This document discusses how the media project represents various social groups. It represents suppressed, strong, and courageous people through the main character and film opening. Specifically, it depicts Native Americans during the Civil War who were suppressed and treated unequally. The character Connor is a Native American assassin who fights for Native American freedom and equality. The assassins represent a social group that fights for peace against oppressive groups like the Templars. In the future scenes, the descendant of Connor also fights for freedom as the Templars now have full control, representing the dichotomy between the wealthy controlling class and oppressed people. The film aims to represent social groups like Native Americans and assassins equally and does not focus on gender or

1. 2.) HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PROJECT REPRESENT
PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
My character and the film opening represent the suppressed, the strong and
the courageous. The social groups this fall into may not be conventional but
the characters in my film fill these traits. The character in the past, Connor
is a Native American during the civil war. His people and his kind are
suppressed and not treated equally. Connor fights for the patriots and for
peace, hoping to free his people. However he is also an assassin, a
character who is strong and secretive, someone who will stay in the
shadows, and uses his skills to free his people then this again is a social
group, one would argue that the assassins are a social group, ones that
fight for peace and to kill the Templers who fight for knowledge and
control. In many ways these are like the rich and poor social group, the rich
being the Templar’s who have greater control and the Assassins, who are
like the poor group and will do anything to stay in the game. They would do
things like find the Orb to give an edge on the battle.

2. I was able to present this social group using techniques such as camera
angles facing away from the characters face. So it adds mystery to who this
assassin is. And when we do look face on to the character it is distorted
through water. It was difficult to present the native America side. The
costume itself has accents that are both assassin and Native American. The
bands around his arms are Native American, and the feathers around the
costume also are. His trousers although it may not be clear are what the
Native American in the game would of crafted using cow leather. I was able
to focus on these through camera shots that look past on focus on these
areas of the costume. Though not purposely changing the whole focus point
on the opinion on this. In the future there is similar character to Connor his
descendant fights for the same things. Peace and freedom for the people. In
the future the Templar’s have full control so it is again like the rich and
poor social groups.

3. The assassins are now shattered with no hope of survival and they stay
hidden because at this time all out war is not an option. There are not other
representations of social groups in my opening or the film, there genders are
equal the female characters are just as skilled as the male ones. The age of
my character are concentrated on, I had to convince the audience that I was
an adult. I did look the part, I am naturally quite tall, the size of a small adult.
And because I was hooded and the camera never saw my face as Connor, I
could convince the audience I was an adult. The same applies for being male.
It would be obvious that I look like a male, my shape in the costume looks
like a man. The same cannot be said for my future character, his face is not
covered. And because of
this perhaps it was more
difficult to portray my age.
I look like a male so that
was clear enough. But I
needed to convince the
audience I was an adult.
Did I do this successfully?
Is for the audience to
decide, but using digital
grading to make the whole
screen darker, which
hopefully gave the effect
of age.

4. If I had left the original gradient I would look a lot younger. The only other
social group that is represented on quite a bit relates back to the past. With
Connor, a Native American fighting for his people. Because Native Americans
were not white in that time thy were not considered equal, and because they
were not treated fairly and had their homes and land taken from them, this
gives Connor a reason to fight. Other ways I was able to presents these social
group through technicalities was through sound, the sound track for Connors
half of the opening has native American tones.