How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Charles Stooke
The opening of my film is set in South
London. My character is meant to elude any firm stereotypes, as his identity is
to question for the majority of the film. He appears as a British, conservative
middle class male, however it is apparent that there are aspects to his
character that deviate away from those of your typical shut-in middle class
man.
He presented in this way via a number of
different mediums. The location is of a well-furbished, fairly grand house, set
in a suburban street in south London. In his house he has lots of books and
instruments, suggesting he is quite dull. His clothes are verging on being
smart (suit trousers, a shirt and tie) although they are far too big for him
and he wears a fairly grubby pair of white Reebok classics. These decisions
were made in order to ridicule James’ character and show in incomplete aspect
to him.
This undermines James’ character although
also makes him easier to connect with, as he is not entirely stern and sinister
and clearly has the tendencies of most people. I engineered this with my target
audience in mind.
I chose James’ to play my character as he
is an average looking man although has a few distinctive features. This was to
show that he was not as average as the next person although was not dissimilar
at all.
The audience would be estranged by James’
actions (murder) and his psychological state but still be able to form a strong
link with his character as he does things and acts in the same way as many of
them. People would be able to instantly associate with his surroundings
(primarily middle class males) and actions whilst be startled by many of the
less naturalistic events in the film.
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