question 2

Question 2. How does your media product present particular social groups?

The two main characters we included in or media production were; the victim and the killer we portrayed these social groups through the use of costume and lighting and camera angles.  We were inspired greatly by characters in films such as Drive and the liability. We didn’t want to give away too much about the characters in the opening in order to keep the suspense and mystery running through our thriller.

To emphasise the role of the victim we used mainly high angle shots to make him look intimidated and smaller and a few long shots which also made him look small as well as emphasising that he was alone. Although we wanted to show that the victim was innocent we also wanted to create a look that he victim was also a spy, we achieved this by taking inspiration from similar films such as James Bond, where the “spy” character wears smart casual suits in typically dark colours. To represent the role of the killer we wanted the identity to remain a mystery so we used shadowing, dark clothing and accessories to hide their face. To control the shadowed lighting we positioned the car in a semi lit car park, we also then put a filter over the footage as a part of the editing process, over all this helped to add more shadow over the “killer”.