Question 2 Evaluation (final version)

Question 2 Evaluation (final version)

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  Evaluation - Question2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups? CHLOE MAR-GERRISON
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  Social Groups  Inour final piece Izzy and I chose to revolve our narrative around teenagers and young adults, as these social groups are the main target audience for the thriller genre, so we chose teenagers to star in our thriller in order to appeal to this target audience.  The two main characters in our sequence are aged between 16 and 17, which is a common age among thriller target audiences. We also chose a variety of teenagers to do our whispery voiceovers and surveyed multiple students at college to give us feedback on our original draft so we could incorporate their ideas and criticisms into our final piece in order to ensure our final product appealed to our audience.
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  How are thesesocial groups represented? - Mise En Scene  We reinforced the theme of young adults and teenagers by representing this social group through Mise-En-Scene. The female character was featured wearing a black mini skirt (however this wasn’t visible in the footage) and a cropped jumper with tights and heeled ankle boots, as this is a stereotypical “girly” outfit for a teenage girl.  The male character was featured wearing clothing that accentuated his anonymous persona, however we also incorporated stereotypical clothes that young males wear. Matt was shown wearing dark grey skinny jeans, Nike trainers and a black hoodie over the top of a plain white top (not visible in the footage). We believed this would be a good outfit to use as the hoodie covered his face and torso so it was difficult to make out his features, but as these items of clothing are also common among teenagers and young males it was appropriate for both the thriller genre and our target audience.
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  How are thesesocial groups represented? - Camera Angles  The male character is represented as being the powerfully dominant character in the sequence, as he is frequently featured at low angle camera shots, creating the illusion that he is looming over the camera and is in a position of authority and power as he is physically above the other characters.  The female character is represented as vulnerable and a typically vain teenage girl as she is surrounded by beauty products in her bedroom, and is featured in multiple close up shots applying makeup throughout the beginning of the sequence and brushing out her hair which creates the impression of vanity. The close up shots also highlight her fear as she answers the anonymous phone call, and highlights that she is vulnerable.
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  What messages didyou hope the audience would understand from your representations?  Izzy and I were hoping to achieve a mysterious and tense atmosphere which our target audience would pick up on from our use of props, sound and camera angles, and would empathise with the characters in the sequence as our target audience are of a similar age to the actors and actresses featured in our film.