This document discusses how social groups are represented in media products. It defines social groups as two or more people who interact and share characteristics, with a sense of unity. There are two types of social groups: primary groups consisting of families, friends, classmates, and peers; and secondary groups like neighborhoods and clubs. The media product represented focuses on the primary social group of friendship between three main protagonists. It also potentially represents secondary social groups of an investigation team later in the story. The document notes that the media portrays teenagers naively going to an isolated location, and uses camera shots to make them seem vulnerable. It presents women as typically victimized but uses a female antagonist to subvert expectations.

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

2. What are ‘social groups’?
A social group has been defined as two or more people who interact
with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a
sense of unity.

3. There are two types of social groups:
Primary Groups
▪ Families
▪ Friends
▪ School classes
▪ Peers
▪ Church groups
Secondary Groups
▪ Neighborhoods
▪ Clubs
▪ Stockbrokers

4. What social groups are represented in
your media?
The main social group
represented in our media is
primary, specifically friendship
as there is a clear unity between
the three main protagonists.
This picture shows one of the
moments of unity between the
main characters.
There might also be secondary
social groups later in the actual
film because there would be an
investigation team for the
search and rescue of Lily.

5. Age
Teenagers are usually
presented as naïve in
psychological thrillers, this
can be seen to some extent in
our three main protagonists
as they were very happy to go
to a completely isolated
location with no means of
getting help.
We’ve used high angled
camera shots to make them
look vulnerable and weak.

6. Gender
We presented women as being
victimized which is also typical
of a thriller convention.
However, we did juxtapose this
idea as we used a female
antagonist which made the
audience even more
uncomfortable.
Male characters are usually
presented as powerful and
dominant but we decided to go
against this typical convention
with a dominating female
antagonist.