Evaluation Question 2

2 How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Age

Will and Frank are around the mid twenties age wise. However, generally in detective films the inspector or similar person is well season; normally seen as a gruff man in his 40s or older. With this portrayal of the classic character type, it will attract a new audience to our film as it appeals to a new age group and the different take will also intrigue new people. Volnus however never has his age revealed, as he is a mystery. Although he never has it revealed, people can guess that he’d be the same age as Will or similar at least.

Gender

As we only produced a small section of the full film, only the male characters were shown. The only reason why no females were shown was because the film never got that far. However, as there are no females as of yet, the film so far would probably appeal to men as they would be able to relate to the characters more. It may end up alienating female viewers, which is not what we want.

Social class

Social class isn’t represented that much in the film, so there isn't really a specific social class that this film could aim at. However, Volnus is shown to have an accent that makes him seem of a high social class. This may not matter too much, but it may attract more people who are of a high social class.

Mise-en-scene

In our film, the costumes that the characters wear are much more than clothes; they reflect the personalities of the characters. For example; in the first scene where Will is shown, he is wearing casual wear. However, later in the film (when he is getting dressed) he wears a police uniform. This change symbolises his determination to catch Volnus, as a cop would be able to do it.