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The media product represents white, middle-class teenagers and a white female ghost as the main social groups. While teenagers typically play protagonists in horror, the ones depicted engage in criminal acts. Additionally, the female ghost breaks conventions by being the antagonist despite her higher social class. However, her backstory reveals she was previously a victim, leading to her haunting actions. Throughout the film, point-of-view shots are used to make the audience feel the unease and fear the teenage protagonists experience in the haunted manor.
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The document discusses conventions of narratives in thriller films. It describes how thriller films often use stream of consciousness narrative style to reveal characters' thoughts and emotions, allowing audiences to understand the characters on a deeper level. It also notes that thriller narratives, especially psychological thrillers, tend to include complex backstories for protagonists and antagonists that are unravelled throughout the film, intriguing audiences and showing what shaped the characters.
Hard candy
This document provides an analysis of the psychological thriller film Hard Candy. It summarizes the plot, which follows a 14-year-old girl, Hayley Stark, who drugs and tortures a 32-year-old man, Jeff, whom she suspects is a pedophile. Though Jeff denies the accusations, Hayley forces him to hang himself. The film examines complex themes of justice, morality, and manipulation. It also discusses the film's conventions, including its single confined setting, naturalistic costumes, and complex characters that subvert expectations and stereotypes to keep audiences unsettled.
Q2 how does your media product represent particular social
Young women in horror films are often portrayed as initially calm but then becoming possessed or the main antagonist. The film features Father Hope, a priest who is initially calm and in control but loses his composure as the situation escalates. The general public is represented through a single character, Fred, who is seen as weak, vulnerable, and a minority victim in the story.
Evaluation 2
The document discusses the representation of social groups in a thriller film. It summarizes that a male antagonist was chosen because they are more common in thrillers, and a teen was selected to portray the freedom and sociability of youth contrasted with anti-social behavior. Gender stereotypes are represented with the weak-minded male antagonist and female victims. These stereotypes link to the target audience by using easily identifiable factors, though they may not greatly impact viewing pleasure due to their commonness in films.
Research into psychological horror
A psychological horror film establishes seemingly normal settings and characters to create an unsettling atmosphere. Characters are often left undefined at first to add mystery. The main character is usually a woman to emphasize vulnerability. Common character types include young adults, the mentally or emotionally unstable, goths, and detectives. Music, sounds of pain and suffering, and a slow, well-paced plot enhance tension and suspense. Low lighting, fast editing during dramatic scenes, and handheld camera shots further unsettle the audience. Common iconography includes haunted houses, symbols of death, masks, screaming victims, and phallic weapons.
Characters in thriller movies
The document discusses common character types found in thriller movies. It describes how thrillers can be split into psychological, action, and criminal subgenres. Psychological thrillers often feature an "innocent victim" like Jodie Foster's character in Silence of the Lambs who is interrogating Hannibal Lecter. Criminal thrillers typically involve "criminals and convicts" as threats, such as Lecter who feels dangerous during interrogations. Psychological thrillers may also include "stalkers and creepy attitudes" that create an unsettling tone without a physical presence. The role of "the law" also differs between genres, with it sometimes opposing the protagonist in action thrillers but protecting characters in
Psychological Thriller - Characteristics
Psychological thrillers typically feature characters such as criminals, stalkers, assassins, victims on the run, prison inmates, and menaced women. These characters often have dark pasts or are psychotic individuals, terrorists, cops, escaped convicts, or people in twisted relationships. Common settings for psychological thrillers include large houses, schools, cities, hospitals, and other locations that create realism for audiences by allowing them to imagine themselves in similar situations to those faced by characters.
The representations of gender in horror films essay
In horror films, representations of gender are often more complex than in other media. Women may be portrayed as both extremely weak and as strong "final girls" who survive until the end. While women are sometimes sexualized, horror films also allow women to be active protagonists who save the day. The final girl is often presented as more masculine or virginal compared to other female characters. Horror films provide some female role models and allow for more varied portrayals of gender than other forms of media.
