question 2 - how does your media product represent particular social groups?
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HOW D
OES YOUR M
EDIA P
RODUCT
REPRESENT
PART
ICULA
R SOCIA
L GROUPS
?
Our characters were of shared background and were both represented as young, white collar, male, office workers in the classification of C1 on
the socio-economic scale.
We focused on meeting this criteria mainly with costumes, the white shirts and ties with trousers and black shoes connotes to what their
profession is and pairs them together as friends, giving them a relationship. Their body language shows them to be laid back and
friendly, along with the dialogue they partake in, although this device changes drastically once Mitch finds the letter.
Mitch becomes a countertype for who we have presented him to be, an accepted member of society with a respectable job, when it is revealed
that he has a secret he is extremely afraid to reveal. This has been done to add to the mystery conventions of thriller films as it is not what
the audience will expect.
The use of a negative countertype may dissuade audience members due to offence but it was done through no
means to personally offend, and I believe that the lack of verisimilitude
would give off an impersonal tone that would make others unable to connect
the film to their own life. I don't believe that there was a need to treat
the group fairly and it would have detracted from the action that we
were trying to build.
From our audience feedback, we feel as if we were quite successful in obviously representing the group.
Audience feedback