Evaluation of Thriller Opening, Question Two

How does your media product represent / appeal to particular social groups?

Representation of gender:

Masculinity is represented in our film as yobbish and resentful. The only two male characters in our film show no emotion at all and also have no dialogue. They would appeal to men in a society that is run down and has very little aspiration. However, despite this the costume says the opposite about our characters. The suits represent finicial stability whereas the trainers show low money income and the beanies slight fashion sense. This is a mixed costume combination and could appeal to a variety of male audiences. As the characters are teenagers, it is likely the audiences of the same age would enjoy the viewing more due to social bias and relatability.

The characters role in the opening is to simply find and hunt down Eve. This is the sort of thing that teenage males in rundown areas of society would find appealing because it can be related to drugs or violence. And as low finace areas of Britain have little to aspire to these are the types of things that young males find themselves getting caught up in.

Femininity is shown as victimised and in danger. The female lead (Eve) has to escape for her life as she has stolen an object of desire. This could appeal to many women as the character is shown to be desperate, and alone. Also, the object she steals is a precious necklace, this would make Eve relatable to a large portion of the female population as jewellery is an important factor of value to many women. Eve's role as a hero would would also be appealing because there have been many significant events throughout history that have hinted the fact that women are not as important as men, making a stereotype of women in modern day times as being very vindictive and pro feminist. Meaning that seeing the role of a women deliberately disobeying the authority of two menacing men would be most likely very appealing to many women.

Eve represents females in a 'rising up' light as she challenges typical stereotypes of women being traditionally well behaved.

The Gender representation is not equal in our opening. The two males show a lot more power than Eve as they are dressed in flash suits and carry weapons. Meaning that they are a lot more threatening than she is, furthermore infering that males are the dominant gender in aggression and violence. On the other hand Eve is shown as sly and subtle as well as quick on her toes. Implying the females are dominant on the other side of the spectrum, our thriller establishes that the female gender is better at being subtle and copying with mania and stress.
Representation of Ethnicity:
The thriller opening I produced is ethnocentric, meaning all characters / actors involved with the production are of the same single ethnicity. In terms of how appealing this would make it to particular social groups, the obvious group it would appeal to most simply due to social bias would be English people, because every character is English. It is human nature to find people you can relate to, to appear appealing. However it is also appealing to view and investigate how other ethnicites are generalised in film, therefor it is possible that people from other countries could find our opening attractive simply because it only has British ethnicities involved in it. A possible social group that would enjoy our opening could be American, because the language is relatable but the actors are from another country. The English countryside is also clearly advertised in my film, which audiences from America could find appealing even more because their landscapes are so very diverse and different in comparison to ours.