Evaluation Task 2: In what ways does your media product represent particular social groups?

We deliberately didn't show the mans face in our opening sequence because we wanted to leave him un-identified for the beginning as it makes the opening more suspense. However, we can tell from his costume and physicality the representation we wanted to convey, even though we don't see his face.

Adam (the man) is shown as a white/male, well-dressed, affluent man, also upper-class. By his costume, we can see that he dresses smartly, suggesting wealth, intelligence, high up in the business as he wore a grey trench coat, a black tie, black trousers, black shoes. We did a lot of close-up shots which allowed us to see, in detail, the costume which identified him wearing expensive jewellery, nice/smart clothes etc. His physicality also conveys him as being powerful and in control of the situation happening in the opening.

We showed through camera that Adam was quick and on-the-ball as he was shown as constantly doing something - this helped us suggest he was planning something and was obviously aware of what he was going to do, showing that he was professional. It also allowed us to capture the mise-en-scene which allowed us to see the surroundings which portrayed his wealth, interests and perhaps his own job as he has and uses equipment such as an Apple Mac laptop and advanced camera technology, all set in a dark basement. Also he has locked his basement door implying he knows that he could get caught therefore takes precautions in the procedure of filming the kidnapped child.

The basement which the filming happens is in his own home, it looks quite spacious and the equipment and laptop he has makes the assumption that he is fairly wealthy and takes pride in his belongings as he slowly unzips his equipment and being careful with the way he handles it.

 

 

To conclude, the character in our psychological thriller is a criminal. He shows many signs of a villain, for example, working on his own, not showing his identity, being a man who is well-built and who has experienced something which has changed his view on life and the way he lives it.