How does your media project represent certain social groups?
Gender:
Our media project represents both men and women being vulnerable. One male and two females are murdered in our media project. This shows that men are just as weak as women and is a counter-type. However, only one man is murdered, not two women. This could be playing up to stereotypes as more women are murdered portraying they are the weaker sex. Furthermore, a women picks up the camera and screams at the scene she witnesses. This could portray that women are more sensitive and emotional than men.
Age:
Age is also a heavily stereotyped factor of our characters. Our characters are quite young and are associated with an age group that is quite irresponsible. Teenagers are also stereotyped to be loud, stupid and to have a lack of word knowledge. This is both challenged and reinforced by our characters. On one hand, our characters could be seen as vulnerable. They find themselves in a situation they cannot control, no way out, running away from danger. Or, they could be seen as stupid for getting themselves into that situation in the first place, that it was their fault.
Ethnicity:
The actors we have chosen in our media project have a range of ethnicity's. Our "hero" characters are counter-types. As main characters, the stereotypical "heroes" are of a white ethnicity. Our "heroes" are of a black ethnicity. The idea of race being used to represent different types of characters these days can be considered backwards and frowned upon.
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