In the case of our thriller, we cast Jake Pratt as the role of the school boy who is bullied. He is a white male of age around 17, dressed in an unattractive school uniform, which could indicate hat he perhaps comes from a privileged background, however in our story, he comes from a working class background. To show this we included segments like the text message from his dad, and also the setting that he walks home in. We chose particularly gritty looking urban scenes to further promote the idea that he comes from a working class background as he is not being driven home etc. The character that Jake is portraying is therefore a white male teenager from a working class family in a city. 
When choosing the costume for Elina's character of the female bully, we decided on an adidas hoody and large gold hoop earrings along with her school uniform. The fact that she is wearing these extra items of clothing that are considered 'chavy' on top of her school uniform suggests that she attends a state school, as in a private school there would be much stricter dressing regulations. This shows her as a white teenage girl from a working class background who comes from an intimidating social group of bullies. As for the other two actors, Jonnie and Owen, they played the other two bullies who we also dressed in school uniform with Nike trainers and a flatcap, also jackets instead of blazers. This also shows them of as chavy individuals from working class backgrounds as they are part of this intimidating social group of intimidating bullies.
In conclusion, I think that our thriller is a great example to show the representation of particular social groups as we have such great exaggerated characters that really show off their stereotyes.
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