question 2

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

2. Representing our character
Throughout our opening scene the protagonists’ identity is never revealed which helps to create
more suspense throughout. We covered up his identity by using gloves and a hooded coat so you
never see his face. We created a negative representation of the protagonist as he is a serial killer
and out to kill and target young girls.
In this point of view shot, you can
see him looking through images
from his perspective of young girls
who could be the next victim. As
you can see he is wearing gloves to
cover his identity making it more
effective to the opening.
In this close up shot, you can see that the
protagonist is kept in the very corner of the screen
with just he fur of his hood showing emphasising
how secretive he is. This makes the opening
effective as it leaves the viewers wondering what
is going to happen and why he is keeping himself
covered.

3. Positioning the audience
We believed the best way to do this was by using many close up shots and point of view shots so the audience
could see what was happening from the protagonists’ point of view, and also the close up shots creating
suspense and tension. The close up shots were uses on the more significant shots such as when he was
looking at the newspaper articles so the audience could get a sense of his possessive nature over murders.
Here is a close up shot we used of the newspaper articles we
used. We decided to use a close up/point of view shot here as
we felt it would be build more tension making the audience feel
on edge as the words ‘ KILLER’ and ‘WOMEN’ stand out
suggesting what the protagonists represents.
In this point of view shot used we can see the protagonist crossing out an
image of a girl which could have been a previous victim that he had already
murdered. This helped the audience to understand that there is previous
victims that have already been targeted creating the traditional history
horror genre. This helps to create the eeriness of the opening putting the
audience on edge.

4. Trying to create our protagonist
First off, we had to plan out what the serial killer was going to look like and how we was going to
represent him. We decided that we didn’t want to killers identity to be revealed so we kept his face
covered and also his hands to allow the audience to wonder who he is and what he looks like.
To represent our protagonist, we first off decided it would be best for the killer to wear a hooded
coat and keep to a minimum when being shown. We achieved this by keeping the protagonist to the
corner of shots or for him not to be seen in shots. We used many close up shots and also point of
view shots to succeed.
As you can see here the killer is
positioned in the corner of the shot
to keep his identity to a minimum.
This adds more tension to the
opening making the audience wonder
what’s going to happen next.
The use of close up shots on the
pictures on victims shows his
possessive nature towards young
girls, which also represents the
social group as he is isolated in a
room on his own showing he is
an outsider and the only way to
get attention is by attacking
victims.
Secondly, we decided to
use gloves on the
protagonist as is created
more of a mysterious
plot as the audience
don’t know who he is or
even a sense of how old
he is.

5. Our main character – before and after
As you can see we used a young teenager boy to play the character of the serial killer. We used
props and special effects such as black and white filters, gloves and a hooded coat to cover his
real identity. I believed as a group we achieved this very well considering we didn’t have a lot of
equipment of props to use. I think we done an excellent job at transforming him into something
that he wasn’t to help fit in with the storyline.
Our
protagonists’
face is never to
be shown to
cover identity
and make more
of a mystery.
Slightly see that
gloves are being
worn to cover up his
finger prints so no
one finds out who he
is.
Candle being used to
represent the darkness
and eeriness within the
scene.