The only social group that is shown in my opening sequence is a teenage girl (aged around 17), we had planned to include an older man but this fell through as we couldn’t really find someone who matched our description.
The stereotypical view of teenage girls in the media is that they are rather weak and vulnerable to the world, and in some cases they can be taken advantage of easier. Teenagers in general are seen to be troublemakers and are rude and aggressive, an example of this is in the media is the film “Adulthood”.
Another stereotype of teenagers is that they are wild and have the freedom to pretty much do what they want. An example of this from a film is “this is England”; where the characters parents have no real say in what their children actually get up to. Teenagers are often as well seen to always be bored hence why they roam the streets and get up to no-good.
In my opening sequence the teenage girl was represented in a rather conventional way in that the fact she has been captured, showing her weakness and vulnerability. As the girl is tied up and has no dialogue, you can make no judgement on what her characteristics are like such as how she talks and acts. There is a high angle shot of the girl that we included in the opening sequence to make her look small and weak.
We had chosen to represent the girl in a conventional way as it makes it more realistic and something which is seen in other thriller films. If, for example we had this girl in control of the situation and the man being powerless, the audience may have got the impression that we had done this because we didn’t understand the conventions of a thriller film, or some might say it came across in that way due to bad acting. It also makes the storyline easier for the audience to follow. The girl can be seen as an unconventional teenager as she has no freedom and cannot do as she pleases, but this is of course a unique situation what she is in so this type of rebellious teenager act does not apply to her.
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