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Q2 how does your media product represent particular social
Young women in horror films are often portrayed as initially calm but then becoming possessed or the main antagonist. The film features Father Hope, a priest who is initially calm and in control but loses his composure as the situation escalates. The general public is represented through a single character, Fred, who is seen as weak, vulnerable, and a minority victim in the story.
Evaluation 2
The document discusses the representation of social groups in a thriller film. It summarizes that a male antagonist was chosen because they are more common in thrillers, and a teen was selected to portray the freedom and sociability of youth contrasted with anti-social behavior. Gender stereotypes are represented with the weak-minded male antagonist and female victims. These stereotypes link to the target audience by using easily identifiable factors, though they may not greatly impact viewing pleasure due to their commonness in films.
Research into psychological horror
A psychological horror film establishes seemingly normal settings and characters to create an unsettling atmosphere. Characters are often left undefined at first to add mystery. The main character is usually a woman to emphasize vulnerability. Common character types include young adults, the mentally or emotionally unstable, goths, and detectives. Music, sounds of pain and suffering, and a slow, well-paced plot enhance tension and suspense. Low lighting, fast editing during dramatic scenes, and handheld camera shots further unsettle the audience. Common iconography includes haunted houses, symbols of death, masks, screaming victims, and phallic weapons.
Characters in thriller movies
The document discusses common character types found in thriller movies. It describes how thrillers can be split into psychological, action, and criminal subgenres. Psychological thrillers often feature an "innocent victim" like Jodie Foster's character in Silence of the Lambs who is interrogating Hannibal Lecter. Criminal thrillers typically involve "criminals and convicts" as threats, such as Lecter who feels dangerous during interrogations. Psychological thrillers may also include "stalkers and creepy attitudes" that create an unsettling tone without a physical presence. The role of "the law" also differs between genres, with it sometimes opposing the protagonist in action thrillers but protecting characters in
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Psychological thrillers typically feature characters such as criminals, stalkers, assassins, victims on the run, prison inmates, and menaced women. These characters often have dark pasts or are psychotic individuals, terrorists, cops, escaped convicts, or people in twisted relationships. Common settings for psychological thrillers include large houses, schools, cities, hospitals, and other locations that create realism for audiences by allowing them to imagine themselves in similar situations to those faced by characters.
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In horror films, representations of gender are often more complex than in other media. Women may be portrayed as both extremely weak and as strong "final girls" who survive until the end. While women are sometimes sexualized, horror films also allow women to be active protagonists who save the day. The final girl is often presented as more masculine or virginal compared to other female characters. Horror films provide some female role models and allow for more varied portrayals of gender than other forms of media.
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Pitch
The document provides details about a proposed psychological thriller film project. It summarizes the plot as involving a teenage boy whose mother was murdered by psychopaths who now believe he is being stalked and followed by the same group. It then outlines key elements of the project, including the genre, main characters, target audience, promotional campaign, unique selling point, and generic conventions that will be incorporated into the film.
Question 2
The document discusses representations of social groups in media. It analyzes the representations in the title sequence, including of a religious fanatic protagonist through lighting and props. A vulnerable blonde female is represented as prey being chased, reinforcing stereotypes. Viewers may also perceive a representation of citizens in the Bible Belt region, through the heavy religious imagery and Southern preacher voiceover, aligning with stereotypes of that group as well while not depicting unintelligence.
Media Studies Evaluation Q2
Our media product represents young working class adults. This is shown through the main character Craig McDermott, who applies to be a caretaker at a school. He has an ordinary, unfancy costume. The film also targets working class teenagers as its audience. It aims to make the story realistic by having the location be a school that the audience could imagine themselves in. The characters Craig and the ones in similar films like The Shining and The Lovely Bones are portrayed as working class through their jobs and costumes.
