2) How Does Your Media Product Represent Social Groups?

We represented several different social groups within our film including both females and males - using and challenging gender roles put in place within society. 

In our film, we have represented females in a positive light, by creating a strong and independent heroine. This was specifically done to appeal to our female, secondary audience.

The presentation on Prezi that I made below, outlines some background research I did on the representation of women in sci-fi films over the years, from when cinema first started, to recent, modern sci-fi pictures.




Our media product has a good grasp of gender representation as it adheres to and goes against stereotypical gender roles. Our two lead roles, Leora and Adam, both break their gender roles, and their roles are somewhat reversed as Adam becomes more reliant on Leora than the other way around. Leora is a much stronger and more athletic character whereas Adam is very much a relatable, typical boy of his age, but does become very useful to Leora as he knows the city very well and can help her with more ordinary day to day tasks. Their two characters delve into a romantic relationship although this is not the main plot to the story, it does make them more relatable and love is a universal theme and will therefore appeal to a larger audience. In The Hunger Games, Katinss and Peeta have a relationship very much similar to that of Leora and Adam, proving to be full of challenges along the way.