The document summarizes how different social groups are represented in the media product "Grounded". Sophie, a school girl, is represented as isolated, lonely, and vulnerable as she walks home alone. Her parents Jonathan and Nicole are portrayed as a traditional middle-class nuclear family, with Jonathan as the breadwinner and Nicole as a housewife. The mystery caller, who kidnaps Sophie, is kept secretive to intrigue audiences and motivate them to continue watching to learn his identity and motives. The family is depicted as middle-class to create realism since they are represented as a cohesive social unit.

1. QUESTION 2-
HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS

2. AS A WHOLE, THE FAMILY ARE REPRESENTED AS
MIDDLE CLASS IN 'GROUNDED'.
Sophie
Sophie is a school girl and is walking on her own from school, showing she is
isolated, lonely and vulnerable. As a teenaged school girl, she has little protection by
herself. This is the way we wanted to represent this character, however some may
also see her as being independent. This shows that school children should be
supervised as they are still young and can be taken advantage of. She is 'scruffy'
once she has been taken as her appearance changes. As she is walking in the
street, she is wearing sophisticated clothing; wearing a shirt and skirt.

3. THE PARENTS
Jonathan
This patriarchal nuclear family is representing the traditional family structure.
He is the breadwinner in this setting and is the only breadwinner in the family.
In the title sequence, Jonathan is willing to put himself at risk in order to try
and save his daughter, showing care for his child.
Nicole
Nicole is her mother and is represented as being a middle class traditional
housewife, protecting and taking care of the family and the household.

4. THE MYSTERY CALLER
The audience is unable to identify who this character is as his identity is still
secretive. The audience begin to realise after the phone call that this character
is the antagonist, however the audience do not know the reason why he has
taken revenge. This is the reason why some people may want to continue
watching the film: to see who this person is, what is their background is and
what is the reasoning behind the kidnap.
We could have varied the class differences between the
characters, however as they were represented as a family, to create
realism, they are all part of the same social group.