Question 2- How Does Your Media Project Represent Paticular Social Groups?
I have recorded my answer to this answer in a voice recording. The transcript is also featured below.
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Transcript
Overall, our media product generally follows the generic stereotypes from the thriller genre, however it also challenges many conventions, for example we represented the male protagonist to be weak and vulnerable whereas normally males are represented to be the "hero" not the damsel in distress.
The young and old are normally shown to be weak, whereas the middle age is shown as strong and intelligent. The younger girl that is killed conforms to this, and the boy who finds her is clearly quite older. This is hard to see though as the girls face is never shown. We followed the reactionary view that the younger generation are weaker than the old. We see this as the dead body is clearly that of someone in the age range of 15-20, whereas the main character is 20-30.
The whites are seen to be the heroes but people of different origin are seen to be inferior. However, in our piece we only have white people and both seem extremely weak/ inferior.
We deliberately developed an enigma with the lack of dialogue. The specific camera shots and different facial expression make it difficult for the audience to determine whether the character is the antagonist or protagonist at the very start of the piece.
We used many disorientating shots to add to the suspense, as it helps build the effect of confusion.
By giving our character these features, we are representing the male gender as weak. This is a radical view, because they are typically seen as heroes. However, some viewers may think differently and see the male as being strong, because he is alive compared to the character that is not. We wanted to create the effect where the audience believes what they want to believe.