2.How does your media product represent particular social groups? (gender, age ethnicity etc.)

At first our thriller was supposed to be a male being dominated mentally by a hooded figure ( me) but due to last minute changes we were unable to add this stereotype to the thriller. This would have been a stereotype as many people are scared by hoodies and hoodies are usually seen as scary antisocial criminals.

Due to last minute changes our thriller does not show a certain sex as more dominant but shows human beings as being a cruel species as Sid is being punished by something. It shows men as weak as Sid cannot control what he is doing and is very emotional about the state he has been put in. The male character (Sid) is shown in a more negative light as he is less in control of his actions. This could be seen as sexual stereotyping as the male character is weak whereas the woman in the film seems happy. A popular film where this stereotype is used is in the "Shining" where the character Jack Torrence played by Jack Nicholson becomes possessed by a super natural presence and attempts to kill his wife and son as he has descended into madness.

We have not represented sexuality, class or ethinic minorities but it is a representation of teenagers as we have used young actors. It shows that teenagers are helpless although they like to think they are responsible. Sid cannot do anything about the situation he is in. We have not used any stereotypes as we have not used much talking in the film.