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We are using the hero in the film to challenge stereotypes. The hero in the film which is the friend of the victim, which we see at the start of the production challenges stereotypes as she's a young lower class teenage girl, just like the victim. However, compared to the main character (the victim) she isn't portrayed to be a stereotypical teenage girl like the victim as she is seen to be very courageous and not scared. These are both both characteristics of a stereotypical hero but they are mainly associated with a man's role within films. This shows how we challenged the stereotypes as the girl in the production has a heroic role instead of the male for once.

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As a group we decided to portray the main character in the thriller opening as a vulnerable teenage girl. We wanted to do this to try and attract both male and female viewers as the use of the main characters in the production being a teenager, it will mostly attract the teenage audience which it a wide population for watching films.

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In our thriller opening ,the antagonist was not made clear if they were male or female in the production, this was due to the good camera angles that we chose, as we didn't want to give anything away about the antagonist or give any hints about them as it would come later on in the film. Although to the people watching, the clothes that are being worn by the antagonist suggest that they are in fact male. This plays with the stereotypical view of power of men where the women are always the victims and the men the predators. However, by not showing the antagonist, it sends the audience a message that anyone could be a killer, not just a man.

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In our production, both of the characters used to film are white, this wasn't and doesn't represent the diversity of real life, but as we can see in films, some films dont represent ethnicity fairly, so our thriller comes under this convention.

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At the start of our thriller, me and my group aimed to portray an average lower class village. This proposed the idea of a normal teenager living in an average location to the audience.

We also decided to film most of our production within the woods. We decided of this location as the woods are seen as a scary place. By filming rurally also shows our regional identity because you can tell from the range of camera shots we use that it is only a small village and once she is on the footpath, there is nothing else around her except fields, so this shows she doesn't live in a city with lots of people walking around. We also used the woods because it would of been good for the running scene. It is only a small path with only one way out, so we wanted the audience to realise that for themselves and come to a conclusion before the climax that the victim, even if she did try and run away from the antagonist, she couldn't escape because no matter what she will get caught.

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How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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Typically, in a horror/thriller genre, the conventions of a thriller are set within dark, isolated locations. The way we tried to achieve the look of darkness in our production was using premier pro to darken the footage. This was done for the added effect and also because the only appropriate time for us to film was during the afternoon after school.

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What message are you trying to give the audience?

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What message are you trying to give the audience?

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We made our film to be able to relate to the audience. The message that we are trying to give to our audience is that bad things happen to everyone and not just a particular people, groups, ethnicity, race or stereotype.

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Because our final production is a thriller, we had to compromise and try and make our characters fit in to the genre or sub genres, even if this meant using some form of exaggeration of a characters beliefs or characteristics to attempt to get the message across to the audience watching. In our production we used a typical stereotype of a vulnerable young school girl getting followed by an unusual anonymous man.