Evaluation - Q.2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Age - In our film we have the social groups of young people in the first two minutes of our film, and throughout the rest of the film we have adults, both male and female. Our film's depiction of young people presents them as vulnerable and in danger. For example Chris throughout the film is shown through high angled shots which create a sense of danger and impending doom, which works well when accompanied by the diegetic sound of his screams and shouting. We also made use of fast paced editing in the running scenes to thrill the audience and present Chris as a very scared individual. The character of the Desperate Man in our film further reinforces the ideology that young people are vulnerable and in need of protection. The Desperate Man is shown lying on the floor covered in blood. 

Gender - Our first two minutes featured two men and the voice of another male characters. Despite, seemingly looking androcentric within the first two minutes, we had planned to add many more female characters throughout the rest of the film. The men in the first two minutes, weren't portrayed as stereotypical male characters (usually brave and masculine), and instead were portrayed as weak and vulnerable. 



Mise en scene - Through the use of clothing and props like blood we were able to make Chris look like a stereotypical teenager who wears comfortable clothing like joggers and trainers. Also the use of blood added to the sense of vulnerability of the Desperate Man as it suggested he had been stabbed and attacked. 


Editing - Through the use of editing, more specifically through the changing of colour we were able to make the woods and street scene brighter and more orange in order to make it look dreamy and denote that this happened a while later than the home scene. 

Camera - In order to portray the young character of Chris we frequently made use of high angled shots in order to convey a sense of vulnerability and make the audience empathise with Chris. We also used two dolly shots during our film in order to create a sense of realism and subsequently make the audience feel like they were there with Chris and therefore they would be more likely to be scared and question what was going on. 



Sound - In order to create a sense of suspense and portray the characters as vulnerable in our film we used as little dialogue as we could in order to make our audience question what was happening. We relied on ambient sounds like the wind and the tweeting of birds to create a sense of isolation, especially in the woods scene. We had to edit the sound of the phone call, in order to make it sound like it was a legitimate phone call that would happen if somebody was calling 999.