Stereotypical bullying

Stereotypical bullying is usually in a gang and unusually just 1 person bullying alone.

The stereotypical image of a bullying gang is along these lines:

Taken from "tormented"

Typical victims of bullying:

Stereotype

The most common form of bullying of the 21st century is cyber-bullying:

however physical and verbal bullying can be just as common:

The most common location for bullying to occur is in school territory (for example in the image above lockers are noticeable in the background highlighting that the bullying is taking place within school)

Real life bullying

As our main idea is to do a film about revenge of someone being bullied, we have looked into films which have already taken and contextualised this idea. Some already well known films featuring this type of storyline is:

Bully
Bullies
Shockers parents night
Tormented

Different types of bullying:

1. Verbal bullying
2. Bullying through social exclusion/isolation
3. Physical bullying such as hitting, kicking, shoving, and spitting
4. Bullying through lies/false rumors
5. Having money or other things taken or damaged by students who bully
6. Being threatened or being forced to do things by students who bully
7. Racial bullying
8. Sexual bullying
9. Cyber bullying

Psychologists presume the 3 main reasons for bullying are:

1. needs for power and (negative) dominance.
2. finding satisfaction in causing injury and suffering to other
students.
3. often rewarded in some way for their behavior with
material or psychological rewards.

Consequences the victim is likely to experience (can be life long lasting effects) :

Depression
Low self-esteem
Health problems
Poor grades
Suicidal thoughts

The Bullying Circle