Question Two

"How does your media product represent particular social groups?"

In "BlindFire" the social groups contained within the Thriller opening are predominantly white British males within a middle class society, there is no indication to sexuality.

In "BlindFire" it is apparent that there is a clear dominant gender being male, through not including a female character early on, presents exactly how men have the upper hand in society in a stereotypical way, men having the more active action packed life style and also there is a hegemony presented against women being unassociated with the violence of society, furthermore by not including any women presents a dismissive view upon them, men are presented without women highlighting the distinction between them and the unimportance of women. women are presented in a positive way through having no relation to violence yet negative from not being included at all throughout.

Alike the distinction between male and female, there is a stereotypical difference in the age presented, indicating the young are more dominant as this matches the stereotype that 'all young people are dangerous'. We exaggerate this divide in "BlindFire" through characterising the chase scene with the youth. we contained young actors to show the youth aspect of their environment with the urban block of flats and the soundtrack to help establish their age through the rap genre. we follow the conventions of the stereotype, but we also chose the youth as our inspiration is depicted in "Kidulthood" it would be uncommon for the older generations to be behaving in such a manor, also our target audience is the youth making it additionally appropriate to match the cast to our audience. we are seen to conform to the stereotype against youth, and this fundamentally presents the current youth in a intrinsically negative depiction.

Ethnicity is depicted through the protagonist and antagonist as being presented as White British, however this is controversial to the stereotypes that exists, suggesting that coloured people are deemed as more dangerous and violent to that of the generalisation of ethnicities, by using White British characters we challenge the stereotype and present the ethnicity of the characters in "BlindFire" in a negative way showing how they can be dangerous and violent. 

In "BlindFire" we depict the class of the lower/middle class through the setting contained. we highlighted the setting as being poor through the urban society capture in our establishing shots, and the block of flats with the dirty, scratched window and the immediate surroundings to the block of lats with a tipped up bin and graffiti. This matches the stereotype that the poorer are deemed as more of a threat to society and should be avoided through the chase scene and the indication of gun play and serious violence. also we moreover match the stereotype with costumes, characterised through baggy jeans, and track suits and the music used being of the hip-hop/rap/grime genre, this presents the lower class in a negative way.