Evaluation; Question 3

3. How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

My thriller opening only uses one character therefore doesn't really hold much information on representation of many different people, however the storyline does. In the opening sequence, there is a white male made to look about 17, physically there is nothing wrong with him however mentally there is, you cannot see this from the title sequence though,he just looks a bit strange and aggressive, already there is use of representation of a male adolescent as the aggressor and out of control.

We made use of many low angles within the title sequence making him look powerful and dominant within the frames, we also made of proxemics with most of our shots being at the intimate range, this was to give the feeling as though he was looking directly at audience members, giving them the perspective of being right in front of him. Also I made use of Point of view shots, seeing what the character sees an example of this is the shots of feet whilst the character is walking.

The main character within the video is wearing a pair of navy blue shorts, that is all, he is also extremely dirty covered in mud and blood for example, showing that appearance isn't important to him. To a certain extent this is almost showing him to be quite normal physically, it also portrays him as very low class as the story line isn't  told yet, so they will have to make assumptions. The navy shorts that are worn however symbolize importance and intelligence, but since they are worn, faded and have many rips in them I feel it almost conveys the opposite. or signifies his middle class routes.

In the story however there is a white middle class family with a very dominant powerful male and a very dependant women. The storyline portrays middle class older men as being overpowering, egotistical and very dominant over their female counterpart who is shown as being very weak willed yet loving and nurturing, until at the end whereby she comes out as being quite powerful also.