How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The actors in our piece were all in the age group of 16-18, showing they are still teenagers, and our opening represented them as the typical “troubled teenagers”. Nikki-Leigh Rogers is the main character in our piece, she has been possessed and her actions portray this with her stumbling and moaning/groaning. She is presented as troubled, as so many teenagers are, even more so in females, it is a typical stereotype that we feel our piece fits.

Nikki-Leigh, a 17-year-old girl who has been “demonized”, also matches the stereotype that females are always the victims; the voiceover included adds a dramatic feel. The tone Nikki possesses in the voiceover seems to portray the typical “damsel in distress” which women are always stereotyped into. However, the same cannot be said for our killer/psychopath in our film, Aphra Evans. Aphra is the same age as Nikki, but instead of being presented as the victim, she seems to counter stereotype females of this age because she is the killer.

Nonetheless, it could also be said that Aphra has become such a “troubled teenager” to the extent where she has turned to crime and making others unhappy, by killing and demonizing others, but this is left to the imagination of the audience.

The final actor included in our piece was Ruben Milner. Ruben is the only male in our piece and his involvement is as a visitor at the hospital for his acquaintance Nikki-Leigh. Ruben’s involvement is just walking so it is hard to see what stereotypes he might fit. However, his slow movement, leading up to the introduction of Nikki portrays him as the typical lazy 17-year-old male, presented with a blasé attitude.