The document discusses how a media product represents various social groups through its portrayal of race, gender, age, and mise-en-scene. Specifically, it notes that the main male character is African Caribbean and portrayed as dangerous, while the main female character is White British and portrayed as innocent. It also notes that the dominant character is male to convey power and the weaker character is female to convey danger. The target age of 16-young adults is chosen so the audience can relate to the situation of using social media in the wrong way. Mise-en-scene elements like a train station setting, dark costumes, and facial expressions are used to build an uneasy atmosphere and foreshadow danger.

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

2. Race
The main male character in our film is portrayed as being dangerous and scary. His
ethnic background is African Caribbean.
One of the other main characters is a female, who is illustrated as being innocent and
getting herself into a dangerous situation. Her ethnic background is White British.
We thought it would be a good idea to use various genres within our film, we did this
because our film is based on a true story in the UK. Within the UK there are many
different ethnic backgrounds which create its diverse atmosphere.

3. Gender
The dominant character in the film is a male, we chose to do this because
predominantly males are seen as being masculine. Due to our film being a thriller we
thought by conveying the message of the male having power over the female we could
relate it to everyday situations which may occur in the audiences life.
The weaker more venerable character is a female, we chose to use a young female
because this would convey the message that the female is in danger to the audience.

4. Age
Our age for our target audience is from around 16 to young adults. We chose this age
because our film is about the consequences of using social media in the wrong way.
Our male actor is presented as older than the female victim, he is supposedly 22 and
she is 16. We chose these ages as they’re the same age as our target audience, we
thought this would be good because then the audience can relate to the situation and
this will make the situation more hard hitting.

5. Mise-en-scene
Our film is based at a train station, we chose a train station because this reflected
London’s urban feel. This would also be a typical place for young adults to meet.
We didn't’t use any props within our film as we wanted to make it as realistic as
possible.
Costumes were very casual, however we decided to dress the characters in dark
colors. We did this because black, grey and navy connote danger, this foreshadows
what is yet to come in the film. By the male character wearing a hood in some sections
of the film it presents the idea that he is up to something and wants to hide his face.
He is also wearing a rucksack, this makes the audience question what may be in the
rucksack, and builds suspense.

6. Mise-en-scene
By Sophia (main female character) creating a shocked facial expression, the audience is
able to see everything isn’t what it seems. She is on edge and starts panicking, we
enhance this by adding a heartbeat sound effect underneath.
The lighting is gloomy which creates an uneasy atmosphere and portrays the genre of
the film.