EVALUATION TASK 2HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUP?

REPRESENTATIONThrough this thriller we are aiming to represent and examine the typical teenage questions of existence and the meaning or determination of life. Is what we believe, see, predict or feel of any consequence to how our future unfolds?

THEMES We have used the metaphor of the eyes

and linked it in with the idea of death and the ability of one girl who has a gift to determine people’s death dates. We have represented the abnormal and unique gifts that people have, and question whether life (and death) is pre-determined by a greater influence, or merely spontaneous and unpredictable.

CHARACTERIZATION Our main character is a young teenage

girl who is ordinary looking and relatable to the audience. The establishing shot is in her bedroom as she is falling asleep. As she closes her eyes her dreams and flashing images of deaths start to appear creating a tense and disturbing dynamic in our opening sequence.

SOCIO-AGE GROUPWe are playing to the typical paranoia and fears of this socio-age group. Adolescent teenagers carry big questions of life, death, meaning and reason – challenged by the ideas of why they are here, what meaning their life has, fears for their mortality, and that of their parents, friends and loved ones. All this angst can be played out through the window of the flickering eye into their dreams and nightmares. The core question is one of determinism – is what they imagine real and predictive or just the output of a creative, troubled mind but with no meaning or consequence other than to their own confidence and sanity?

WIDER SOCIAL GROUP In reality this film can also be relevant

to a wider social group beyond our core teenage reference, including those that similarly are troubled and are asking questions of their existence. This could, therefore, be those seeking religious or faith answers, those suffering from a loss or relationship issue, or those who feel isolated, disenfranchised or outcast from society and friends.