How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The main protagonist in our film is represented as a particularly evil person. In our thriller opening, the killer uses the balaclava and hood to hide his identity, coming across, at first, as very mysterious character but with clear intentions showing that he wants this woman to come to some sort of woman. Whereas our victim is wearing designer clothing and carrying an expensive-looking handbag, our killer is wearing trainers, tracksuit bottoms and a coat with a hood, showing that it is possible that he does not come from the same sort of background as the victim as his clothes are not quite as posh or expensive. This shows that there is a possibility of jealousy which causes him to kill her because he wants what she has like her wealth and her power within society. A conventional thriller involves a show of male dominance, usually over a female. Our film follows these conventions as our killer is shown as having power over our victim who is female, representing the patriarchal society and male dominance within society. This patriarchal power is especially shown through the shot of the killer up on the platform with his victim laid on the train tracks beneath him.

Our victim is a fairly small woman which shows vulnerability through her blatant acts of panic and shock at what is happening to her. When the killer first grabs her, she begins to struggle and immediately starts trying to escape. When she finally does escape, she is portrayed as being not very intelligent because instead of looking for a way out, she succumbs to panic and tries to run off across a field in an attempt to outrun a much more suitably dressed man who is equipped to chase down his target. This show of man against woman is very common in thriller films as it shows a clear distinction between the two genders and identifies the pros and cons of each gender and their abilities in different ways. Also, this hits the audience hard as many women have sympathy for the woman and lots of men look harder at the mistakes that the man is making, identifying differences in the minds of the different genders.