Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represeents particular social groups firstly through one of our VIMK members Miles. As Miles is one of the main characters in this media production he represents a particular social group. Due to the fact Miles is a male he would represent the male social group. However, as Miles' character is a nerd in this production; therefore he doesn't conform the general stereotype of this social group, as he is never the dominant figure throughout this media production. This is reinforced when he is getting bullied in one of the scenes, showing how he wasnt the dominant figure in the situation he walked into.  Even though this could subvert the male social group as they are seen as 'dominant' during media productions and also manly; Miles' character however, targets the males who are classified as nerds.  This is through what he wears and how he acts in the media production which is similiar to the people who are labelled as nerds in reality.
In spite of this however, the bully Femi in this production clearly is an example of a more masculine role. This is due to how he is presented in this media production. Femi is more of a remoursless character who doesn't sympathise for the protagonists feelings (Miles). This is a more tradional masculine role also reinforced when he seeks revenge during the end of the production.
Following on from this, I believe the ghost (Irma) in this media product isn't the general sterotype you would associate with the particular social group of women. Reasons for this are because, the character is a ghost and is more do to with hurting people and causing pain on people who harm the main character. Whereas in other media productions females are usually represented as 'princesses' or have a very 'feminine' role in film. Where this isn't the case with our character Irma as she haunts Miles in his dreams and kills the bully in the opening of the film foreshadowing even more traumatising events later on in the production.