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The document discusses character features that are common in thriller and drama genres. For thrillers, protagonists are often brave male leads, while antagonists seek revenge from past events. Psychological thrillers focus on the mental state of characters who rely on intelligence over physical strength. Crime dramas feature crime solvers and criminals, with victims of crimes. Dramas contain relatable characters who experience real-life emotions and conflicts internally or externally, with an emphasis on character development.
Storylines in psychological thrillers
The document discusses key elements of an effective psychological thriller storyline. It notes that psychological thrillers are plot-driven with fast pacing and frequent crimes or obstacles to propel the story. More so than regular thrillers, they emphasize character development and exploration of the protagonist's impaired mental state. There are typically opposing sides, such as victims and police versus the protagonist, with characters trying to outwit each other psychologically rather than through brute force. It provides the film Psycho as an example that follows these conventions well.
Question 2
The document discusses how the media product represents social groups. It focuses on the sole female character who is portrayed as weak when confronted with paranormal forces, reflecting common stereotypes. Additional characters introduced later would represent other groups like police officers, teenagers, and children. Police could be shown as helpful or useless, teenagers as adventurous but rebellious, and innocent children are included to make the story scarier for audiences.
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This document outlines the pitch for a psychological horror film targeting teenagers and young adults. The film follows a female protagonist named Marie who was abused as a child and develops drug and alcohol addictions as a result of her trauma and nightmares. She eventually kills her boyfriend during a rage and commits suicide. The film will use locations like a bathroom, train station, and cemetery to further the narrative and horror elements. It takes inspiration from films like Girl, Interrupted and will have promotional materials like posters and a trailer featuring the protagonist.
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Final girl
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1) The final girl who survives is often darker haired and less sexually active, meant to convey that sex is dangerous.
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3) A group of friends who are without parental supervision are usually targeted when the monster attacks.
4) These movies often feature a benefactor, usually an older character like a police officer or doctor, who is seemingly committed the killings but is ultimately revealed to not be at the end.
Evaluation question 2
The media product represents young female social groups as victims in horror films. It uses the common trope of the innocent young female victim, as seen in films like Scream, where the main character is a young girl murdered without reason. This stems from the misconception of females as weaker and fits audience expectations of the "damsel in distress" role. The killer is left mysterious, like in Saw and Halloween, shown only as an anonymous adult male portrayed as more menacing to viewers. While conforming to typical horror conventions, the creator feels the opening sequence crosses somewhat into thriller territory as well.
Media evaluation question 2
The document discusses how the opening sequence of a media production represents various social groups through the use of stereotypes. It examines representations of class, race, age, gender, and sexuality. Some stereotypes are subverted, such as portraying males and the middle class in a vulnerable light. However, other stereotypes are supported, like showing the female protagonist as weak and distressed. The use of stereotypes and their challenges are analyzed through various theories on representation, gender, and hegemony. There is also a discussion of whether the representations suit the goals and audience of the independent production company.
Evaluation question 2
The media product represents several social groups. It features a female teen victim who is abducted to show how vulnerable girls can be. The male antagonist wears a mask but displays typical male power and control. The first location, a graveyard, represents death and allows different interpretations of the storyline. The abductor could belong to a gang, have a mental illness, or be reliving a personal experience, as shown through his use of various weapons and wearing a mask as part of an ideology that kills fathers and daughters in the same way. The victim comes from a middle class family and is vulnerable after her father was recently killed.
Pitch - The Following
The document provides a synopsis and details for a psychological thriller film project. The synopsis describes a teenage boy whose mother was murdered by psychopaths who believe she caused an illegal act to go wrong. He becomes paranoid that he is being followed by the perpetrators. It's revealed that the people following him are actually the ones who killed his mother. The last line indicates he has been kidnapped. The document then discusses the genre, characters, target audience, promotional campaign, unique selling point, and generic conventions of the psychological thriller film.
