Evaluation Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular groups?

Our opening sequence goes against several genre conventions; one of which is that in most modern thrillers, with a killer, they are almost always male:

Our sequence however is closer to an older style from the ‘40s or ‘50s - femme fatale; films like Sunset Blvd., Double Indemnity and Vertigo where the killer is female and the victim is male.

Despite this, we followed some gender stereotypes with Dawn:

These are stereotypes because female characters are usually presented as:

• Liking the colour pink.
• Liking flowers.
• Being passive.
• Being distressed damsels.