Evaluation question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our thriller represents a few social groups, for example: business men, drug dealers and lower class girls who associate with drug dealers. The character I play is portrayed as a person middle class and slightly above average status. This is done through mise en scene and in particular his suit and briefcase. The characters played by Orrie, Sophie and Luke on the other hand represent a much lower class and status because of their cheaper looking clothes. Other types of mise en scene such as the cocaine, also contribute to their lower social status and class.

The man in a suit is represented in a complex and ambiguous way but more negative than positive. The mise en scene suggests that he has a high class and status but his actions and inconspicuous nature creates a suspicious atmosphere around him. The character of the drug dealer, played by Luke, represents a completely negative social group, primarily because of his consistent presence around narcotics. The girls are also represented negatively through their clothes and association with a drug dealer.

We created a contrast between the man in the suit and the other characters in the drug house by giving them completely different social groups and class. We did this because the fact that the man in the suit and the characters in the drug house are mutually involved with narcotics makes the viewer question the actual social group in which the man in the suit is part of.