AS Evaluation - Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

There is only one main character in the film. This character is a young female, which is a generic thriller convention. Female characters are used to display vulnerability and innocence to the audience, so the audience can form a relationship with the main character/victim. They form this relationship through sympathy for the situation that the female character is in. shows that 
The other character was also a female, this female also conveys the same things. I feel that we conveyed females/girls in a stereotypical way as females in media or society are stereotyped to be weak, more gentle and innocent. So I feel that we represented females in a very stereotypical way.

The characters could appeal to the audience as our target audience were between the ages of 15-25 this young character allowed the audience to sympathize with the young character. Also the character is a typical little girl which most of the audience will be able to relate to.

More on social groups....

A social group can be defined as any two or more people in social interaction who share expectations and responsibilities to the group and who share a unifying characteristic or sense of purpose. 

My media product represents two social groups. One of them is family, this narrative is based on a small knit family where the mysterious killer of a young girl (killer is the sister) seems to have gotten away with the act and moves on with her life after her sisters death. Family is an interesting social group as in a social ideal family is supposed to be loving, supportive, caring but this puts a twist on the idealistic view on families. It represents this social group as a secretive one, that things go on that you wouldn't know about. It also displays that families aren't as loving as they seem and that family doesn't mean hate doesn't exist. 

Another social group was a secondary one, the neighbourhood. As you can see in the opening scene of the opening thriller for 'Silent'. The atmosphere is very eerie, cold and has a lot of shadows. These are all conventional to the thriller genre creating mystery and suspense. However, it doesn't diverge from the fact that a neighbourhood is supposed to be 'safe' and 'sunny' well that's how media often portray neighbourhoods as a safe community street (social ideal again). However,  by our media product showing this it displays that neighbourhoods aren't as safe as they seem and that you don't even know whats going on in a house on your street. But we worry about a murder 30miles away when the murderer could be right next door and you wouldn't even know it.

Therefore, my media product mainly represents social groups as the opposite of what society wants us to be like. My media product puts a twist on the normal in everyday life and gives an insight to a murderers mind. And the 'real world' not the ideal but also keeping the thriller genre and conventional themes whilst doing so.