I think our media product represents particular social groups by the main protagonist being a teenager. In today’s society, some people believe that teenagers are hostile and moody and the way the girl has been portrayed and shown through the camera lense supports this idea. Our film involves female antagonist alongside a baby. This could be interpreted for women being associated more with children than men. In thrillers, men tend to be the main protagonists so it was a change for the main character to be female and to commit such a shocking crime.
In our film, the girl looks very antisocial and withdrawn into herself, which could be compared to the thrillers, ‘Don’t Say a Word’ and ‘Girl, Interrupted’. Both of these films have similar protagonists as the main characters but all are disturbed because of different reasons. I think that when women are associated with mental scarring, it is to show the audience that men are stronger than women, mentally and physically.
In our film, we don't really represent men because we don't include any in our shots. The idea of the film was meant to be that the interviewer is male and even though you can't hear or see him, he has a sense of power over the girl still. And he doesn't even need to be seen on screen to show his dominance.
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