2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
· The opening sequence to our psychological thriller “ Wrath” was aimed at a young audience, mainly between the ages 15-18. We were conscious that in society today, young people are generally labelled into groups and identified by their image and dress sense. They are termed as for example “Goths” or “ Chavs.” We took this on board and decided that our thriller would contrast two different social groups. The “popular crowd” which is generally portrayed as being ‘envied’ by the social outcasts the “ loners” who feel neglected by society. We really emphasised the isolation our main character experienced as a loner through our choices in setting. Generally she appeared alone and in abandoned quiet areas such as an empty library. This we felt communicated to the audience that she 
was withdrawing herself from society in an unhealthy way which emphasised her psychological problems further.
· In contrast to this the other female character was represented as confident and therefore part of the ‘popular crowd’ that our main protagonist envied and desired to be a part of. Mainly in the actor’s style and costume did we communicate this division between them through gestures and facial expressions. It is stereotypically portrayed that the members of a ‘popular’ crowd look down on others and we felt that it was necessary to portray our main protagonist as feeling inferior to the popular girl. So we had the popular girl give a look of disgust to the ‘loner’ girl to help portray this division between them. The impression we hoped our audience would be left with after viewing our thriller would be that our main protagonist is body and self conscious and feels that she is not appreciated by everyone. Also the impact of social groupings and its unfortunate psychological effect. This is a common experience faced by young girls in society today and therefore it would be incredibly relatable for a young audience.
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