This document discusses how the media product represents social groups through its protagonist. The protagonist is a male boxer portrayed by a small actor to challenge conventions and imply the boxer had failed in his career. His young age shows his naivety, which is common for protagonists in sports films. He wears casual clothes like a hoodie and tracksuit bottoms to seamlessly transition between interior and exterior shots. The character was influenced by Mark Wahlberg's role in The Fighter - a young, reckless boxer addicted to drugs and alcohol who matures over the film to become wiser.

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

2. In our film we used a male protagonist to stick with the
stereotypical hero male. He was perceived as a strong boxer,
so we had to make sure he looked like him. We used a small
actor for this role though to challenge the conventions, this
gave connotations that the boxer had failed at some point in
his career. Its also usual for the protagonist in thriller and
sport movies to wear sporting attire, so our protagonist wore
a hoodie and tracksuit bottoms. This made the transitions
between interior shots and exterior seamless.

3. His age also shows how naive he is. With a young
protagonist the connotations are usually their
innocence and naivety. We felt that for a boxer, who
has career had failed we needed him to be youthful
and misunderstood. Which are the two things many
protagonists in sports films are.

4. The character was influenced by Mark Wahlberg
character in The Fighter. He was young, reckless
and addicted to drink and drugs. This made the
audience feel some sympathy for him as his
youthful innocence made you want the best for him.
As he matured in age, and in the film he became
more wise and a better boxer. This is used in many
sport movies to show the change in age and
wisdom.