Thursday 25 March 2010

How does your media product represent particular social groups?


I have chosen Paul (Charlie Surey) from our opening sequence this being because he is the main character and there are quite a few similarities and differences between him and other characters in films for example Scream. The only difference being that the main character there was a female.

I have chosen to look at Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) in Scream; she is similar to Paul because of her attire and appearance. She is quite similar to Charlie because she is wearing casual clothes that she may also wear to college just like Charlie’s character does in Pursuer. A difference between Charlie and Neve is that obviously as i mentioned earlier they are the opposite sex however this does not alter the fact they have a lot in common and this is represented by the social group that each character may belong to. Another similarity is that they are both the main character in each film and they both have the same experiences of being harassed, followed or watched.

These two characters have some similarities and some differences to Paul but they are both of the similar role type in both horror and thriller films.

Mise-en-scene and the costume is very important at showing a particular character. This is an area that we could have improved on. Especially for the dark and mysterious character (the ‘unknown’).

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