Evaluation task 2 - How does your media product represent different social groups?

Gender
There is quite a lot of gender divide in our thriller. We have a male and female character, with the male being in a position of authority. The man is powerful, violent and and is a threat. He is shown in a negative light. This is shown through camera, as there is a lot of close-up shots to show his facial expressions and a low angle shot during the strangling scene to display him as being the character in the stronger, more authoritative position. The non-diegetic mysterious, sly and dangerous music foreshadows his negative character. The mise-en-scene based around the male character of the black gloves, fake FBI badges and dark lighting at most of the points he is seen is also used to show this character and personality. He conforms the stereotype of males being the villain in thriller films. He treats the female character badly by manipulating her and then strangling her to death. The female character is shown as the weaker and vulnerable character through the use of a high angle shot to show she is in a weaker position than the man and her costume which shows she is innocent and vulnerable as she is unsuspecting that the man could be a potential threat to her. The sound also goes quieter when she is being strangled to show her being victimised and hopeless. She also conforms to the stereotype of women being weaker than men and the easy targets in thriller films. 

This shows that men are stereotypically more violent and harmful to people and women are more innocent and vulnerable.  

There is also a film called "Drive" and a TV drama called "Intruders" that show gender stereotypes and similar things that are represented in out thriller. In "Drive" there is a man driving a car who wears smart clothing and black gloves to show he is the antagonist and authoritarian and dangerous. This is also similar to the man in "Intruders" who wears a suit, black gloves and has FBI badges to show also show his authority and threat. The woman in "Intruders" also represents the social group of the stereotypical innocent and vulnerable woman in thriller films. Our media product therefore represents gender similarly to this film and TV drama. 

Regional Identity
This is represented through the male character. Firstly, he had fake FBI badges and wears a suit to pose as a real American agent. He has an American accent which fits the character description of a fake FBI agent as the FBI is an American organisation. As he is fake he subverts the stereotype of typical FBI agent who does work to solve crimes and help people but our male character is negative at commits crimes and is a threat to many people. We also used a male American for the fake FBI as they are stereotypically regarded as more powerful and authoritative then women. This is shown through many different crime and thriller TV dramas such as Intruders and criminal minds.


Disability
Even though there are no characters in our thriller with disabilities there are able bodied characters. These characters are usually presented as having more power, authority and strength over disabled characters and tend to use this in either a positive or negative way. In our thriller, the male character uses his ability and power in a negative way, posing as a threat to people around him, acting violently and putting people in harm.