Evaluation 2 - How does my media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents numerous social groups. The pictures on the left are the two characters in our opening title sequence:

1

The antagonist in our thriller is shown above (on the left), his clothing resembles the clothing of the KKK, the pointy hat is typically worn by an antagonist in thriller films. The pointy hat may be a sign of poverty characterising their background i.e. a poor man who has recently been released from prison. The dark clothing can also represent the clothes worn by thieves (as shown in two pictures above). Furthermore, the black leather coat resembles the one worn by Renard (Robert Carlyle) in the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough"(1999). In addition, the harsh tone that our antagonist uses represents an aggressive man. Furthermore, simply through the narrative it is clear this man is a violent man, as we see him suffocate another man with a plastic bag. We have created the image of this character as a working class, aggressive thug.

2

The protagonist in our title sequence is represented as a white, young man with a rather low income as he is working the night shift at a freezing cold bus depot. Simply by looking at the way he walks in the opening title sequence this man is portrayed as timid and withdrawn. We hoped to represent a lazy, shy, single depot worker who lives by himself in a flat who is struggling to keep up with the rent. We did this by choosing an actor with long hair, overweight who is shy when he is not acting; therefore he didn't really need to act to be someone he is not.