AS Evaluation-Q2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our first character is called Stacey. She is 25 and arrives from the former republic of Ygoslavia. Stacey is an everyday housewife. She spends every day looking after the home. Her main tasks involve cleaning the house, washing and cooking, nice homemade meals (which we discover in the opening scene). This way, the audience can relate to her and develop a relationship with her. Unlike our audience, Stacey doesn't have any friends due to bad college years and her family consists of just her husband (Dave) and their two sons. Stacey's character appeals to the target audience as she uses very basic makeup and her hair is tied, showing a sense of vulnerability yet confidence so teenage females can learn that it's okay to look how you do. This makes Stacey approachable to the audience. By showing to the audience that she is a weak character, the audience would want to reach out and help her as she has had a lot of miss fortunes in her life.

The second Character is called Dave. He is 25 years old and comes from the Czech Republic.  Dave works as a solicitor. He is on a case as a defendant for a victim against a well-known criminal, who is dangerous and ready to stop anyone from going to prison. Dave is happily married with his wife; Stacey. They have two sons and a nice house. Dave became a solicitor because although Christian, he believed in the aspect of karma. Dave has grown up with both parents. He has two older brothers who are twins, and one younger sister. He is also a family guy. Dave would appeal to the audience, as he is represented as a good soul who is willing to help and the fact that he is a solicitor allows the audience to trust him because of his authority and would therefore hold respect for him. The use of his outfit where he will be wearing a smart suit, along with a brief case show's that he is a sophisticated character and that he is a bit conservative. It is important to pursuade the idea that his character is strong to the audience as it will give a strong sense of security for the audience, therefore allowing him to appeal to the audience. Also the difference in clothing between him and Stacey shows the comparisons of a strong character and a weak character.

And finally, our killer. Although my group dismisses the idea of him having a name, I did give him a name and I will always call him Jerald. In the posters and trailers he will never have the name written but I will call him as I find it funny. He is British, age is unknown. This killer is currently facing a trial in court for attempt of man slaughter. he has no friends nor family. As a young boy growing up, he was around a lot of nasty areas where he saw crime take place right in front of him. He witnessed his mother getting aggressively stabbed when he was 11. Since then he hadn't been the same, he had studied hard at school until he was 16 and then left. At this job, he was treated with no respect. The killer may not appeal to the majority of the audience. This is because this character is seen as violent and morally wrong in his belief. However, taking this attitude on the character works because in order for a successful thriller, we need the enemy to be feared by the audience. Yet, despite the audience not relating to this character, they still want to know more and engage with the film so it would still relate to them and appeals to them because it achieves an effective reaction.