Task 2 - how does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents the social group of the working police. This is very common amongst thrillers and our thriller does conform to the stereotypical representation of the investigating units of the police. We chose to represent them as a swat team, this again is important in the way that it confroms to the stereotype of a thriller as many films of this genre have used swat teams and armed police. However we decided to represent this by giving the lead character of Jenna Smith a confliction to uncover the mystery of the photos for the benefit of society as many of the photos contain picture of the public unaware of the photos being taken. We also tried to challenge the stereotypical female ideal of staying at home looking after the kids and doing the housework. This is due to the fact that Jenna does not have any children or a partner which subverts the typical stereotype of a woman. The main male character however is more of a family man and is less authortitave than Jenna, this again subverts the stereotype as it is usually the other way round.