauseI have used that
feedback to make my film suit my audience. For example, the main character of the girl is based upon
the feedback where I found out that it was mainly girls that wanted to watch my thriller, so making it
identifiable for them would attracted a bigger audience.
• I also wanted to make it suitable for the older audience and thought that using a young girl would
make most older women maternal instincts kick in and make them feel like they want to know what
happens to her. For older males watching it I used the fast pace action and the thriller genre to
intrigue them into wanting to watch this deep and twisted thriller.
• For the younger boys I have used the character of the boy because it would almost remained them of
videogames they play and make them feel like they are this person.

5. PICTURES
This is a stereotypical view
of most teenage boys and I
wanted to reflect this so
the audience would
instantly know who was the
good and who was the bad.
This what most people
think of when they think of
youths but I wanted to take
this and use a variety of
colours to highlight the
girls innocence and the
danger she is in.

6. CONCLUSION
• OVERALL MY THRILLER OPENING ADDRESSES A PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPOF AGE AND GENDER,
BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH CHARACTERS SHOWN THROUGHOUT MY THRILLER OPENING AND HAVE HAD AN
AFFECT ON HOW MY THRILLER HAS/WILL BE PERCEIVED. I THINK ADDRESSING THESE SOCIAL GROUPS
HAS LEAD MY THRILLER INTO THE EYES OF A WIDER AUDIENCE AS IT ISMORE APPEALING TO EVERYONE.