[EVALUATION] How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Media products, such as films or games, usually present different social groups in different ways. This is done for different reasons, such as to prove a point about certain social groups, create interesting characters or even for the sake of the plot.

The main characters - both fit into the group of teenagers.

In our film, we have represented a few different social groups. The first, most obvious social group is that of teenagers, as the character of Scott is portrayed as being in his teens - around 17 or 18. The character of Scott is shown making his way to work at the beginning of the film, in order to represent the social group of teenagers.

Scherbius holding Scott's CV, suggesting he is job hunting.

Another smaller social group represented by our media product is the social group of hackers, specifically white hat hackers. White hats are hackers who will fake an attack on a system in order to test the system's security or find any faults in the system. The term white hat can also mean a hero or the protagonist of a story. This is fitting as the main focus of the film is a group of hackers led by Scherbius. This shows hackers in a positive light, suggesting some hackers may have morals or purpose to what they do.

Finally, our film opening could also represent the theme of employment and the social groups that go with it, such as employed and unemployed youths. Scott is very young but is revealed to have a job working as a security advisor working with the local police. However, he does not seem happy with the job.