Evaluation Question 2
2. How did you represent social groups?
The protagonist in my media product is a middle class female age 16, Black. This is all shown through her clothes and the objects on the floor. She is portrayed as innocent and weak through the use of close ups which help showing the context of my media product. The close ups also allowed me to make the audience feel sympathy towards the main character which that was my intended purpose. She is the only character that appears in my media product so the shots had to create pressure within the audience, in order for the audience to identify themselves with the protagonist. This character is supposed to be a stereotypical teenage girl, so through the use of costume and props I was able to represent a particular social group. However, she subverts this stereotype because she appears dead in the film opening, so it gets tricky for the audience to identify wether she is a teenager or not, but the props are used as symbolism to highlight her social group. By having the protagonist of my media product appearing to be dead was a successful thought because it adds interest to her character and makes her stand out to the audience and also shows that she is very important to the story. The effect on the audience as my target audience is a teenager, I personally think they will be able to relate to this character purely because of the similar age. Also, the context of the story is very important as the protagonist is dead, many teenagers every year are murdered or commit suicide due to excess pressure or relatable problems, although their problems are different, I think any type of anxiety is relatable for teenager, so my protagonist represents the agony and desperation of teenagers.
The protagonist in my media product is a middle class female age 16, Black. This is all shown through her clothes and the objects on the floor. She is portrayed as innocent and weak through the use of close ups which help showing the context of my media product. The close ups also allowed me to make the audience feel sympathy towards the main character which that was my intended purpose. She is the only character that appears in my media product so the shots had to create pressure within the audience, in order for the audience to identify themselves with the protagonist. This character is supposed to be a stereotypical teenage girl, so through the use of costume and props I was able to represent a particular social group. However, she subverts this stereotype because she appears dead in the film opening, so it gets tricky for the audience to identify wether she is a teenager or not, but the props are used as symbolism to highlight her social group. By having the protagonist of my media product appearing to be dead was a successful thought because it adds interest to her character and makes her stand out to the audience and also shows that she is very important to the story. The effect on the audience as my target audience is a teenager, I personally think they will be able to relate to this character purely because of the similar age. Also, the context of the story is very important as the protagonist is dead, many teenagers every year are murdered or commit suicide due to excess pressure or relatable problems, although their problems are different, I think any type of anxiety is relatable for teenager, so my protagonist represents the agony and desperation of teenagers.
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