1. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL
GROUPS?
2. WHAT IS A SOCIAL GROUP?
A social group is a collection of
people who usually share the
same beliefs and values,
having something in common
with each other and therefore
getting on well as a group like
structure.
3. The social group for our character Detective Crawford is represented
by male detectives. Through research and opinions from our target
audience we decided they liked stern, serious detectives to be in
thriller investigating the mystery. As soon as I found this out I decided
to research into suitable yet similar characters from different thriller
films. Using Seven as an example I concluded that stereotypically
male detectives are used in thrillers.
The features of this social group are:
• They are usually very sharp and witty.
• They are masculine; yet sensitive usually madly in love with their
partner which is normally their downfall.
• They are mostly represented as a loving family man.
• Detectives are always represented as being dedicated to the
case they are investigating.
DETECTIVE SOCIAL GROUP
4. DETECTIVE CRAWFORD
A key representation of this social group is the
Detective from The Fugitive. The detective in The
Fugitive, Samuel Gerrard costume and design is
quite casual. This shows his authority, dressing in
everyday clothing. This shows us that the character
is not suspicious being in a detective type role. Our
detective is similar in terms of clothing wearing
black as a code of convention of a thriller. The
social group is detectives, who are not very formal
showing their power. When the detective is on
screen in our thriller the sound on the sequence is
always very serious. The score represents the
Detective as being angry with himself as he
cannot figure out the case. The detective similar to
Samuel Gerrard use weapons and are perceived
as a serious character socially in conversation. For
example in our film Vindicta conversation
between the detective and assistant the
conversation is extremely awkward and not much
is said in the over the shoulder. I think this shows
that the film is mysterious making you ask yourself
what the detective is thinking.
5. JANE CRAWFORD
• The victims social group is the
Crawford's, being girlfriend to the
detective who is investigating the
case into the serial killer. The story
changes as it becomes very
personal when the girlfriend is
included in the path of obstruction
which the serial killer creates when
he decides to target her. I think this
is a good ending because it can
lead well onto the story leaving it on
a cliff-hanger. The victim could be
compared to Helen Kimble from
the fugitive as they are both
vulnerable and put in an awkward
situation which is hard to react to.
6. ROMAN MORTEM
I would say that the villain of the film
is similar in regards that the social
group for murderer's would
predominantly wear black and there
face would not likely be shown to
the audience near till near the end
of the opening. This creates a sense
of mystery as the identity of the
villain is not revealed till near the
end. I would compare the villain in
our film to Jack Torrance from The
Shining. This film is unpredictable as is
our behind the motives of the killings,
both Jack Torrance and Roman
Mortem are intriguing characters.
7. ASSISTANT DETECTIVE
The assistant detective would
be in the assistant social
group. He works under a more
respected person with more
authority which is Detective
Crawford. The main
characteristic of the assistant is
that they must remain
professional. The assistant must
be formal to show respect to
the main detective as he is
working under his orders and
power. This was influenced
from the assistant detective in
The fugitive. The assistant
detective Detective Kelly is
male and this occupation is
widely male populated.
