How does your media product represent particular social groups? Since our opening sequence is based on ‘pranks’ and the aspect of the pranks no longer being a joke, but deadly. We decide our cast should reflect both aspects of not only a serious matter but a social act that was initially for humour. We tried to ensure that our concept was able to link with the characters and cast, by finding suitable ages to play the roles. Therefore we centred our characters around the ages of teenagers 13+, as pranks are usually more of an immature act which is normally done by teens for fun. However with our twist on the prank theme and it turning out to have negative repercussions our characters social group was based on later teens 15- 17. Through diegetic speech we were able to make the characters stereotypical to the age by them using slag words such as ‘bruv’. Also due to mise-en -scene and the mid shots and long shots used we were able to see their location and direction as they walked through a forest like area as a short cut. This relates back to the idea of teens being careless as the characters walk through a secluded area. Their costume was also very casual and common to what teens today would wear, such as beanies, t- shirts, jeans and hoddies. This all ties in to our stereotypical teenage group of friends who are out on a social day event.
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
Since our opening sequence is based on pranks and the aspect of
the pranks no longer being a joke, but deadly. We decide our cast
should reflect both aspects of not only a serious matter but a
social act that was initially for humour. We tried to ensure that
our concept was able to link with the characters and cast, by
finding suitable ages to play the roles. Therefore we centred our
characters around the ages of teenagers 13+, as pranks are usually
more of an immature act which is normally done by teens for fun.
However with our twist on the prank theme and it turning out to
have negative repercussions our characters social group was based
on later teens 15-17. Through diegetic speech we were able to make
the characters stereotypical to the age by them using slag words
such as bruv. Also due to mise-en -scene and the mid shots and long
shots used we were able to see their location and direction as they
walked through a forest like area as a short cut. This relates back
to the idea of teens being careless as the characters walk through
a secluded area. Their costume was also very casual and common to
what teens today would wear, such as beanies, t- shirts, jeans and
hoddies. This all ties in to our stereotypical teenage group of
friends who are out on a social day event.
Our Main Character: Sarah (played by Scevcan Kelebeck)
With our main character Sarah we were trying to create an image
of how a strong girl could be broken down and destroyed by
unexplainable situations. Sarah was the character who was the more
cautious one about what was happening around her but due to her
careless teenage personality and irresponsible behaviour she was
abducted by the attacker. Sarah costume was very neutral for her
being a girl as she wore camouflage pants, a black hooded jacket
and a beanie. Her makeup was very light as she was only wearing
mascara this adding back to the feminine side of her character, as
we tried to represent both genders through Sarah by her costume and
personality, even though she is a girl.
