The document discusses how a 2-minute film opening represents certain social groups through mise-en-scene and camera work. Specifically, it prominently features a social group of independent young white males. Scenes of the main character alone establish him as independent, and combat boots, a gun, and hunting imply he is a hunter. Camera angles are used to represent power, with low angles making characters appear stronger and central shots showing who is dominant. Violence and complex dialogue require an older target audience of 18+. Costumes match modern styles to be set in the present or near future.

1. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Social group definition - People who share some social relation
Who is the main social group within my 2 minute opening?
Firstly my film is aimed at an audience both male and female, aged 18+, however
this isn't to say that younger people won't enjoy it. But i have managed to represent
a social grouping of young independent white males prominently within my film.
The use of Mise-en-scene in my film opening aided my way of representing social
groupings. The first shot is of a wide shot where my hero is looking out onto an
empty pathway, thus making him appear strong and purposeful, due to the fact all
of him is in the shot. It then cuts to a close up of his feet walking which suggests a
semantic feels of hunter, this is because of his combat boots, his gun and although
the purpose isn’t necessarily to hunt but find supplies, you could still make the
implication he is a hunter, especially if you listen to the content of the monologue.
As my character is meant to be of an older age (20-25) I wanted him to look
independent therefore I had him on his own throughout his monologue. Much like
other hero films such as "man of steel- superman" where the hero is walking in
what an empty and isolated place, whilst a monologue is over the top.
When representingpower I used lower cameraangles such as low angle shots to make the
character appear bigger and stronger. for example when the mugger attacks the hero I go
to a low angle of the mugger being over the top of my hero as at the moment in the film
he is the dominant one. However in order to show his power at that time most of my shots
before hand are centredso people are more able to identifywho is more dominant and
when. I also show my hero being the weaker when I use a mid-shot lookingdown on
Gideon(Max the hero) which makes him seem the weaker comparedto will (the
Mugger).
This is ironic as Gideonhas a power which can overrule the mugger and kill him,
thereforetheoreticallytheypower lies with the hero. I do however wish I had shown my
hero as being stronger via using mise-en-scene. For example insteadof keeping it central

2. I wish I did a shot where the camerais lookingup at the hero from the Muggers
perspective, and I wish I had used a low angled shot behind the Hero when his is using
his telekinesis power. As there is violence involved already within the 2 minute opening I
chose to already have an older target audience. I also think it’s more important to have an
older audience as the content of the monologue couldbe confusingand hard to
understand for younger people. For example “I witnessedthe true brutality of the human
race, trying to claim me for their own.”
Fashion is a cyclic nature and thereforeas the film is set in the present and so is the
2 minute opening and the rest of the film will be in the past the costume wouldn't
be different from today’s styles. Because it’s acouple of days or maybe weeks into the
past then the clothing wouldn't have changed this is due to the current problems
in the film. It’s similar to today’s fashionas the boys are both wearing black trousers and
a normal plain white top. Stereotypically this is what a male would wear normally.