Question 2How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Women I am quite limited with this question because there is

only one human character that is able to represent particular social groups.

I did purposely however chose for my character to be female because stereotypically they are weaker and less brave when compared to a male. It could be interpreted that this character is quite weak because she is unable to resist the strong, paranormal power coming from the teddy.

You could say that this aim of mine has been achieved in the film opening as she has been overtaken by this force and is weak when compared to it, however on the other hand it could be argued that the same would apply to a male in the same situation.

Gender Theory – Judith Butler Judith Butler is a controversial gender theorist

that stated that there is a clear divide between men and women.

She said that the fact men and women say that they feel more or less ‘like a woman’ or ‘like a man’ shows how there are still stereotypes in existence and that these are referred to on a frequent basis.

This backs up my point further because it emphasises that there is a clear differentiation between men and women and their characteristics.

Further in the film… Although only the one character features in the film

opening, further characters would appear later in the film.

These characters would definitely be used to represent certain social groups. The characters would include police officers to investigate the suspicious deaths; intrigued teenagers checking out a haunted house; more innocent people especially children.

For example, the police officers could be portrayed as being really helpful to emphasise and promote a positive message about the police force or oppositely the police officers could be portrayed as totally useless and unhelpful for the victims which would portray negative views about them and could possibly turn people against them.

The intrigued teenagers would be portrayed as adventurous and my aim would be to convey them as slightly rebellious for trespassing in a haunted house. This is because

I would want more innocent people to feature and be taken down by this paranormal force associated with the teddy bear. I would like these people to be specifically children to make it scarier and more uncomfortable for the audience to watch. The only connotation and representation I would want to convey for these children would to be innocent.