The document discusses how the protagonist in the media product Mr. Palindrome represents various social groups through characteristics like age (teenager), ability/disability, and regional identity (London). Specifically, it notes the protagonist's clothing, red hair dye, glasses implying visual impairment, and backwards reality could represent teenagers, those with mental instability, and an ordinary Londoner, respectively. However, it leaves the protagonist's exact condition ambiguous. Technical aspects like shots, angles, and music are meant to enhance the feeling of being psychologically thrilling and out of place.

1. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
Evaluation Question 1
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2. carefully
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3. Just kidding.
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4. Age
• The protagonist of Mr.
Palindrome follows some Backwards
conventions of a teenager hoodie
living in London. We have
the skinny jeans, the hoodie
and the standard pair of
converses. Moreover, Green,
Steven is rocking that red skinny
jeans
dyed hair. Teenagers tend to
dye their hair more than any
other age group and so the
mise en scene represents Converses. They are a staple to
any teenager’s wardrobe. Even
the teenage social group. Maria, our director, is wearing
them!
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5. Teenagers wake up at ridiculous times?
• Mr. Palindrome wakes up at 10:00 am when
normally, people get ready for school or work
before 9.
• The protagonist could be deemed lazy like
most teenagers …
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6. But is he really waking up at 10:00? The
clock went back at various times …
Perhaps Mr. Palindrome represents the
ability/disability social group too?
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7. Ability/Disability
• Firstly, we have the glasses that the protagonist
wears which imply that the character has visual
impairment. Though this is more common than
the ‘backwards’ motif.
• The fact that things are reversed including the
time, other people and inanimate objects
insinuates that perhaps our main character is
mentally unstable. This is also implied by the
random, bright colours that our character wears.
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8. Regional Identity
Some great London
landscapes are seen in our
opening sequence such as:
• The Shard
• Millennium Bridge
• River Thames
• Kris’ House
These areas represent the The regional identity could suggest how
ordinary Mr. Palindrome is as he travels
region that our character around London to get to his destination
resides in, Greater London. (backwards).
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9. Is this representation positive or
negative?
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10. I say it is either both or neither!
• Our film is set in an
alternate reality or perhaps
it is seen from the
perspective of our
backwards minded
character. I have always
wanted to leave what the
condition really is
ambiguous just to make it
that more ‘psychologically
thrilling’.
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11. Towards the end of our opening Technical Aspects that affect the
sequence, one woman’s voice and one representation of social groups:
man’s voice is layered over each other to • Long shots to show how out of place
imply how the scene is reaching a climax. he is.
The voices themselves could be • High angles to imply vulnerability.
interpreted as voices in his head or • The pan at the end to represent an
memories from the past. The fact that the establishing shot. The fact that the
audience can hear them and see the establishing shot is at the end rather
reversal of everything suggests that the than the beginning connotes
character is facing a serious problem unusualness despite the normal-
which could be seen as a negative. looking London landscapes and the
normally dressed citizens.
• The voices as previously mentioned.
• The eerie music.
• Natural lighting to represent normality
but at the same time contrast with the
backward motions.
• The handheld movement when
looking at the ceiling alludes a mental
shakiness.
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