The document discusses how the media product portrays different social groups through the dress and characteristics of the murderer and victim. For the murderer, he is dressed in business-like clothes implying he is of a higher social class, reflecting the profile of Jack the Ripper who he is based on. This portrays the victim as an adult and plays into stereotypes of men being stronger and more violent. The victim wears generic running clothes, not revealing much about her background or status. Female victims are often portrayed as weak, vulnerable targets for male serial killers, reflecting real cases like Jack the Ripper and Ed Gein that only targeted women. While the murderer's gender and strength fit common stereotypes for serial

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

2. Our Murderer wears clothes that possibly
portray him as having a higher social
class, a somewhat business man like
appeal. We decided to represent him like
this as it was believed that Jack the ripper
(the person who we based the character
on) was of a higher social class. Because
of this dress it portrays the victim to be an
adult, possibly adding to the stereotype of
men being stronger and more violent.
THE MURDERER’S DRESS CODE

3. In our media product we chose our victim to
be dressed in a relatively generic running
outfit. Doing this it hasn’t really revealed
much about the victims background or social
status. Having the victim abducted first could
be shown stereotypically in films as the
father or family has done something to upset
the villain etc and this is revenge however in
the opening the reasons behind this are not
explained. If you follow the Jack the ripper
story etc some believed that jack killed the
women as they where of a lower social class.
THE VICTIM’S DRESS CODE

4. Our murder is an adult male. This has a whole host of stereotypes.
In films male serial killers are often portrayed as violent, strong,
lack mercy, lack conviction, have family issues, or are orphans etc.
As our thrillers face is not seen the audience does not know the
age. One would assume due to high that it is an adult however as
the face is not seen you can only guess age. With our villain being
able to incapacitate his victim before killing her it shows that
‘Jack’ is fairly strong or knows where to hit. This could potentially
drive home the stereotype of the male gender being more violent
and stronger than women, and this is reflected through most
fictional and real serial killers. To name some fictional examples:
American Psycho (Patrick Bateman), Batman (pretty much every
villain ever), Unbreakable (Mr. Glass). And some real life serial
killers: Ed Gein, Jack The Ripper, The Zodiac Killer, and Albert Fish.
All these iconic character are male maybe to fit the stereotype,
maybe the stereotype fits them, or maybe it could just be a huge
coincidence. What is certain is that they all have common traits
between them making the choice of a male murderer a good one.
THE MURDERER

5. The Victim is an young adult women, again this leads to a large
amount of stereotypes when A. being in a thriller and B. being a
victim. Female victims are often portrayed as being week,
spoilt, a possible love interest, or a relation to someone
powerful. As the victim is the only face visible in the opening
the audience would have to rely on her facial emotion to
possibly tell of things to come. In many real life and fictional
instances the victim of serial killers are often female, this could
because women are often portrayed as weaker and more
vulnerable than men. One fictional example of this could be in
Silence of the Lambs (Buffalo Bill). Some real examples of this
could be Jack the Ripper and Ed Gein, these serial killers only
targeted women.
THE VICTIM

6. Another way you could say it relates to social class all though it
is quite week, is the stereotype of forbidden love between a
member of the lower and upper class. But then you replace the
love with weird stalking and murder.
A SLIGHTLY WEAKER CONNECTION