Evaluation question 2 - Ellie

 How does your media producs represent particular social groups?

In the scene, the character is shown coming out of her house. The house in the films is shown to be quite big, indicating that the character isn't poor or associated with anything like that. Young girls in these type of films are often shown to come from working class backgrounds, and are usually well off. This adds to the social realism of the film making it more believeable.

The character is shown to have long blonde hair, which is often associated with young girls in this day and age, and so represents that social group. Also in this scene, the character is shown putting her earphones in on a mobile phone, a popular item that is often assocsiated with this generation of teenagers. She's dressed like she would be in everyday life, not showing any signs that she isn't able to afford clothes etc.

In these scenes, the girl is shown to be vulnerable, a trait that is often shown in young girl characters in thriller films. It is usually a girl that is the vulnerable character, as opposed to a boy who would be portrayed a stronger character who would fight.

In this scene you can kind of tell that the person chasing the character is a woman. This goes against any gender social sterotypes that are placed on the 'stalker' character. Usually in thriller films, the character that stalks and kidnapps another character is a man, so this gender sterotype is broken. On the other hand, the female character isnt wearing clothing that would suggest she's a girl, which goes against some sterotypes on what women should and shouldnt wear. Because both characters are women, it kind of gives authority to women in the sense that they're the only gender present.

 

The lowered angle that looks down at the girl fits general stereotypes of thriller films that include young girls as the main character. This lowered angle makes the girl seem as though she has less control over whats happening and has less power. This is a common convention related to women, as they are often undermimed by a male character and seen as the 'lesser gender'.