1. Question 2: How does your media product represent social
groups? In our media product, all the individuals featured have
similarities and differences. Both characters are of the same age,
both are white British heterosexual males and although both don't
have job titles, they both come under the same social class of BC1.
The two characters have the same physical abilities. These two
characters represent social groups, within this day and age this
type of social group wouldnt be associated with the level of
violence within the film opening. However it is common within young
adult males to be a little violent but not as much as in the media
product, this is stereotypical of males but not so much of females,
however there are the odd females who are violent, we do not
feature this in our media product. Because this is an action genre
film, it puts these young adults into a stereotypical/
non-stereotypical situation, its a bit of both worlds because the
fighting has been accentuated. The location in which the film is
set doesn't match up with the attitude and representation of
Benedict (Chaser). Young adult males wearing tracksuit bottoms and
hoodies would be associated with an urban area not a rural area.
However the shotgun would be associated with a more rural
environment. The gender of both characters is male. Stereotypically
in our society males are more dominant than females. Within the
males of our society there are two types, very dominant males with
strong character, and less dominant males. The very dominant male
always over rides the lesser dominant male. In our film opening we
feature both of these different types of male, with Benedict being
the dominant strong character male and Daniel as the less dominant
male. Benedict being the dominant male over rides the lesser
dominant male Daniel. In our film opening we do not feature
females, gay people and older people. The reason we do not feature
females in our film opening is because they aren't part of our main
story line, and in our film opening we wanted to really capitalise
on these two males. Older people also are not represented in our
film opening because we wanted to represent the younger generation.
And finally gay people, we as a nation and as world see gay people
as inferior, and not as strong. Gay males are stereotypically seen
as very different to stereotypical straight males, gay males aren't
as strong as straight males physically and mentally, and this isn't
what you want in an action film. In an action film you want strong
men who can save the damsel in distress and who can stand up for
themselves and for the males to be stereotypical males.