1. H A R R Y S A U N D E R S
Representation of social groups
2. What social group did we represent?
We tried to represent young, male, office
workers in general in our media production, as
this is the target audience of our product. We
intended to do this by using body language and
mise en scene through costume. We wanted to
represent them through the socio-economic
scale too. In the end, they were represented
negatively due to crime involvement. Our
audience feedback clearly picked up that the
men were office workers, showing that we were
effective in this procedure as it represented
them correctly.
3. Examples
For example, we used costume to represent the
characters as office workers because they are dressed
smartly like a stereotypical office work would. They
both have white shirts, black trousers, smart shoes
and ties on, which heavily connotes the typical office
worker’s outfit.
4. Explanation
We intended to use costume to connote the typical
C1, office worker as the outfit is smart yet isn’t overly
smart e.g. full suit with blazer etc. Intending to do
this makes it easier for the audience to understand or
guess what occupation the characters might have.
5. Reflection
I think we did this quite well because in the audience
feedback we were told that the mise en scene was
very good and that he liked it. This shows that it was
appropriate and worked well. However, This wasn’t
picked up by our audience feedback ,so this may not
have been as emphasised as it should’ve been and if
we were to re-film we would definitely exaggerate
costume further.
I think to improve to the mise en scene we should’ve
added to the costume, e.g. a name tag
6. Example
The use of body language was used to create a
representation, for example, Mitch was represented
as under a lot of stress because of the way he held his
head in one of the bathroom scenes. The body
language shows us that he is stressed out and is
trying to think.
7. Evidence
We intended to do this because it is a key signifier to
how the character feels and the mood will reflect on
the audience and make them sympathise with the
character/feel a certain way. It was also intended
because it is a typical representation that office
workers endure a lot of stress during their working
lives and we thought that reflecting this on our
characters was appropriate.
8. Reflection
In our audience feedback we were told that themes of
tension and mystery were created, and this could’ve
been via the body language of stress and tension that
Mitch created. To improve, I think we should’ve
asked a more direct question in our audience
feedback about the body language, rather than the
themes created through this, or again emphasise his
body language further so that the message is clearly
received in the product.