Character annalysis
Typical characters in psychological thriller films include stalkers, convicts, criminals, and psychotic individuals who present a threat. Innocent victims and vulnerable characters are also often featured to generate sympathy from audiences and a sense of fear. Authority figures are sometimes included but tend to be unable to provide help due to the nature of the genre. These characters frequently have dark pasts or obsessions that motivate their present dangerous behaviors, and exploring the cause of this through the film's plot is common. Combining character traits can make for more exciting storylines that surprise audiences.
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This document discusses typical character types found in psychological thriller films. These include stalkers, convicts, criminals, and psychotic individuals who are the feared characters that create unpredictability. Innocent victims and characters with innocence or vulnerability are also common to generate sympathy from audiences. Authority figures like police are sometimes subverted when they turn out to be psychotic themselves or unable to help. Many characters have dark pasts or obsessions that drive their present criminal behavior.
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Psychological horror characters – in depth
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- Detective David Mills from Se7en is described as tough but affected by the crimes he investigates, leaving the audience to wonder who he is tracking.
- Bagul from Sinister is portrayed as a villainous antagonist who consumes children's souls and can travel between realms, making him seem very evil.
- Samara Morgan from The Ring starts as an innocent girl but has a dark backstory involving drowning and adoption that creates sympathy for her character.
- Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense, a 9-year-old boy who sees dead people, creates relatability and sympathy as a child dealing with paranormal experiences.
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The document discusses common character types in horror genre films. The main protagonist is typically a brave male hero who shows little emotion. The villain is often portrayed as inhuman through masks or unrealistic reactions to injuries to prevent audience connection. Non-believers are overconfident males who are usually the first to die by doubting the threat. Hysterical females remain in danger and break down, facing death. The final girl theory refers to the last surviving female character who confronts the killer by embodying virtues like virginity, intelligence and attractiveness.
How does your media product represent particular social group?
This document summarizes how the media product represents certain social groups. It discusses how the main characters are males, with females portrayed as weaker victims. It also discusses stereotypes, with the "perfect killer" portrayed as a huge, strong man lacking intelligence, and the scientist initially seeming good but revealed as the true villain, going against stereotypes of scientists and heroes/villains.
Question 2
The document discusses how the media product represents certain social groups:
- It aims to appeal to both male and female audiences by using a popular thriller genre and a strong female lead character to portray women in a less stereotypical way.
- The lead character's sexual orientation and age (young adult) are kept ambiguous to appeal to broader audiences and allow for different interpretations.
- The typical middle-class house and clothing locations are used to show the character could be any average person. A mixed-race actress is also used to represent modern diverse society.
How does your media product represent particular social
The document analyzes how different social groups are represented in a media product. Males are shown as weak while females are strong, opposing typical gender stereotypes. The young adult male character is weak while the child female ghost is strong, contrasting with age stereotypes. The supernatural entity, a young girl ghost, is portrayed as powerful and evil, fitting conventions. The estate agent character is depicted as weak, consistent with stereotypes of that profession.
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Pitch
The document provides details about a proposed psychological thriller film project. It summarizes the plot as involving a teenage boy whose mother was murdered by psychopaths who now believe he is being stalked and followed by the same group. It then outlines key elements of the project, including the genre, main characters, target audience, promotional campaign, unique selling point, and generic conventions that will be incorporated into the film.
Question 2
The document discusses representations of social groups in media. It analyzes the representations in the title sequence, including of a religious fanatic protagonist through lighting and props. A vulnerable blonde female is represented as prey being chased, reinforcing stereotypes. Viewers may also perceive a representation of citizens in the Bible Belt region, through the heavy religious imagery and Southern preacher voiceover, aligning with stereotypes of that group as well while not depicting unintelligence.
Media Studies Evaluation Q2
Our media product represents young working class adults. This is shown through the main character Craig McDermott, who applies to be a caretaker at a school. He has an ordinary, unfancy costume. The film also targets working class teenagers as its audience. It aims to make the story realistic by having the location be a school that the audience could imagine themselves in. The characters Craig and the ones in similar films like The Shining and The Lovely Bones are portrayed as working class through their jobs and costumes.
