How does your media product represent particular social groups?
A social group is a group of people that share similar characteristics. For example class, gender, age, sexuality, interests and ethnicity. Our target audience is 18 - 30 year olds as it I a thriller which usually appeals to the older people not children.
Gender:
Our cast is three girls and one boy which goes with the conventions of a real thriller film. However, unlike a conventional thriller film we don't have one main character we just have lots of different characters an there isn't one clearly in the opening that is the main character. However, the mum in our thriller opening is in it the most so some could suggest that this he is the main character. This goes against the stereotypical protagonist as a protagonist is normal a male character which goes against the conventions of a real thriller film. There many examples of films that have a female protagonist. For example, Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean. We decided to make the mum come into the house and be in it the most as she is the mum is stereotypical seen to look after the children after work to feed them. I feel that by breaking the gender stereotype of the female being the protagonist as it shows that females are as strong as men. The antagonist is still be to be known further on in the film. We decided that the two children will be the two girls as they're stereotypically seen to be the weaker sex. We feel that having both females and males is very successful as will be good for the target audience as they will be able to see both. I feel that we included the gender stereotypes of the genders well and had them like the conventional thriller. For example, the dad was more adamant that the children had been taken than the women.
Our cast is three girls and one boy which goes with the conventions of a real thriller film. However, unlike a conventional thriller film we don't have one main character we just have lots of different characters an there isn't one clearly in the opening that is the main character. However, the mum in our thriller opening is in it the most so some could suggest that this he is the main character. This goes against the stereotypical protagonist as a protagonist is normal a male character which goes against the conventions of a real thriller film. There many examples of films that have a female protagonist. For example, Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean. We decided to make the mum come into the house and be in it the most as she is the mum is stereotypical seen to look after the children after work to feed them. I feel that by breaking the gender stereotype of the female being the protagonist as it shows that females are as strong as men. The antagonist is still be to be known further on in the film. We decided that the two children will be the two girls as they're stereotypically seen to be the weaker sex. We feel that having both females and males is very successful as will be good for the target audience as they will be able to see both. I feel that we included the gender stereotypes of the genders well and had them like the conventional thriller. For example, the dad was more adamant that the children had been taken than the women.
Age:
We each played a character who are the ages of 16,17 and 18, however the age of the characters that we were playing ranged from 10 to 40. The children being young and the adults being around 40 years old. The reason why we had the adults being older is because they're more aware of things going on in the world but are unaware that something may have happened to there children. We wanted the children to be relatively young as when you are young you're very innocent and unaware of what is happening which links to what happens. This links to the audience as they worry about the children being in this dangerous situation. Children are more vulnerable when being taken as they can't look after themselves which creates a more tense, worrying atmosphere. We have both young and old ages to be able to go with the target audience so they will enjoy it and relate to it. Overall, I'm happy with the different ages and the way that they are represented to link to our target audience.
We each played a character who are the ages of 16,17 and 18, however the age of the characters that we were playing ranged from 10 to 40. The children being young and the adults being around 40 years old. The reason why we had the adults being older is because they're more aware of things going on in the world but are unaware that something may have happened to there children. We wanted the children to be relatively young as when you are young you're very innocent and unaware of what is happening which links to what happens. This links to the audience as they worry about the children being in this dangerous situation. Children are more vulnerable when being taken as they can't look after themselves which creates a more tense, worrying atmosphere. We have both young and old ages to be able to go with the target audience so they will enjoy it and relate to it. Overall, I'm happy with the different ages and the way that they are represented to link to our target audience.
Ethnicity:
The race of our thriller opening is both black and white which represents the stereotype of a thriller film and shows a diverse ethnicity. However, in thriller films the characters are mostly all white. For example, Sixth Sense and The Butterfly Effect. I believe that having the race of both ethnicities shows ethnicity diversity which the target audience will appreciate. Now a days films show ethnic diversity which we showed in our thriller opening.
Class:
The class that is represented in our thriller opening is middle class as they live in a very nice area and have a nice sized house to live in. It is very obvious to the target audience that they're middle class because of the mise-en-scene and the costumes that they wear. The costumes that the parents wear are very smart to show that they have been working with the mum carrying props of a work bag to reinforce this as she walks into the house. The children are wearing casual clothes to show that the mystery of them being taken is even more out of the ordinary. Also, them being middle class is even more against the stereotype as it is normally the lower class that go missing as they may have a back story with being in gangs or there parents being involved in something. This makes them being a middle class family even more out of the ordinary for the audience as they start to worry about the children and why they have been taken. I feel that them being a middle class family reinforces the sense of mystery that we have in our thriller opening and this goes with and against the conventions of a real thriller product. There are many different examples of films that have middle class families in it that have problems. I know they're middle class by the way they dress and where they live. I like the way that we used class to add extra mystery to our thriller opening but I would however, like to add more props to make the audience sure that they're middle class and also a different class to show the difference between the mystery to add to it for the target audience.
In conclusion, I'm very happy with the way that we added age, gender, ethnicity and class to our thriller to add a sense of mystery to the thriller aspect of our opening. I think what we have done with these aspects will captivate our target audience and make them want to watch it to find out what happens.
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