1. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
Patrycia Butrym
Esere Simei-Akajagbo
Shivonne Weekes
Courtney Buabeng

2. What social group does your main
character represent and why?
The social group that our main character “Holly” represents is a working class youth group because she is in her
teenage years, still studying in school and you can tell by the way she was dressed. This is why our target audience
age is 15 as they are in the same age group so this means they can relate.
Another reason why our main character relates to a working class
youth social group is because of the location she is in, which is a
tube station. This is evident that she has a social life just like any
other youth in London.

3. How do you represent your character
through camera shots and editing?
Through camera shots we represented our villain by:
• The POV restricted the villains identity: revealed
as mysterious
• This created mystery and tension as the audience
couldn't verify who the killer was
• The close up shot of Kayla stroking Holly's hair-
revealed her obsessiveness
• Pan of knives- suggestive violence as each
knives put down was covered in blood

4. How do you represent your character
through camera shots and editing?
Through editing we represented our villain by:
• Editing- the freeze frame of Kayla stroking the
fleshy hair on her head also enhanced her
sadistic, envious obsessive side
• Cross dissolve- indicated that time was
moving forward, yet suggested that her
jealously was progressing as she picked up
more knives
• The pace increased towards the end- Kayla
created tension as the climax was built maybe
hinting that's she's wants to have psychotic.
• Fade to blacks- suggested that whenever she
was near there was darkness

5. How do you represent your character
through camera shots and editing?
Through camera shots we represented our
victim by:
• Extreme close up enhanced her facial
expressions as vulnerable.
• The wide eyes and arms tided up- portrayed
that she was terrified
• High angle- Holly tied up in chair. Conveyed
her as weak and fragile
• Also created sympathy from the audience
• Mid shot of Holly's stomach- heavy breathing
suggested that she was frightened

6. How do you represent your character
through camera shots and editing?
Through editing we represented our victim by:
• The voiceovers- Holly screaming indicated that
she was being tortured and creating a sense of
inferiority
• This created mystery and tension as the audience
from start
• This allowed them to question who is screaming
• Stereotype of female victim is reinforced- young
blonde women are usually presented as weak
and vulnerable
• The pace was slow- building up the climax and
tension

7. How do you represent your character
through camera shots and editing?
Inspiration:
• Hard Candy- the main character was the
protagonist killer who strived upon jealousy
• The Roommate- the main character torments
others, because she is obsessed with one girl
• Stereotype of female serial killer is challenged-
• As this is usually associated with males as it
enforces masculine characteristics.
• This is because men are illustrated as more
aggressive whereas women are vulnerable and in
need of protection

8. How is characters represented
through music?
• In the beginning at the train station scene there was
mysterious score music which fitted in because the villain was
looking at the victim.

9. How is characters represented
through music?
• In the slicing of the scalp scene the music changed to a more
intense and evil music which revealed the character as evil
and spiteful and would do anything to the victim because she
is envious of her.

10. How is the character represented
through music?
• The music becomes louder when the villain strokes the
victim hair this shows the villain is envious of the victim in
some sort of way. This represents the character as jealous.

11. How is the character represented
through music?
• The character at the end is presented as evil and scary
because the mirror scene has rock music which creates
tension for the audience.

12. It is said that females with blonde hair are thought to be
gullible and dumb and the fact that our victim is easy to capture
only reinforces this stereotype. The fact her hair is out and let
loose, shows her youth and care-free persona.
The ropes tied around the victims wrists and ankles, as
well as the cloth in her mouth portray the victims
restriction and how women in general, are seen as being
the weaker sex.
The bright clothing and white t-shirt worn by the victim imply her
innocence and purity as a female character. However, when the
blood marks this t-shirt, the colour red connotes her being stained
with evil and permanently part of sin.
How do you represent your character
through M-E-S?

13. The close up of the expression in the victims eyes
highlights her vulnerability and how terrified she is. In
order to capture her real emotion, her eyes give off the
concern and desperation in the character.
By running and breathing heavy, the character shows her fear
and anticipation and her actions reinforces the stereotypical
instincts of females when in dangerous circumstances.
How do you represent your character
through M-E-S?

14. The train scene challenges the conventions of our chosen genres
because it is filmed in a public place. However, she is still
presented as being defenseless as she is alone and deemed as an
easy target.
This location however reinforces the conventions of our genre as it
was filmed in a isolated, abandoned place. The back gate scene
heightens the vulnerability of the female character and prepares
the audience for the tragedy about to occur.
How do you represent your character
through M-E-S?