Character Features with Thriller/Drama Films
The document discusses character features that are common in thriller and drama genres. For thrillers, protagonists are often brave male leads, while antagonists seek revenge from past events. Psychological thrillers focus on the mental state of characters who rely on intelligence over physical strength. Crime dramas feature crime solvers and criminals, with victims of crimes. Dramas contain relatable characters who experience real-life emotions and conflicts internally or externally, with an emphasis on character development.
Storylines in psychological thrillers
The document discusses key elements of an effective psychological thriller storyline. It notes that psychological thrillers are plot-driven with fast pacing and frequent crimes or obstacles to propel the story. More so than regular thrillers, they emphasize character development and exploration of the protagonist's impaired mental state. There are typically opposing sides, such as victims and police versus the protagonist, with characters trying to outwit each other psychologically rather than through brute force. It provides the film Psycho as an example that follows these conventions well.
Question 2
The document discusses how the media product represents social groups. It focuses on the sole female character who is portrayed as weak when confronted with paranormal forces, reflecting common stereotypes. Additional characters introduced later would represent other groups like police officers, teenagers, and children. Police could be shown as helpful or useless, teenagers as adventurous but rebellious, and innocent children are included to make the story scarier for audiences.
The Pitch
This document outlines the pitch for a psychological horror film targeting teenagers and young adults. The film follows a female protagonist named Marie who was abused as a child and develops drug and alcohol addictions as a result of her trauma and nightmares. She eventually kills her boyfriend during a rage and commits suicide. The film will use locations like a bathroom, train station, and cemetery to further the narrative and horror elements. It takes inspiration from films like Girl, Interrupted and will have promotional materials like posters and a trailer featuring the protagonist.
The final girl
The document discusses the "final girl theory" developed by Carol Clover. The final girl is the last character left alive at the end of a slasher film who confronts the killer. She is typically an intelligent, curious, and vigilant character who moves the narrative forward. According to Clover, final girls sometimes have unisex names and occasionally share a history with the killer. While some have criticized the theory as predictable, Clover argued it subverted the typical sexualized representation of women in horror films by positioning the audience to identify with the surviving female character rather than the killer.
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Slasher movies typically feature certain tropes:
1) The final girl who survives is often darker haired and less sexually active, meant to convey that sex is dangerous.
2) The monster wears a mask, making it scary because it could be anyone underneath and adding to the creepiness.
3) A group of friends who are without parental supervision are usually targeted when the monster attacks.
4) These movies often feature a benefactor, usually an older character like a police officer or doctor, who is seemingly committed the killings but is ultimately revealed to not be at the end.
Evaluation question 2
The media product represents young female social groups as victims in horror films. It uses the common trope of the innocent young female victim, as seen in films like Scream, where the main character is a young girl murdered without reason. This stems from the misconception of females as weaker and fits audience expectations of the "damsel in distress" role. The killer is left mysterious, like in Saw and Halloween, shown only as an anonymous adult male portrayed as more menacing to viewers. While conforming to typical horror conventions, the creator feels the opening sequence crosses somewhat into thriller territory as well.
Media evaluation question 2
The document discusses how the opening sequence of a media production represents various social groups through the use of stereotypes. It examines representations of class, race, age, gender, and sexuality. Some stereotypes are subverted, such as portraying males and the middle class in a vulnerable light. However, other stereotypes are supported, like showing the female protagonist as weak and distressed. The use of stereotypes and their challenges are analyzed through various theories on representation, gender, and hegemony. There is also a discussion of whether the representations suit the goals and audience of the independent production company.
Evaluation question 2
The media product represents several social groups. It features a female teen victim who is abducted to show how vulnerable girls can be. The male antagonist wears a mask but displays typical male power and control. The first location, a graveyard, represents death and allows different interpretations of the storyline. The abductor could belong to a gang, have a mental illness, or be reliving a personal experience, as shown through his use of various weapons and wearing a mask as part of an ideology that kills fathers and daughters in the same way. The victim comes from a middle class family and is vulnerable after her father was recently killed.
