Question 2-

What Are The Social Groups in Your Product?

Step 1	What are the social groups in your product?	·         Criminal ·         Vulnerability ·         Gender
Step 2	What is the stereotype of those groups? (expectations)	Criminal- wear dark clothes Vulnerability- light clothes, fast pace music to show that character is panicking. Gender- Males should play criminals and females should play the victims.
	Criminals…	In Orphan, the girl is wearing light clothes in innocent scenes (going to school) and dark clothes when she is about to kill someone. She is a female ‘child’ both you would think are innocent. She also has strength of a male in mind and body. In my product the criminal  is female and also has strength.
	Vulnerability…	When you’re scared, you hide. If it’s in a house- under a bed, like in Taken. My product is set outside for the chase so my character would hide behind a tree or bush. To create tension fast music is played as the victim runs to a hiding place then the music becoming slower and quieter until the climax. This shows the character is alone, scared and vulnerable to harm.
	Gender…	Females are normally the ‘damsel in distress’ and normally call someone while they hide. In my media there is a female hiding but not calling anyone- I thought that it would have no difference to a real thriller if a phone call was involved. Males are normally the criminals and the hero’s, so I thought about changing it to female being the criminal making the character an anti-stereotype.
Step 3	The stereotypical criminal…	·         Male ·         Strength (mind and body) ·         Dark clothing
	The stereotypical victim…	·         Physically weaker ·         Light clothing- suggests being pure and innocent ·         Females and/or children.