Media Studies AS evaluation

1. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL
GROUPS?
Q2
Evaluation Josie Askem

2. AGE & GENDER
Our production includes a middle-aged male who is stereotypically
wearing a black suit. The stereotype of a smartly dressed male figure,
is common among psychological thrillers. This also puts him in a
more stereotypically dominant role, despite there not being any actual
shots to show he is (eg. High angle over his shoulder, low angle onto
the women.) His dominance is shown through his calm control over
the situation.
The other character is a woman, presented in a hoodie and large hoop
earrings. They are complete contrasts to each other. The woman is
potentially presented as an archetype of teenagers, yet this is
disproved with the decisions she makes in the opening scene. She
seems to be weak at first, but takes hold of the scene towards the end.

3. SOCIAL CLASS
The costumes of the two characters show two very stereotypical views
of social class, a wealthy middles-ages man and a somewhat “chavvy”,
lower class teenage girl.
We decided that we wanted it to come across to the reader, that although
they are from different social backgrounds, they have found themselves
in the same situation and taken it completely differently. This would be
the preferred reading of our piece. However, the close up shots of the
man show him acting much more cocky as if he thinks he is better, and
more intelligent than the young girl. The actors performance comes
across as though the man recons he is smart enough to win.