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1. Question Two: HOW DOES YOUR
TITLE AND OPENING SEQUENCE
REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL
GROUPS?
By Kenny Zhu

2. I have done this through the use of mise en scene by first the use of costumes
that my main character wears and the prop he uses. For example, the main
character in my opening sequence is wearing black Nike Joggers(1), from Nike
store with a red Levi hoodie(2) and casual black Nike trainers(3). The reason
for my character to wear this is because I want to portray my character as a
teenager so the young audience can link them self to it which I think it was
successful. The clothes my character’s wear is very similar to what teenagers
wear nowadays which will help to appeal to more teenagers. Another way I
have represented this social group is when the rescuer uses the laptop to look
on Facebook(4) at the beginning of the sequence. The links to the male
teenagers because they often use Facebook as a way of socialising with their
friends.
(1) (2) (3) (4)

3. Another way that I have represented the social group through the lighting
because when my main character is sad I will use a darker lighting(5) to
portray his mood and how he feels right now. The male teenagers can relate
this to them self because when they are in a bad mood they will see
everything really dark. In-addition I have done this through the angles. For
example, when my character saw his friend getting smacked by the killer, the
eye-line of my main character changes as he moves his head towards the
ground, the reason I have to this is because male teenager is afraid of killers
therefore if they see one, they probably look down on the floor and try to
ignore the killer to escape the situation.
(5)

4. The body language of my character represents my social group also because
when my character walks he always have his head down, the audience can
relate this to them self because when the audience is on their phone they will
also have their head down to look on their phone. When my character goes
toward to find his missing friend, this represent the social group of a teenager
because they are naïve so they will do anything, compared to an adult who
would just ring the police.

5. The second social group of killers is shown through mise en scene . My 2nd
character uses costumes to show what a killer would wear. For example, in
the scene my 2nd character is wearing black jeans, grey hoodie(6) (with his
hood up). I have made my 2nd character to wear this outfit, the outfit is a dark
colour and this represents his mood and more important the outfit is good
hiding in the dark. Next is the use of lighting, this is where I have my 2nd
character in a very dark lighting(7) all the way through the opening sequence,
reflect their sinister mood and where they hide. Another way I have
represented this social group is by using prop, this is where I got my 2nd
character to have a bat in his hands as a weapon, this relates to the killer due
to the fact that they will have their own weapon when they are about to
murder.
(6) (7)

6. Another way I have represented this social group is by using the angles. For
example, when my 2nd character saw the main character he looks down on the
main character using the angle close up, by looking down on the main character
it shows that he has a higher status. The body language is another way of
representing my social group because the killer is very sloppy and always has
his head down towards the floor, this could link to my social group because
killers will scare that people will recognise them so they put their head down to
protect them from being seen.
For my males teenagers age 15+, I think all the representation is a true
representation to them, for example my character wears very trendy, fashion
and popular clothes and this represents them because males like to spend
money on fashionable clothing as they want look attractive for the killers, I also
think everything is an true representation of the real life killers, this is because
my killer is an unseen antagonist when they eliminate the victim and in a real
life situation the killer would wear a mask this is because they don’t want
anyone to know their identity or get recognised by the police.