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Question 2;
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our thriller represents many different social groups within the opening, here are a couple of examples of social groups that are represented in our media product;
Teenagers;
Teenagers are always stereotyped in a negative light in social media, the press, movies and just in general. They are also portrayed quite venerable and weak. Therefore when we see the two teenagers at the end we stereotype them as defenceless because they have been kidnapped and cannot do anything about the current situation that they are in. We wanted to use teenagers in our movie because we wanted to show how this stereotype changes and is challenged later on in the movie with the children creating an escape plan and escaping. I believe it is important to challenge stereotypes as we should not be dictated by what society believes we should be like. The best way to change opinion is to do so through the media. People listen to tv, radio, celebrities, movies etc. That is why it is important for us to continue to defy classic stereotypes within society and the media.
The second group that we decided to portray in our thriller opening is parents and their role in society. In our thriller you can see the step dad being more caring and worried about the children that the mum. This is a challenge on stereotypes because normally step parents are seen as the antagonists. For example a classic presentation of this is the fairytale 'Cinderella'. We believe that it is important to show a step parent being the career and the protagonist, which in this case he is. We can see in the first seen that the step dad is in that he is worrying about the children by the dialogue and his body language towards the mother.
It is very easy for filmmakers to follow traditional stereotypes of social groups but we decide not to do so because we wanted to challenge these stereotype and make the thriller more original and stand out from the rest.
Question 2;
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our thriller represents many different social groups within the opening, here are a couple of examples of social groups that are represented in our media product;
Teenagers;
Teenagers are always stereotyped in a negative light in social media, the press, movies and just in general. They are also portrayed quite venerable and weak. Therefore when we see the two teenagers at the end we stereotype them as defenceless because they have been kidnapped and cannot do anything about the current situation that they are in. We wanted to use teenagers in our movie because we wanted to show how this stereotype changes and is challenged later on in the movie with the children creating an escape plan and escaping. I believe it is important to challenge stereotypes as we should not be dictated by what society believes we should be like. The best way to change opinion is to do so through the media. People listen to tv, radio, celebrities, movies etc. That is why it is important for us to continue to defy classic stereotypes within society and the media.
The second group that we decided to portray in our thriller opening is parents and their role in society. In our thriller you can see the step dad being more caring and worried about the children that the mum. This is a challenge on stereotypes because normally step parents are seen as the antagonists. For example a classic presentation of this is the fairytale 'Cinderella'. We believe that it is important to show a step parent being the career and the protagonist, which in this case he is. We can see in the first seen that the step dad is in that he is worrying about the children by the dialogue and his body language towards the mother.
It is very easy for filmmakers to follow traditional stereotypes of social groups but we decide not to do so because we wanted to challenge these stereotype and make the thriller more original and stand out from the rest.
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