Evaluation question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My thriller has clear representations of teenagers and that they are vulnerable to society and that they are generally troubled by drugs, gangs and money.  This presents a strong stereotype of male teenagers, this makes the character of Tom easy for the audience to identify with. The film represents males and does not include females in this representation.  My film represents a classic character for the audience to feel sorry for and another genuine thug character that the audience will identify as the ‘bad guy’ or enemy.  My product in whole represents groups in a very stereotypical way.  I chose to do this because it means that the audience can relate and recognise characters easily to judge the situation. 

The Biker character at the end of the film does not challenge these stereotypes but appears as if it might.  I wanted to leave this as almost a representation cliff hanger to intrigue the viewer as to whether this character will follow the conventions that the others have.  The stereotype of the teenage boy is made to an extreme of violence and criminality.  This gives the character greater separation to realism and hence makes an interesting character for my film.

The setting of my film suggests a social group that is isolated and does not follow common society, one that thrives in criminality and abuse.  The opening sequence after the shots of the road at night show how Tom is part of this separate social exclusion.  The city, for Tom is a web of cruel people and unescapabale expansions of moral confusion and isolaton.