Kwame - Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents the social group of higher middle class, due to our character’s position as a banker. This will bring about the feeling of hatred amongst the audience due to the current event of recession. This is also brought about because our character is selfish, which stereotypically is the characteristic of a young, middle classed banker.

This representation was influenced through our audience research as the majority of our audience were middle classed, so the character is somewhat relatable. However because of his slightly higher status and his occupation as a banker, it leads them to resent him and find him unattractive. This is reinforced by him being wealthy and involved in quite a lot illegal activity. This is similar to American Psycho, as it represents the main character as wealthy, which allows him to involve himself in illegal activities. This is emphasised through our own opening of our main character going through a daily routine, and you can see this at the end with a smug look on his face to give the impression of how bankers are self-involved.