Pitch - The Following
The document provides a synopsis and details for a psychological thriller film project. The synopsis describes a teenage boy whose mother was murdered by psychopaths who believe she caused an illegal act to go wrong. He becomes paranoid that he is being followed by the perpetrators. It's revealed that the people following him are actually the ones who killed his mother. The last line indicates he has been kidnapped. The document then discusses the genre, characters, target audience, promotional campaign, unique selling point, and generic conventions of the psychological thriller film.
Character annalysis
Typical characters in psychological thriller films include stalkers, convicts, criminals, and psychotic individuals who present a threat. Innocent victims and vulnerable characters are also often featured to generate sympathy from audiences and a sense of fear. Authority figures are sometimes included but tend to be unable to provide help due to the nature of the genre. These characters frequently have dark pasts or obsessions that motivate their present dangerous behaviors, and exploring the cause of this through the film's plot is common. Combining character traits can make for more exciting storylines that surprise audiences.
Character annalysis
This document discusses typical character types found in psychological thriller films. These include stalkers, convicts, criminals, and psychotic individuals who are the feared characters that create unpredictability. Innocent victims and characters with innocence or vulnerability are also common to generate sympathy from audiences. Authority figures like police are sometimes subverted when they turn out to be psychotic themselves or unable to help. Many characters have dark pasts or obsessions that drive their present criminal behavior.
Women in film
This document discusses gender roles in films from different time periods. It provides examples of how gender roles were portrayed traditionally in films like You've Got Mail from 1998, compared to more modern portrayals in films and TV shows like Sex and the City that showed more independent women. It also discusses how magazines like Cosmopolitan aimed to "liberate" women sexually and how little mainstream media content explicitly targets LGBT audiences due to being produced through a heterosexual male gaze.
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This document provides character summaries for four characters from psychological horror films:
- Detective David Mills from Se7en is described as tough but affected by the crimes he investigates, leaving the audience to wonder who he is tracking.
- Bagul from Sinister is portrayed as a villainous antagonist who consumes children's souls and can travel between realms, making him seem very evil.
- Samara Morgan from The Ring starts as an innocent girl but has a dark backstory involving drowning and adoption that creates sympathy for her character.
- Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense, a 9-year-old boy who sees dead people, creates relatability and sympathy as a child dealing with paranormal experiences.
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The document discusses how the media product represents certain social groups:
- It aims to appeal to both male and female audiences by using a popular thriller genre and a strong female lead character to portray women in a less stereotypical way.
- The lead character's sexual orientation and age (young adult) are kept ambiguous to appeal to broader audiences and allow for different interpretations.
- The typical middle-class house and clothing locations are used to show the character could be any average person. A mixed-race actress is also used to represent modern diverse society.
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Evaluation Question 2
The document summarizes the representation of social groups in a student-produced horror film opening. It discusses the representation of gender, with the main character being female which goes against genre conventions. It also discusses the representation of age, with the main character being a young girl to make her more relatable to their target younger audience. Finally, it briefly discusses that the film did not explore representations of ethnicity, class, sexuality or disability since the character and setting did not call for those explorations and remained focused on the plot.
Evaluation Question 2
The document summarizes the representation of social groups in a student-produced horror film opening. It discusses the representation of gender, with the main character being female which goes against genre conventions. It also discusses the representation of age, with the main character being a young girl to make her more relatable to their target younger audience. Finally, it briefly discusses that the film did not explore representations of ethnicity, class, sexuality or disability since the character was white British and those factors were irrelevant to the plot.
Evaluation
Within their media film opening, young people and women are primarily represented. Young people are portrayed as getting into troublesome situations by using tarot cards to summon dark forces, depicting them as self-destructive. However, the film subverts the horror genre convention of women as victims by featuring a female antagonist killer. This representation relates to theories around the male gaze and binary opposites used to create tension for the audience.
