Evaluation Question 2 - How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

Scream Queen used in Psycho

The characters in "Red Run" are both teenagers aged 17, these characters, the boy and girl who also classic common stereotypes found/used in the slasher genre, The male can be classed as a jock character, outgoing and sporty and is like the male version of a scream queen. The females character used in this is also classed in the same way, as a general scream queen role would have blonde hair, busty physique, be sexually active, physically attractive and popular. Inside the boy's room there is also posters of naked models, Bob Marley and Cheryl Cole, These also relate to the teenage theme as Bob Marley and Cheryl Cole are known as icons to teenagers, Cheryl being a famous singer and model and Bob Marley also being a singer and is known the whole world, these as well as the naked models portray the obvious tastes / characteristics of a average British teenage male. In the mise-en-scene there is also posters of sport icons and football teams, these were also specifically kept in the scene as this keeps our film open to the young teenage audience. By this and the age of the characters i would put this in a teenage social group and it more suited towards a teenage audience. therefore i reckon this media product should be a bfcc rated 15. 


Both of the teens are very stereotypical of a english teen and neither of them are classed as individuals which could limit the audience to social groups such as goths and geeks. With Red Run being open to a open to large numbers of social groups with little specific groups it will be easier to sell and distribute to the market because of the larger available.

Stereotypical Goth

Stereotypical Geek

This age rating and the intended audience age should also increase the fear factor in some way, as it relates to them as them being there age and the high probability of them living in a middle class home like the location used can put themselves in this scenario.