Q4 – ‘Who would be the audience for your media product?’Chirag

Introduction In this question I will be focusing on what particular social groups we have targeted from the use of our characters which we have included in our film opening.

I will be focusing on how protagonist and the two antagonists.

I will be focusing on various points within representation for each character, and they are:

1. Class

2. Gender

3. Ethnicity

4. Age

5. Regional Identity

6. Sexuality

7. Disability

Protagonist – Class

Throughout the film opening our protagonist is known towards working class. This is because working class people are known to stereotypically wear jeans, plaid shirts, t-shirts, hoodies and trainers. So from our protagonists, class is recognized through the types of clothes he is wearing.

Antagonists - Class

Throughout our film opening the antagonists are not seen much and appear after a minute. The antagonists are more related towards middle/working class, as they are working for the government, CIA which is classed as a good job. They also wear suits, meaning that there jobs is required to come smart and formal and in suits.

Protagonist - Gender

Our film opening only used males, this is because the genre we chose was related more towards males. Our protagonists is seen as lonely at the start of he opening which also foreshadows from the voiceover, however stereotypically saying that males are known to be more independent and lone hero’s

Antagonists - Gender

The antagonists again are two males who are also seen in our opening. Stereotypically saying that the two antagonists are strong in terms of stamina although one falls behind, and as well as saying that males don’t need to rely on others so this is why we have shown one of the antagonist slow down before the fight takes place

Protagonist – Ethnicity

Our protagonist is Asian however is British born, and this could be seen through his clothing and accent, when the voice over is heard. This represents that his background his mainly white as he is seen running a lot requiring stamina and fighting off one of the antagonist

Antagonists – Ethnicity

Same as our protagonist our antagonists are also Asian yet British born. This is not shown as there is no dialogue of the two, but the way they dress and there superiority shows that they are from a background known to be confident and strong. This shown as they are looking for our protagonist.

Protagonist - Age

For age our protagonists portrays our young audience aged between 15-19, this is because of the clothes he is wearing, casual. They clothes he is wearing is seen by the young generation and university students as they like to be comfortable is jeans, plaid shirts, and trainers.

Antagonists – Age

Our antagonist would focuses on age but more towards the older side of our target audience, which is 20-25. this is because they are seen wearing formal, office clothing and our audience aged between 20-25 would may be working. So therefore the antagonists are related towards the older age of our target audience

Protagonist – Regional Identity

Our protagonist would be more towards the rural side. I say this because in our film opening he is seen as lonely, feeling isolated and out of touch with the modern world, so stereotypically this would connote that our protagonist is from the rural area.

Antagonists - Regional Identity

For our antagonists, I would say they are more towards the south as they have professional jobs, working for the government, as well as being snobs, referring back to their superiority.

Protagonist – Sexuality

The protagonist in our film opening would be heterosexual, this is because of the way he is dressed, not overly dressed for himself and not showing signs of being attracted towards the same gender buy stereotypically saying, wearing skinny jeans or bright coloured tops

Antagonists – Sexuality

For our antagonist they would also be heterosexual, again no wearing tight clothes, or vibrant colours, as well as there beaviour being more manly like signifying there confidence as males

Protagonist – Disability

The protagonist does not have any disballity as he is an able bodied person who is able to perform daily task as getting up. He is also seen running, jumping over rails, fighting. This shows that he is perfectly normal and is an abled bodied person

Antagonists – Disability

Same thing would apply for our antagonists, being normal, able bodied, again performing task such as running, fighting, walking