Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Representation refers to how you present someone for example a persons age, ethnicity,gender, class, status, ability, disability and sexuality.

In our thriller our victim is wearing a hoody, one could assume that this means that she is the stereotypical teenager. You may also make the generalisation that crime only happens in the lower class.

Compared to the victim wearing a hoody, the detective is seen wearing a suit. This may show that the detective is of a higher class with a better job.













Camera angles
 Low angle shots were used when filming the detective to show that he's superior and he's dominating both the scene and camera.

We may have represented lower class females in a negative way as she played the victim, which could suggest that females are always the victims. Also the clothing of the victim suggests she is quite young therefore people may assume that crime amongst young people is higher then any other age group. This is similar to the TV series Misfits, when a group of youths are shown carrying out community service because they have taken part in criminal activities.
However middle class men are presented in a positive light as he is seen in the better clothes and the person with a better job.

We were aiming to imitate Crime Scene Investigation.

In our thriller it seems as if the one male detective is out to solve the crime alone, which may reflect on the power men seem to think they have in society today. Also as you can see in the above picture there are only 2 girls and 6 men which shows how male dominated work forces such as police officers are.