Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents the social group of teenage girls. The teenage girl in our film is texting on a mobile phone and is watching television, activities that represent the conventional teenage girl. The fact that she is baby sitting is also a main stereotype of teenage girls who are often asked to baby sit in order to earn money. Other films of the horror genre also use this stereotype of a baby sitting teenage girl for example 'Paranormal Activity 3':

Furthermore, there is a large number of reports from both the past and present where baby sitters have been sufferers of a traumatic experience. These reports have an effect on the public that makes them feel worried. In our film opening, we have used a scenario of a babysitter being put at risk because many have heard of similar cases and will feel even more uneasy and scared when watching the film. This means we have achieved the horror genre if we leave this effect on the audience. Here are some quotes from news reports that involve the young female babysitter stereotype:

The teenage babysitter and the stalker in our media production

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The stalker figure in Scream 4

Another stereotype used in our media product is the stalker. In horror films, the stalker figure who commits the crimes and is the villain usually wears dark clothing, this is true of our stalker character. It is often that their face is disguised by wearing a mask. We have developed this idea in our media product by covering the stalker's face with black material and rarely ever showing the front of his face in the camera shots.