Task 2- How does your product represent particular social groups?

In our thriller we mainly focused on our two younger actors to represent particular social groups. Alex portrays an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who upholds the reasonably common opinion that todays society is greatly problemed as a result of our own failings as human beings. We chose to represent the middle/upper class society that he lives in through the public school which is attended by both Kate and Alex.
I think that this particular character represents the social group which is stereotypically known as 'emo' because they too are known to question and dwell in the 'false' morals of society that go against their own beliefs.
Kate, however fits into a very different social group that clashes with the stereotypical 'emo' social group. The female actress(Sabrina) who plays the part of Kate is a stereotypical portrayal of a socially succesful and far more emotionally stable student because of her obvious good looks, blonde hair and attitude she displays in her part. As a result of this, contributing towards her overall demenour, she represents the 'preppy' social group. This social group is stereotypically known to not be as consumed with the real issues within todays society, but more the superficial aspects such as style and popularity.

I thought that this image was a good portrayal of the character 'Alex' because of the wreckless and rebellious connotations of underage binge drinking and 'rowdy' behaviour. It suggests that they do not care about the consequences in life which is exactly what we were trying to show through Alex's character.

I think this image was a good portrayal of 'Kate' because of their similar appearance and attitude perceived through their good looks. Her appearance would suggest that she is consumed by the superficial lifestyle which most people who belong to the stereotypical 'preppy' social class are known to be. Also, easily impressionable by what is said to look good and what isn't.

Before we had begun work on our thriller we were researching for ideas when we came across this video of a teenage boy who was a suspect of a US shooting in his own school. Incorporating this real story into our research adds an higher level of intensity to our thriller due to the fact that it is not based on fiction, but reality.

US Shootings Suspect: 'My Genocide School'

Arizona shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner described his college as a "genocide school" and talked about "the torture of students" in a home video
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201101115896026