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This document summarizes the representation of social groups in the author's media project opening. It represents males in a regressive way through a violent male antagonist, reinforcing stereotypes of male aggression. It also represents disabled individuals and those with mental health issues regressively through the antagonist's implied conditions. However, it provides a progressive representation by using a male protagonist rather than the typical female victim, challenging conventions. While the antagonist suggests negative stereotypes about homosexuality, the use of a confident male protagonist offers a counter to typical teen horror representations.
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The document analyzes how social groups are represented in a media product. It summarizes that the film portrays white, British adults - specifically married males and females. The males are shown as dominant and strong, following stereotypes, while the lone female has a domestic housewife role without a job. It also notes that the antagonist is portrayed as mentally unstable in a regressive way, implying mental illness causes evil. Overall, the representations conform to genre conventions and promote patriarchal ideologies.
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The document discusses how the filmmakers represented various social groups through their casting choices for a 2-minute film opening. They aimed to conform to stereotypes to create realism but also subvert expectations at times. They cast a young black woman as the neglectful foster mother and a young Asian male as her fragile foster son to represent race and play with stereotypes. They also manipulated perceptions of class, gender, age and sexuality through their characters and shots but had some limitations with casting.
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This document analyzes how a media product represents various social groups through its use of micro-level techniques. It discusses how the film represents:
- Age groups like children and mothers through characters and visual techniques that conform to stereotypes of innocence and domesticity.
- Gender, with all female characters that play into horror conventions of victimized women.
- Race and ethnicity, with an all-white cast that mirrors mainstream media despite subverting some expectations.
- Social class, with a middle-class family and home that provides relatability while also subverting expectations of happiness.
- Region, with a setting that conforms to stereotypes of southern English households.
Evaluation Question 2
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This document discusses various sub-genres of horror films. It outlines the key conventions and examples of supernatural, slasher, and psychological horror sub-genres. In supernatural films, evil spirits and possessions are common threats. Slasher films feature psychopathic killers targeting teenagers. Psychological horrors aim to undermine the audience's trust through twisted characters and plot twists. Key conventions include isolated settings, signature weapons, final girls, and graphic depictions of violence.
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The document discusses representations of social groups in media. It analyzes the main character in the film who has a split personality, linking it to representations of mental illness in horror films. It also discusses the typical portrayal of detectives as smartly dressed males, representing societal views. The victim in the film is a teenage girl, continuing a common horror film stereotype of portraying teenagers and women as vulnerable victims.
Evaluation2
Within the film opening, young people and women are primarily represented. Young people are portrayed as getting into troublesome situations by using tarot cards to summon dark forces, showing them as self-destructive. Females are represented through high angle shots that make them seem vulnerable, relating to Laura Mulvey's male gaze theory. While males and females have balanced representation, the conventions of the horror genre are followed with females often being victims to male antagonists. However, the film opening subverts this by including a female antagonist killer, taking influence from other horror films featuring female villains. This representation of females as victims relates back to the male gaze theory.
Media Evaluation Question 2
The document discusses how the media product represents various social groups through its characters. It includes 4 characters of different ethnicities with more females than males. It aims to appeal to a similar aged and ethnically diverse audience as the actors. Some stereotypes portrayed include teenagers rebelling through underage drinking. While most characters conform to stereotypes, one male portrays responsibility challenging age stereotypes. It aims to challenge gender stereotypes by having a female lead but still depicts women as vulnerable at times. The main character is mixed race, challenging expectations for the lead to be white. It potentially reinforces some stereotypes around mixed race people and location.
Media evaluation question 2
The document discusses how the media product represents various social groups through its characters. It includes 4 characters of different ethnicities with more females than males. It aims to appeal to a similar aged and ethnically diverse audience as the actors. Some stereotypes portrayed include teenagers rebelling through underage drinking. While most characters conform to stereotypes, one male portrays responsibility challenging age stereotypes. It aims to challenge gender stereotypes by having a female lead but still depicts women as vulnerable at times. The main character is mixed race, challenging expectations for the lead to be white. It risks portraying mixed race characters negatively or as criminals at times. Location may appeal more to white than black audiences.
