How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product represents certain social groups through it's use of
character. Within my thriller I obtain three characters. The main character is
a blonde female, which links in with the stereotypical blonde perception. I made the actor portray this by wearing girly clothes, that were coloured pink as
the connotation of the colour is stereotypical to niaivety. This character was
included in order to portray a vulnerable character to the audience so they knew
who they were to draw towards and gain a relationship with. The use of gender
was also used to create a further more conventional thriller leading role. By
making her a female, I was able to play on the stereotype of a 'dumb blonde'
more and would be able to draw more emotion from the audience due to the
sympathy they will have for her/ towards her. Overall the use of our main
character was to appeal to the audience, and I did this through using
stereotypical thriller aspects such as, gender and hair colour.
By creating a main character who can pull on the audiences heart strings, we will have events that are thus more impactable as the audience have a sense of care towards her. This was our aim from the beginning and a lot of thought and indepth planning was taken out in order to create this realtionship between audience and character. This means that the audience wil having emotions towards the character and her events that are taking place. For example; When the character is attacked, the audience will feel worried and scared for the character as they can sense her vunerability and niavety. Equally, at the opening of our thriller when the young girl is laughing and giggling with her boyfriend, the audience may feel a sense of happiness and join in on the laughter with the young girl. This means that as the characters emotions change, so does the audience and they mirror eachother in that sense. This is all due to the relatonship I have created in order for the thriller to impact the target audience emotionally.
By placing my main character in light and girl clothes, a clear contrast was created between them and the villain in the film. The girl within my thriller is wearing a pink top, and has her hair groomed to show she is a clear carer of her physical apparence where as, my villain is dressed from head to toe in black and has his face covered with a mask. By my villain being dressed in dark clothing, it allows the audience to infer connotations of this colour to his personality and persona. For example, the colour black is associated with death and darkness, both of which happen within the sequence of my thriller film. Therefore, by using the mise-en-scene element of costume I could speak to my audience through the character, and allow them to underline the characters characteristics.
By creating a main character who can pull on the audiences heart strings, we will have events that are thus more impactable as the audience have a sense of care towards her. This was our aim from the beginning and a lot of thought and indepth planning was taken out in order to create this realtionship between audience and character. This means that the audience wil having emotions towards the character and her events that are taking place. For example; When the character is attacked, the audience will feel worried and scared for the character as they can sense her vunerability and niavety. Equally, at the opening of our thriller when the young girl is laughing and giggling with her boyfriend, the audience may feel a sense of happiness and join in on the laughter with the young girl. This means that as the characters emotions change, so does the audience and they mirror eachother in that sense. This is all due to the relatonship I have created in order for the thriller to impact the target audience emotionally.
By placing my main character in light and girl clothes, a clear contrast was created between them and the villain in the film. The girl within my thriller is wearing a pink top, and has her hair groomed to show she is a clear carer of her physical apparence where as, my villain is dressed from head to toe in black and has his face covered with a mask. By my villain being dressed in dark clothing, it allows the audience to infer connotations of this colour to his personality and persona. For example, the colour black is associated with death and darkness, both of which happen within the sequence of my thriller film. Therefore, by using the mise-en-scene element of costume I could speak to my audience through the character, and allow them to underline the characters characteristics.
Examples from the film "Prom Night"
Your analysis of question 2, demonstrates a basic understanding of how your represented social groups in your sequence. You have considered some proficient points to discuss your reasons for representing your female character, however the points that you have included on your villain are too vague and need to be addressed in more detail, to extend your understanding further.
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