This document represents how different social groups are portrayed in a media product. Young adult women, specifically a news reporter who becomes a victim, are initially represented through stereotypes of always being victims and less vocal than men. However, this is challenged by portraying the woman as an educated, vocal character who gives a news report with strong posture while the man has bad posture and is silent. Young male criminals, like the stalker in the film, are shown reinforcing stereotypes of men preying on women through multiple female murders. But stereotypes of young men always being jokesters and of stalkers typically being older are challenged by portraying the isolated stalker as a young adult wearing tracksuits to add an unexpected element.

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

2. Social Group Representations
Young adult women
(news reporter/victim)
• Re-enforced the stereotype that women are always victims in films.
 The plot is going to be based on how the woman is kidnapped and forced to jump off the bridge.
• Challenged the stereotype of women being quieter than the men
 The only character who has speech in our title sequence is the woman, she is speaking about a
serious topic in a very vocal way with good, strong posture. While the man is completely silent
and through his body language (bad posture, hunched over) the audience can tell that he is the
quieter, more secluded character.
• Challenged the stereotype of uneducated and unsuccessful young adults.
 The female is well educated and this can be seen by the mise-en-scene as she’s wearing smart
clothes in her news report and also the fact that she’s working in journalism of a high class.
This also appeals to our target audience who are of a similar age.

3. Social Group Representations
Young male criminals
(stalker)
• Re-enforced the stereotype that men are predators on women.
• The stalker has committed multiple murders and they’re all women.
• Challenged the stereotype that young men are considered as the ‘jokers’
• The stalkers desk is shown as messy and grubby which makes the audience repulsed by his
character. This shows that he is isolated from real-life and that he doesn’t have much social
interaction
• Challenged the stereotype that pedophiles and stalkers are usually older.
• The stalker is clearly a young adult as he is wearing tracksuits which are an average young
adult item of clothing. This adds to the eerie-ness of the film as it’s not what the audience
expects when they think of a stalker.