Rachel Iliffe - Question 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The main social group in the thriller is females. The killer is a woman; she is cunning, cool and collected, and very dangerous. Often, movies represent women as supporting characters, cheering on the main protagonist – a man – from the side lines, only assisting, not doing anything on her own. In my thriller, the main protagonist is a woman, who knows what she’s doing and works alone (for the most part). She is presented in a typically manly fashion in these respects, and is not shown to be a sex object, which is what women are in almost all films, regardless of genre or the women’s role in them.

The second main group in the thriller is the pathologist; that is what the main character is. usually represented as supporting characters (again) who assist the police, they are useful and knowledgeable in the human body. The killer, despite working so closely to the police, is completely against them, using her knowledge for bad, and working in the shadows, away from the police's unsuspecting eyes.