media question 2 evaluation - film

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

2. • In psychological thrillers, characters often battle
their own minds: they attempt to determine what
is real, who they are, and what life's purpose is.
• Characters in psychological thrillers are also
commonly represented as people who like to be
alone and the villains tend to also target
children/adults which are alone so that no one is
there to see what happens.
• Villains in psychological horrors also tend to hide
their identity from the viewers. This is perhaps
they themselves do not quite know who they
are. They tend to target victims which are happy
with their life and usually have something which
the victim was deprived of.
• The villains in psychological horror are of both
genders males and females.
• An example of a psychological horror could be
"Orphan". The social group represented in this is
of a little girl. She is stuck in the body of a little
girl while actually being in her 30s. She is
deprived of love and attachment and thus
targets the males in families she is adopted by,
during this she kills the rest of the family in order
to have the male to herself. This shows her
disfunctionalism and want of love.
Orphan (2009)

3. • Our final product represents the main character
as a adult male which has been deprived of a
normal childhood and thus is left psychologically
scarred. He takes the identity of a clown which we
can see came from his childhood toy. This a
stereotypical social group for a psychological
thriller as the characters in these movies are
usually scarred due to their past experiences just
like our main character. The clown targets little
happy children (as seen in our opening
sequence) as he himself was deprived of a happy
childhood which makes him think that therefore
no one else should have what he didn't. Because
he was raised in a alcohol full family with his
parents constantly arguing the only comfort he
was able to find was in his toy clown - thus
explaining why he took its identity. Our main
character represents those who have been
privated from a normal childhood and are left with
psychological abnormalities which lead them into
abnormal behaviour and make them more leaning
towards committing crimes.

4. The representation is shown through the use
of costume. Dark colours are used to show
the sadness and the dark side of the clown.
The costume is also similar to the one of the
clown childhood toy which shows the link
between lost childhood that the clown want to
desperately link.
The make up shows that he hides his true personality
as he himself is unsure of what he really is like due to
being deprived of a normal development. The red
around the clowns face is made into a smile which
shows irony as his whole life he has been subjected to
constant disappointments and sadness.
The facial expressions that the clown uses
show represent him a as a emotionless
character. From this we are able to see
straight away that the clown does not know
the difference between right and wrong
and that this also doesn't bother him much.
His facial expression fits the representation
of a character which hides his emotions as
the past proved to him that it is a
weakness to do so.
The use of casual clothes as a
costume for the clown also
emphasises the representation of
this character as it shows the people
with psychological abnormalities
look just like everyone else and thus
are not easily recognised.
The use of facial expressions
also emphasised the
representation as it shows the
clown perversely smiling at his
target. This emphasises that is
is mentally scarred from his
childhood and also gives the
audience a hint that he will
harm the little girl in some way.

5. The character is represented as small and
vulnerable. The representation of children from
families which are full of violence and alcohol is
further empathised as he is a alone and crouched
down during most of his screen time. This shows
that he has no one to comfort him and the use of
the high angle emphasises that he is little and
helpless.
The representation is further
carried out through the use of
costume. The costume that the
little boy is wearing is a worn out,
old pyjama which shows that he
is poor and that most of his
families earnings is spent on
alcohol rather then necessities
for him.
The little boy backs up his
representation of being alone as
he is constantly sad and shows
signs of fear. During his screen
time he does not show any other
facial expressions which shows
that his life is full of
disappointments and melancholy.
The location of the character
remains the same thought the whole
of his screen time. This emphasises
that he is alone and stuck in one
part of his childhood which made
him the way that he is. The location
also reinforces the representation of
the little boy as the colours of his
room are cold which reflects his
childhood. The White Walls can
symbolise the innocence of his
childhood while the dark floor can
be used to show how the dark side
is side is starting to get to him and
also foreshadow what will happen.
The representation of his character is that
he is a sad and alone child which is a
victim of violence and alcohol abuse.

6. The representation of the little girl is
emphasises through her costume. She
is wearing colour which shows reflects
her childhood and that she a happy.
The hints of black in her costume can
foreshadow that something bad will
happen to her. The costume also
emphasises her representation as she
is dressed casually and not like a adult
which shows that she is little and
innocent.
The representation of this
character is also emphasised by
the face expressions which she
uses. The girl in the clip is
smiling and enjoying life but as
soon as the clown character
appears he face expression is
change as if a hint of danger is
being set for the audience.
The location of the character also adds to her representation as she
in at a playground. This is a stereotypical place for children to be at
and shows that she is able to enjoy herself and play like other
children. This is in contrasted to the young version of the clown who
was always in his room unable to be like normal children.
The body language emphasises the girls
representation as she runs home showing that she is
scared of the clown. This shows that just like other
children she is scared of a stranger. The
representation is also emphasised through body
language as she quickly turns around to see if the
clown (in casual costume) is still watch her. This
shows her alarm.
The representation of this character is a
happy little girl which is living a normal life
and has a normal childhood.

7. up shots and mid shots were used while showing the main character in order for the audience to see his facial expression
oy as very small and fragile. We also used close up shots while the little boy was sleeping to show his facial reactions when
acial expressions when she saw that the clown was no longer there after turning around. We used match on action when t

8. ch was used to emphasise the childhood of the clown and that in his mind he is lost and doesn't know what he is doing. Th
d that the clown never had a normal childhood and that he was bought up against violence and hate. The sounds also show