Media Evaluation Question 2
The document discusses how the media product represents various social groups through its characters. It includes 4 characters of different ethnicities with more females than males. It aims to appeal to a similar aged and ethnically diverse audience as the actors. Some stereotypes portrayed include teenagers rebelling through underage drinking. While most characters conform to stereotypes, one male portrays responsibility challenging age stereotypes. It aims to challenge gender stereotypes by having a female lead but still depicts women as vulnerable at times. The main character is mixed race, challenging expectations for the lead to be white. It risks portraying mixed race characters negatively or as criminals at times. Location may appeal more to white than black audiences.
Q2
The document discusses how the film opening represents various social groups through the characters of two protagonists. It was important to consider how characters' class, race, gender, age and sexuality could positively or negatively impact audiences. The film opening features a young Asian male foster son and a black female foster mother addicted to drugs. Both characters conform to negative stereotypes associated with their social groups to emphasize the dark storyline. While this achieved the intended tone, balancing with some positive representations of race could have been better. Overall the document examines how creative choices were made to represent different social groups through the characters in a way that moves the plot forward.
Q1,2 and 6 for media evaluation
The opening sequence conforms to conventions of supernatural horror genre through the use of stock characters, plot, location, sound, and visual elements. Specifically, it features a young American female protagonist and an antagonist in the form of a disturbed spirit. While conforming to genres tropes, the sequence also challenges some conventions through its use of graphic violence and an enigmatic female antagonist meant to subvert patriarchal norms. The sequence largely represents young white Americans but also explores cultural binaries between Western and Japanese cultures. Through its production, the group learned how to use technologies like Premiere, After Effects, and social media to construct media products and engage audiences.
Question 2
This document represents how different social groups are portrayed in a media product. Young adult women, specifically a news reporter who becomes a victim, are initially represented through stereotypes of always being victims and less vocal than men. However, this is challenged by portraying the woman as an educated, vocal character who gives a news report with strong posture while the man has bad posture and is silent. Young male criminals, like the stalker in the film, are shown reinforcing stereotypes of men preying on women through multiple female murders. But stereotypes of young men always being jokesters and of stalkers typically being older are challenged by portraying the isolated stalker as a young adult wearing tracksuits to add an unexpected element.
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- 1. Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? By Ross Galloway
- 2. • In our piece the social group that is mainly present is white, male, middle class teenagers. They are the two protagonists of our piece. This is not a dominant ideology of horror movies as conventionally males play the antagonists role. Jigsaw the antagonist in ‘Saw’ Our teenage boy characters
- 3. • However, they also portray the residual ideology. The reason for this being that they are partaking in criminal acts such as breaking into a house. This usually isn’t expected of white, middle class teenagers.
- 4. • However, in our piece we also have a white female. But, she is of higher class regardless of the fact that she is a ghost. Although, this also goes against the dominant ideology of horror movies as she is playing the antagonist, which breaks the conventions of horror movies as she is not the victim.
- 5. • However, it can be seen from our treatment and backstory that she was in fact previously a victim, leading to her actions of haunting in this horror movie. • Link to our treatment.
- 6. • Throughout my groups final piece we used a handicam with POV shot’s to place the audience with the protagonists specifically. We did this as the aim of our horror piece was to feel uneasy, and frightened of the occurrences in Wakefield Manor. Much like the two teenage boys would be.
- 7. • Also, with our main target audience being teenagers and young adults, they are easily able to relate to the characters. Especially through their use of dialogue which we aimed to make as authentic as possible.
- 8. • Through our use of flashbacks we are able to convey the problems that some people suffer psychologically as we aimed to portray the female character as being mentally ill due to the actions that have occurred to her in the past. This fits the dominant ideology of horror films as ghosts are particularly used to seek revenge and fear others.