How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In terms of social groups we have based our piece on typical stereotypes of male and female teenagers aged around 17. We have created this through the use of costume, ethnic background and location. We have used the typical stereotype of a black male, which is seen as the more dominant powerful character. He is the kidnapper who is in control of the whole situation, he is threatening a young Asian boy who is seen as quite week and powerless but still has to be very clever and quick thinking to piece together and find where his girlfriend has actually been taken. Both of these people seem to be very gang related and are both wearing dark hooded clothing which creates a lot of impact on the threatening male stereotype, this again has a massive stereotype on teenagers which are portrayed in the media very negatively, they are related to fear and huge intimidation. The person being kidnapped is young blonde white female; again this is very stereotypical as she is seen as a “dumb blonde” stupid and gullible. She has no control over the situation is also very powerless, weak and vulnerable. Similarly with this the girl is wearing very basic clothing, brown boots, leggings and top, We see her in the opening scene tied to a chair with the kidnapper, there is nothing she can do to prevent the situation.

The whole scene gives the stereotype that teenagers are “troublemakers” and focuses on the negative areas of teenagers rather than looking at the positives however, this has been purposely done to create a lot of impact. This also links in to the stereotype of teenagers in the inner city environment.