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

In our opening sequence we have chosen to represent the particular social group of teenagers due to the fact that our target audience is teenagers so can therefore the audience can relate to the characters and the scenarios they encounter. Additionally, our group includes three teenagers so we were able to give clear insights and fresh ideas of how we, as teenagers, behave. We decided to choose a white female as the 'innocent' character of Susan as white females are stereotypically vulnerable and then for the 'best friend' character of Emily we chose a white blonde female as it created the theme of friendship and the idea that close friends usually end up looking the same and acting similarly and for our 'evil' character we chose a tall white male. We chose a male as they are stereotypically seen as more strong and can cause more pain which is what the character of 'Frank' wants to do. We decided to choose characters in their adolescent years as our plot is that Susan is looking for a place to have a party and teenagers stereotypically enjoy partying and having fun with their friends. Also, the fact that Susan has visited this place with no one else and with no idea who the note is from suggests a 'dumb blonde' character and someone who just wants to enjoy herself and doesn't worry about the consequences. 

Susan


Emily

Frank


We have represented the idea of a 'blonde teenage girl' with the use of the mid shots as we are shown Emily on her phone texting which suggests she is popular and constantly on her phone. Even though  we are only revealed little information about Susan we see an extreme close up of her eye. This indicates that she plucks her eyebrows and wears mascara suggesting she cares alot about her appearance due to the fact that she had no intentions to meet or see anyone at the location. Furthermore, we are shown a close up of Susan receiving a text from Emily. When the phone lights up we see er phone wallpaper behind the text, the wallpaper is an image of a large group of boys and girls this indicates that Susan is popular and enjoys spending time wit bot er boy and girl mates. We have represented the male character as an 'isolated gothic teenage boy' as we are shown he is wearing a dark black clothing with his hood up to cover his face, suggesting he doesn't want anyone to know his 'true' identity. This also could imply he isn't confident with how he looks which in a way makes the audience sympathise towards him and perhaps relate to him. Moreover, this appeals to or target audience of teenagers very well due to the fact that most teenagers are concerned with the way they look and have a large number of insecurities.