Evaluation

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media piece represents the difference in working class males and females, i.e. females as vulnerable and males as superior. This is done through the connotations that we used.

We used camera angles a lot in order to convey what we wanted to when it came to separating the two sexes and show the distinct difference between the superiority and vulnerability of the male and the of the female. This was done through shots and movements such as close ups, extreme close ups, tracts, pans, establishing shots and point of view shots. The close ups and extreme close ups raised questions within the audience such as ‘what’s behind them?’ and also made them wonder who the antagonist was as only small parts of them were shown, therefore hiding their identity. The tracks and pans used helped emphasise the vulnerability of the protagonist as it showed how few places there were to hide and how easy it was for them to get lost. Also, it helped to show the audience what the antagonist was doing and developed enigma codes.

We also represented the working class through the use of costumes. Neither of the characters were dressed up as though they were above working class, though they were not dressed in rags. The girl wears a coat hat and jeans which include connotation of red, and the man wears all black coat and jeans, making him immediately suspicious to the audience and poses a threat. These costumes can be seen in ‘127 Hours’ and ‘Mystic River’. In ‘127 Hours’, the protagonist wears a red T shirt, suggesting that they are in danger. In ‘Mystic River’, the antagonist wears a large dark coat and dark tie and trousers, suggesting that he has a ‘dark’ personality. To make our antagonist seem more dangerous we simply enhanced this when deciding on our own costume.