Evaluation - How does your media product represent particular social groups? - Draft

In the thriller opening sequence using male characters instead of females was a conscious choice. After researching we did find that 90% of murders between 1976 and 2005 were committed by men, therefore leading us to think that using a woman would not be accurate enough, furthermore we also did not want to stray too far from stereotypes as we feel those are the best things to keep to if we want to use accurate conventions of a thriller film, so this is our social group represented in the opening sequence. However on the other hand we did want to challenge the typical "hooded stalker" goes after the female by replacing the female with a male character instead.