How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The main social group shown through my media is the divide between males and females. The main character is being stalked and her reaction to this is to be scared (which we see through close ups of her face) and my her performance, which is to run away when she thinks she is being followed. In regards to her costume, she is wearing a pink dress and pink heels, the typical outfit that one would stereotypically associate with a 'girly girl'; what with it being very feminine. However, it is not the kind of outfit a person would associate with fighting off a murderous stalker. All of this come together to make the main character seem weak and vulnrable.

This is contrasted by the character of the stalker. Although it is not always the case, when someone thinks of a women being stalked, most people would automatically assume that the stalker is male. Although the stalker's gender is not revealed in the opening sequence, it would be normal for people to think that it could be male, one reason being that they are seen to be the most powerful, strong and in control character throughout the sequence.

Another reason the stalker could be percieved as male is by their costume; which consists off all black, with a black hoodie that is pulled up at all times. In society at the moment, the typical stereotype of a young male is that they go around with their hoods pulled up and creating trouble and harrassing people. The social group of these young people are also closly linked with the growing problem of knife crime, which is shown through the use of the knife as a prop. This stereotype is showing this social group in a negative night, not only by the knife and their costume, but by the fact that the only colours they wear are black, which connotes darkness, death and danger. This negative impression, with the use of editing where the shots of the stalker are all in black and white only add to the dislike and distrust of the stalker by the audience, even though they dont know who they are yet.