1. 1. How does your media product represent particular social groups? By Lee Wilson
2. 2. What we aimed to achieve The characters in this film are meant to follow the basic stereotypes of the given genre, and we have tried to achieve this using a number of different techniques. The three I shall go over in this presentation are: - Lighting - Camera angles/shots - Characterisation
3. 3. Lighting For the character of The Suit I wanted there to be an ominous or mysterious quality about him, to achieve this his scenes were shot in a low-key lighting and at times using a chiaroscuro lighting effect. The nature of this type of lighting adds to the drama and mystery of the character and situation, as we are trying to show that the suit is the main villain of the film and the dark tones help personify that.
4. 4. Lighting In contrast to The Suit we have the character of Irish Tommy has all of his scenes shot in daylight, giving a less intimidating and mysterious setting, which ties in to the character of Irish Tommy being a very obvious and non-mysterious character. It is also noteworthy that all of our media product was filmed using entirely natural lighting, to help with the film portraying a real environment. The all natural lighting helped in the editing process as we did not need to alter much to get the look we wanted from the characters.
5. 5. Camera angles/shots A lot of Irish Tommy's shots tend to be low angle, as to show his physicality and look more intimidating, however once we get to the phone call sequence and realise Irish Tommy is a bit of a fool then the camera swaps to being level to his face in a close up. The Suit only has one shot type which is a medium close up, this was primarily used so we could keep his suit in shot at all times he was on screen, but also as to show his full upper body. I also have to note that the product did have a limited number of shot types used in the final product, and could have used a larger variety to get out point across to the viewer, and we did not make full use of the technology we had available for this.
6. 6. Characterisation The character of Irish Tommy plays on some of the stereotypes present in the British Crime genre, he is a character of lowly intelligence and is simply used for brute force. Irish Tommy represents a lower class citizen in Britain who is involved in crime, as seen by his attire and job. In opposition with Irish Tommy is the portray of The Suit, who is even from first glance an obviously higher class or more sophisticated character, evident by the suit and a general better appearance. He follows general stereotypes for a boss style character; mysterious, short tempered and intimidating.
7. 7. Characterisation The character of Irish Tommy plays on some of the stereotypes present in the British Crime genre, he is a character of lowly intelligence and is simply used for brute force. Irish Tommy represents a lower class citizen in Britain who is involved in crime, as seen by his attire and job. In opposition with Irish Tommy is the portray of The Suit, who is even from first glance an obviously higher class or more sophisticated character, evident by the suit and a general better appearance. He follows general stereotypes for a boss style character; mysterious, short tempered and intimidating.