Question 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In our media piece we only have one character on screen, however this character can represent some social groups in todays society.



Kidnapped Victim: Our opening sequence contains a woman who wakes up in an unknown place and is tied up. This relates to the film 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed'. The two screenshots are from our opening sequence and part of the trailer for 'The Disappearance
of Alice Creed'. Both characters are female and both have been captured. In both pieces the character wants to escape and will do/try anything to escape, this includes destroying the environment they are in to look for a way out or even hurting themselves to get out. Although the screenshot of Alice Creed shows she isn't tied up, she is in other parts of the film, which is again similar to our opening sequence as our character escapes too.


Through this we represent the social class of a 'strong woman'. This is shown through many factors; firstly, they are not even slightly bothered about their appearance (they have messy make-up, scruffy hair and clothes and don't even think about sorting it out). Secondly, they face their fears and try to escape by any means possible. Finally, they aren't afraid and if they are they hide it to show they aren't affected by where they are. These conventions are stereotypically linked with men not women, meaning this is a new kind of social group.






Modern Female: The character in our opening piece is a young female, aged around 20. Her personality is shown through her clothing. She is fashionable and wears modern clothes, such as, hoodies and cardigans. She also has every finger nail painted a different colour, this shows her vibrancy as a woman and her character - she isn't shy and wants to be seen. This breaks and fuels typical stereotypes of a woman in media. It fuels the stereotype from the part about being fashionable but breaks the stereotype with the fact that she isn't shy and timid. When she awakens in the room she actually explores and tries to find a way out, whereas in past films, the female character will wait for help, expecting to be saved (damsel in distress). This makes our female character strong and tough, willing to work, this could be reflected by the fact that more and more women in society are getting high class jobs (business women, owning their own companies etc).





This is a 'mini-documentary' we created to answer this question in a super visual way.