Question 2

1. Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
Laura Monument

2. Social Groups
• A group of people who interact with each other and
are aware of having something in common.
• A social group has been defined as two or more
people who interact with one another, share similar
characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity.
• Examples of social groups are
• Chavs
• Goths
• Teachers
• Detective’s

3. Characters In Our Film
• There are 4 different characters in our film, these are
a Detective named “Detective Crawford”, his
girlfriend, “Jane Crawford” who is the victim who
gets murdered. The murderer is called “Roman” who
is a serial killer. The detectives worker who tells the
Detective about the murder.
• The 4 different characters all represent and link to
different social groups.

4. Detective Crawford
Detective Crawford will link in with the social group of
police workers and detectives themselves. These workers
will be higher up and have more power in the hierarchy.
In films there is always a detective that takes control of
the situation and try’s to figure out the dilemma.
With the audience feeling involved in the film and if
they can relate to it, therefore they will be interested in
watching the rest of the film as they feel as if they are
there and not watching a movie.

5. Detective Crawford.
A key representation of this social group is for them to
be seen as
• Independent. This would show the audience that the
character can stand on their own two feet.
• Strong Minded. The characters can make a decision
of their own.
• Caring for loved ones, meaning he is a family man
and protects the ones he loves. This can sometimes be
bad as characters can use it to get to them
• Dominant.

6. Detective Crawford
• We have made our character seem dominant by using a low
angle shots, this has an effect on the audience as they realise
that he has a lot of power.
• To make the our character fit the representations of a detective,
we have showed that he is a caring and loving man for his
close ones. We have done this by using a high angled shot
when he finds out the information about his girlfriend. The
high angled shot shows the audience that he is weak and upset.
• In our film the Detective looks strong minded as he makes the
decision of going to kill “Roman”. This shows he is
independent and can choose what decision is best for the
situation he is in.

7. Detective Crawford
Detective Crawford is representing the social group of
police workers and detectives themselves. In the film
“Se7en” there Detective is very similar to the character
in our opening, their girlfriends have been murdered.
Parts of the narrative are the same as well as the genre
of the film. This shot is a high angle shot which shows
the detective is not in a good mind set, this reveals to the
audience that the information about his girlfriend being
murdered has upset him, linking in with the point that
he cares for the ones he loves. The clothing of the actors
are the same, however cannot see in this image.
The white shirt shows the type of job the character
has and Mise-en-scene gives a lot of information to
the audience. The gender of the characters are the
same which is another similarity with the thriller
“se7en”.

8. Jane Crawford
• Jane Crawford will link in with the social group of
vulnerable women victims. The people in this social
group will not have a lot of power and feel as if they
are/was in danger. With Jane being an easy target and
her weakness has been used against her the audience
can relate to the film which will make them want to
continue watching and mean they have a connection
with the film.

9. Jane Crawford
• A key representation of this social group is for them to be
seen as:
• Vulnerable. This is if they are easily targeted, mentally or
physically.
• Weak. They have a weak mind, leading to them being an
unconfident person.
• Powerless. They lack self believe.
• An easy target.

10. Jane Crawford
• Our character is seen as Vulnerable as she is a very easy
target and is easy to harm physically. The attacker being
in her workplace with Jane not noticing shows that she
has a chance of being attacked.
• Jane is seen as weak from the amount of high angled
shots that are used, this tells the audience a lot about
Jane’s character and personality. This links in with the
key representation of her being powerless.

11. Jane Crawford
Jane Crawford is similar to Shellie, from Sin City, due to the
fact they are both vulnerable women that are in the eye-line
of being attacked.
Shellie and Jane are both seen in Black and White, which is a
thriller code and convention, however it shows the Audience
how Jane and Shellie are seen the same.
The clothing between Jane and Shellie are different
however they are both the same gender which is a
similarity from the thriller Sin City.
Shellie represents a social group of woman victims, this
social group is also represented in our opening by Jane
Crawford.

12. Roman Mortem
• Roman Mortem being the murderer in the film, this
will link in with the social group of criminals.
Criminals commit crimes everyday so therefore this
film will link in with peoples daily lives and the
world around them. The audience will be interested in
the film and thrilled as the Roman commits such a
serious crime.

13. Roman Mortem
• A key representation of this social group is for them to be
seen as:
• Dominant. Dominant is where an individual has power
and influence over others.
• Intimidating. The individual will be able to make
someone do what they like as they frighten people easily.
• Narcissist. This is a person who is overly self-involved,
and often vain and selfish.

14. Roman Mortem
• Within our film we make Roman seem very
intimidating and dominant as he is shown
throughout Low angled shots. This shows the
audience the power that Roman has over the
other characters, including Jane, the victim.
• The two clear shots that show Roman are a POV
shot which is from a low angle and also a low
angled shot. This shows the power that Roman
has.

15. Roman Mortem
Roman Mortem is one of the main characters in the
opening, with him being a murderer he is seen as a
villain and evil. The film Face Off has a character called
Castor Troy who is a murderer and is not liked by many
people. Both characters are dressed smartly and both
posses a gun. The two characters have the same profile
which shows our opening links in with a thriller film.
As Caster Troy represents a social group of
criminals, it shows how Roman Mortem also
represents the same social group as the
characters are the same and have the same
characteristics.

16. Detectives Worker
• The detectives worker doesn’t have a main part in the
film however he is very important and his job has a
lot of reliability. This links in with the social group of
police officers. Just like the “Detective Crawford”
social group the workers will be higher up and have
more power in the hierarchy.

17. Detectives Worker
A key representation of this social group is for them to be
seen as
• Independent. This would show the audience that the
character can stand on their own two feet.
• Strong Minded. The characters can make a decision of
their own. However as they work for a main detective
they have to follow orders.
• Caring for loved ones, meaning he is a family man and
protects the ones he loves. This can sometimes be bad as
characters can use it to get to them
• Dominant.

18. Detectives Worker
• To make 0ur detective worker seem strong minded,
however also follows others orders we have used a
two shot with the Detective he works for. The
dialogue tells the information all they need to know.
“I’ll leave you alone” shows that the detective’s
worker knows where he belongs and how to act
around a detective.
• A low angled shot or a high angled shot is not used
with the detectives worker as he has not got a main
part within the film and also he hasn’t got a lot of
power.

19. Detectives Worker
Detectives worker is similar to the
character Martin Hart, they are both
representing the social group of
police and detective workers. The
clothing of the two characters are the
same which shows the similarities
between the two.