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

Our main character is a white male aged 19. We chose this as it best relates to our target audience for our film. We chose to use a white character as it is often a conventional stereotype that white brittish teenagers are lazy and dont do anything productive. We decided rather than questioning this stereotype that we would instead use it as a key element of our film. We chose a 19 year old as we believe this was a suitable age to represent a character who may receive a large amount of money unexpectedly and instead of question the situation, spend the money, again a characteristic you would expect a 19 year old to do.

We did some research looking for comparisons with our main character and other main characters in films with the action thriller genre.

A character we found very similar to ours was that of Eddie Morra (played by Bradley Cooper) in the film 'Limitless'.    Edward "Eddie" Morra is a writer who lives in New York City. He has recently been dumped by his girlfriend Lindy in addition to failing to meet the deadline to turn in his new book, which he hasn't started yet. Eddie lives in a run down flat on his own, with no income and little prospects. 

Our main character is very similar to Eddie at the beginning and end of the two films. For example at the openings of both films we see these characters down on their luck,  living on the brink of poverty, badly dressed and without a real job. They are at the bottom of the social ladder living in very basic accommodation, in these cases a small flat on their own.

Their roles in the film are very similar, although the story lines diferentiate slightly. The opening and endings contain similar comparisons. Because of this in the openings of both films they are found to be living in difficult situations making it obvious in both cases that they are short of money ad are struggling at this point of their life.

When comparing between them towards the end of the film their life is seen to have turned around. Through luck they are now able to live a life of luxury with endless amounts of money which they spend on excessive things such as fancy suits, fast cars and investments in the stock market.


Finally, again in comparison both lifestyles come crashing down when they are both similarly caught by gangsters demanding what is rightfully theirs.