Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In our current society we felt that the norm is that we are very multicultural. This is why we broke the zombie-action stereotypes of using only white-British actors as this view is outdated and it would be unrealistic to not have a diverse ethnic cast. We tried to represent a wide range of social and ethnic groups in our film and we did this by having these groups represented positively in certain characters.

Both of our protagonists are young males which is our core-target audience. We later introduce a female, around the same age who becomes one of the leaders but at the same time is a 'princess' due to her being the love interest.

Daniel

Daniel is a white male who is around 18 years old. He is a weapons expert as shown by him handling and using the advanced sniper rifle. He is one of the leaders of the main group with strong leadership qualities and  a likable character. He is depicted as experienced and selfless as he chooses to sacrifice himself to save his comrade. He is inspired from Bob Lee Swagger in 'Shooter'. This is because of his cool headed approach at leadership and his precision with any kind of rifle. He is portrayed as an inspirational figure and is a great action hero. This challenges the conception of teenagers as they are portrayed as rowdy, obnoxious and selfish. This has been shown in lots of news coverage like the London riots and multiple stabbings around London.

Maran

Maran is a South Asian male who is also aged around 18 years old. He is the scout who is also experienced as he gives very precise details on wind direction and distances ensuring Daniel gets the right shots. He is shown to be an equal as Daniel asks Maran for advice about whether they can 'take' the zombies. This challenges the racial stereotypes that the foreign character is a failure and dies first. We felt that this keeps it current to the ethnicities in England and also helps us to not put off some of our target market. We feel strongly that new films shouldn't conform to these outdated views.

We later introduce a female into the group who is strong willed and is a very good fighter. We took inspiration from Michone who is a brilliant female fighter in the hit TV series The Walking Dead. This also challenges the stereotype that only males are strong physically and can fight