Evaluation Question 2

Foundation Production- Evaluation

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents particular social groups by using young actors in our opening to represent the victims and the killer. This suggests to our audience that the film is aimed at young people and they would find it most entertaining. The victim’s character had been murdered in our opening by Scott's character. She was a young victim and played one of the main protagonists in our thriller. Laura's clothing was modern and styled as everyday wear however it was covered in blood from when she was murdered. Laura's role in our thriller was to be the murder victim that the victim would find later on in the opening.  Laura's character is similar to a character such as Red Riding Hood (Amanda Seyfried). This is because both Red Riding Hoods cloak and the blood on Laura's body both represent the danger both characters were in. Red Riding Hood was in danger when she discovered the wolf and

Laura was in danger when she was being murdered. This is something that makes them both similar. Both characters also portray an innocent female role to their films and expand on the female victim stereotype. As both characters were also young this then also shows how victimised they are and how vulnerable they are as there characters.  The status and class of both characters is different as Laura's character was middle class and Red Riding Hoods character was lower class, which suggests although they both come from different backgrounds, they still become the victims in their storylines. We used the victims ripped clothes and red shoes to create danger and to add picture the struggle she must have gone through as she was being killed. We arranged her make up to look rough and as though she’d been crying in the agony of her death.

Becky's character is a friend of Laura's in the narrative and she then becomes the next victim to die. Becky was also a young character in the thriller and furthermore continues to suggest an innocent and vulnerable characteristic. Becky wore simplistic and modern everyday clothing with dull colours to show how current the thriller was and to suggests the dark awakening she’s about to see.  Becky's role in our thriller was also to be a victim and another protagonist in the narrative. Becky's character wanted to find Laura to make sure she was okay however things did not go to plan when she got murdered herself. Becky's character was slightly similar to Hermione (Emma Watson). This is because both characters want to protect their friends. Hermione wanted to protect Harry and Ron and Becky wanted to protect Laura. The difference between the characters is that Becky's character died trying to protect Laura, but Hermione's character didn't. Like Hermione's character they both wore everyday clothing apart from when Hermione wore her Hogwarts school uniform as Becky did not wear a uniform in the thriller. However both characters are very similar in that they were brave and concerned enough to help their friends. Both Hermione and Becky are both middle class so they both come from similar backgrounds however because Hermione's character was a wizard his makes their status different.

Finally Scott's character was the murderer in the thriller.  His role was to kill innocent victims Laura and Becky. His character seemed to portray a powerful, confident man who knew exactly what he was doing. He wore a smart suit which showed how professional he was and that he was experienced in killing victims. Scott appeared to look in control and very focused on the job he had to do. He did not seem fazed about killing both his victims. Scott's character is somewhat similar to The Joker from Batman. This is due to the fact that both the characters use their costume or make-up to mask themselves from the victims. Scott used a coat hood to mask his face and the Joker uses make up paints to look unapproachable and almost psychopathic. The other similarities they have are that they both have a vengeance to kill anyone who gets in their way. In this case Becky’s character was one of those victims who was murdered in the opening. Furthermore although the characters are different ages which defy the stereotype with Scott being so young, it proves that no matter what age the killer is they will still look good on screen.

We used the roles in our thrillers to represent the social groups as the female roles were the protagonist and the victim roles this is typical of a thriller. The male role in our thriller was the antagonist which is the typical stereotype for a thriller film. We wished to stick to this particular stereotype to convey a classic stereotype to our audience. We used that age group for our thriller because we wanted this to appeal to our target audience of 15. Therefore by using young characters in our thriller we would be creating a thrilling and entertaining opening for our own age ranges audience. We used the characters appearances to keep the thriller looking modern and current so that we would not confuse or bore the audience. We wanted to make sure that the female characters looked innocent and vulnerable and the male character to look focused and overpowering. The costumes help to create this by representing colours and there typical representations. For example Laura wore red shoes and a whit top to suggest that danger was in the room and the purity of Laura's character. Also Scott's costume was smart which made his character seem like he was a professional killer. The make up and blood that Laura had on made her body look lifeless and pale. We darkened her eyes and used white foundation on her skin to show how her life had been drained from her body. Also the blood showed how vicious and painful her death must have been. The camera shots we used also helped to convey to a particular group as, close ups and long shots that we used were able to reveal more or less to the audience and allow us to control how much the audience would see in each shot. The props used by the characters also helped to convey social groups as the rope used to strangle Laura continued to make Scott seem in control. The table also represents Laura's resting place which is something the audience would be interested to learn how she got there. The location also helped to convey to our social group as an abandoned house is sometimes common in a thriller which then makes it look more exciting to he audience, as it looks suspicious and creates an enigma. Whilst in that location we used the lighting to our advantage to highlight specific parts on Laura's body and to shadow Scott's character and keep his identity and intentions well hidden.

Evaluation Question 2