Question 2 EvaluationHow does your media product represent particular social

groups?

LocationWe chose a remote location because we thought that this would make the film appear most like a stereotypical horror film. Because the research that we did implied that a forest or any location where the characters are alone would be suitable because this makes the scenario a lot more intense because there is nobody else around to help the characters in the tough situation.

This image is a good example of how these characters are in a secluded area from the fact that nobody else is shown in the area that they are in and so shows vulnerability as they don’t have anyone else to help them.

Age Groups The characters in our film represent teenagers, the film implies this when the two characters speak to each other, they use an informal tone towards each other when they speak. This implies that they are close friends because of the way they speak to each other, they portray a sense of strong friendship whilst they are running away from the ‘killer’. We tried to recreate a close friendship between the two teenagers that are camping in the woods with each other, and they have what seems like a close friendship because of the tone of language they used when they are speaking to each other. This scene shows the two

characters working together as Scott climbs up the tree to look to see if there was anyone nearby and then Harry yells up to him asking if he could see anything. This shows us that the characters have a relationship with each other and therefore is stereotypical of all teenagers getting along and grouping together with each other rather than doing things alone.

Clothing We decided as a group that we should do some research on what teenagers aged 16-17 wore on a daily basis. The research told us that the majority of teenagers in the UK wore a pair of jeans and a hoodie. We thought that this would represent the teenagers that live in the UK the most because of the choice of clothing which makes the actors throughout the film look like stereotypical teenagers that live in the UK. We thought that we should dress the mysterious figure on the other end of the phone in a big coat with a hood to hide his face from the camera, we thought that he would represent a stereotypical murderer seen in other films because he is keeping his identity secret until later in the film.

GenderOur movie goes against the stereotypes that are presented in some ways as the males in the movie are seen running away from the killer which shows they are instead weak rather than the stereotype that is given to men of being powerful and strong, as the characters in this movie are teenagers however it could be seen that they could be weaker due to their younger age, however the two are both young and thin which means they are also agile and so this allows one of them to climb up a tree to look at the surrounding areas which could instead show power in terms of survival techniques. In contrast to these two the killer is equipped with a weapon so it’s impossible for them to fight back and so the person in the hood at the end is shown more powerful to fit his male gender from the clothing he is wearing shadowing his identity and from the fact that he has hired someone to capture these people showing he is powerful as he has people who do jobs for him.