2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 In the Victorian times prostitutes were generally young, normally around the ages of 18-24, they were seen as naive, insecure and filled with hurt and pain. They dressed very seductively so they can get the attention they need from men. In our film the prostitutes first scene was in an alley way this represents isolation as you could see she just wanted to do anything to earn money, this also shows poverty and the separation of class between the main characters.

My media product represents a particular social groups as it stereotypes women. The prostitute in our film was a woman and wore a red dress and red lipstick this is seen as a seductive colour.  In most films women are seen as the weak one who are oppressed by men. They are stereotyped to be sex objects and are always portrayed as sex objects in films. Our group did stereotype women as we automatically decided we needed a woman to play the role as a prostitute.  We researched what prostitutes wore in the Victorians times and tried to make sure we used the same costumes and made them look the same. Most of them looked classy but just wore red to represent lust, hate and evil. As you can see in the 3 picture the ones on the left is the prostitute represented in my film opening and the one on the right is your typical Victorian prostitute. As you can see with the typical Victorian prostitute her facial expressions shows the feeling of hurt and loneliness in our film opening when the prostitute was shown, our close ups shots showed her emotions of loneliness and wanting to feel loved by someone, anyone. Prostitutes in the Victorian times were white British, black people were not used which shows there were no black characters in films in the Victorian times. Our film opening made the audience intrigued to see how women were portrayed in the Victorian times.

The main male character (jack the ripper) was presented young, he dressed smart but his identity was always hidden. He was dressed in all black which represents darkness and evil. The way he was dressed represents he was not poor and most likely in the middle class section. While researching typical characters for psychological horrors we found the male gender were always seen as the enemy and one who controls women and uses them. Males are also normally seen as dominant character in films and the main character they are also seen as the character who has all the power, they are also seen as murderers as in most films it is normally a man who commits a crime of murder and not a female. In my film opening we did stereotype as our main character was a male and he also had all power in our film and was the enemy. Even though his identity was never announced our jack the ripper copycat was always seen as the enemy.