How does your media product represent particular social groups?
There are two specific social groups shown within our film, the police and young adults.The two mains charaters we are introduced to during the shot reverse shot sequence show us this by the different technical codes of media filming (camera work, sound, mise en scene and editing).
Elijah is portraying a teen or young adult if you'd prefer, by wearing a shirt with the collar done up, and his hair slicked back. His costume is like this to show sophistication. This was the original thoughts of this particular character, to show he has all the power and authority.
This character is shown to be innocent at first, but with this particular shot, we enter a completely different atmosphere, and show a more sarcastic character, showing the emotions in his face.
We get closer to his facial features, and you begin to figure out that there isn't something just quite right with Elijah. The dark circles around his eyes suggest he doesn't get much sleep. This is sometimes associated with mental health issues - and as we tried to portray a psychopath, as a group we agreed this would work well.
Holly's dad however, was a completely spontaneous decision. But it worked well, because our detective Gareth (picture on the right) is dressed so casually, makes Elijah look in control of the situation. Gareth's glasses suggest intelligence, and he knows how to handle people like Elijah.
We tried to steer clear of negative representations of the police force, which is why we were lucky enough to have Steve act for us, to make it look professional, and to not look mocked in anyway.
We used a cross fade to show our flashbacks. We made the flashbacks black and white. This suggests that the unrestricted narration is very deranged.
Because there is also a voice over which runs over the top of the black and white footage, it shows how its going back in time, to show what he did, with a contrast of the lies he's telling during the interrogation.
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