Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Gender- In our thriller we do not have the conventional strong dominant male as the authority figure instead we used a female investigator, our thriller is aimed at both genders but personally i think that girls will be more likely to watch it because of the plot of the young girl disappearing. We have completely gone against stereotype in our thriller as we haven't used a male at all for any of our characters as we didn't see it as necessary. Women are usual seen as the weaker sex physically however are seen as the more mature but to a strong female character that has both isn't really seen in a lot of thriller films.

Age- Our audience is 15-25, this is because most of the characters are under 18 but over 15 except form Poppy, so we thought that this would be a good age group to aim at instead of the mid to late 20's.

Race- As we have not made any stereotypical characters that are based on race hopefully our thriller attracts a culturally diverse audience instead of more of one than another

Class-We tried to show that April was from a middle class background uint he type of house she lives and the clothes she was wearing. Also showing the type of clothes Poppy is wearing this also shows the middle class background which is casual but still appropriate to be worn while being interrogated.
Similar for Susan Richmond as she wears smart clothing that is seen as normal in a work environment but still shows her authoritative position, which also helps portray her as a ver serious character doing her job.