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

In terms of the groups being represented, our film shows typical, British teenagers, from working class backgrounds, (which also links with the target audience, but we will talk about that later on..)
The murderer of an unknown identity, proposing a person male or female of any class, and ethnicity.

Aim
One aim of our film was to challenge the ideology of film. Typically in thrillers the main character types are an antagonist, protagonist, and victim, which we have, however the typical character type of an antagonist is the villain, played by a male character who is portrayed as emotionless, and powerful through the use of camera shots, making the character look bigger and overpowering presenting the authority and power. The antagonist is typically played by a male character in most thrillers, we challenge these roles as the identity of the murderer is unknown, allowing for questionings by the audience whilst watching, creating more suspense in the film.
The character of a protagonist also known as the hero, is stereotypically played as a young white, male, who is an independent character, usually portrayed as being more important and powerful than female characters which is shown by the camera shots being used. In our thriller opening we don't see the hero, or don't know of it at the time, this is because the protagonist it presented later on in the film, when the equilibrium is being restored.
A victim in most thrillers is portrayed as a women who is young and vulnerable, the victim is the complete opposing character to the antagonist, in our film this completely contradicts the original version of a victim, our opening shows the victim as being a male character (Brad) who is in fact the only male in the group of friends.

Location
Our thriller opening had two locations, the woods (which helped to set the scene) and the log cabin (the accommodation of the short break away. These locations were chosen to portray the rural and solidarity of the destination, which works perfectly with the age group of the film as teenagers are known to be an adventurous and curious age group. The isolated location seems like the perfect place for teenagers to escape for the weekend. Editing and lighting techniques have been used to make the log cabin seem a cosy and pleasant location which is a major contrast with what actually occurs in the wilderness.

Target audience
We chose late teenagers for the main characters in Nocturnal as we thought thrillers tend to appeal to people from around 15-24, the film will therefore me more engaging and appealing to the audience as they can relate to the film as the characters are between that age group, this also helps create a sense of realism for the audience enhancing the thrill of the film. I believe my thriller appeals to westernized countries, this is because the film is more realistic to viewers who have the same/ similar immediate surroundings, which helps to generate fear. (The films age rating is 15).