Group 3: Evaluation Question 1
- 1. Evaluation Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? Gelsomina De Lucia Kelly Morales Chelsea Hopkins Tayla Humphris
- 2. What social groups does your main character represent and why? The female protagonist is a young working class office worker. She is therefore represented as vulnerable as she is still not very aware of the dangers the outside world may have in store for her. This is reinforced by the way she is unaware of the zombies presence. The horror genre aims to make victims appear vulnerable which is why we felt it was appropriate to do so, as it will give our audience a better understanding of the character
- 3. What social groups does your main character represent and why? The protagonists gender happens to both challenge and reinforce the stereotype that women are generally much weaker than men and will therefore be unable to escape death. In this shot the main character reaches for a hammer which Is usually an item that relates to male labour, this shot is then followed by her hitting the zombie with the hammer, representing her as dominant As she is the only character in frame in this shot we are able to establish her dominance, which therefore challenges the stereotype that women are the weaker sex
- 4. What social groups does your main character represent and why? Her weakness is reinforced in the final scene where we are able to witness her fight against changing into the zombie overcome her. A close up shot allows us to witness this change through the colour of her eyes, which indicate she is now lifeless. The sound also allows us to establish this as the heartbeat stops. The music further reinforces this stereotype as it is quite sympathetic and focuses on the sudden stop of her heartbeat
- 5. How do you represent your character through the mis-en-scene? Our character is represented as a female who has a professional job. We show this by having the blazer and her white shirt which seems to give the allusion to an office job. Also, the use of the bun emphasises her professional job as stereotypically, females in office jobs have their hair in a bun.
- 6. How do you represent your character through the mis-en-scene? She is also represented as wealthy through the setting as she seems to own a house to herself which also reinforces the idea that females with a high professional job are career minded and do not have the time to have a family of there own. Also as she has possession of the key prop, it shows that the house is hers.
- 7. How do you represent your character through the mis-en-scene? Through costumes, our character is represented as intellectual as glasses are normally symbolic of a person being clever. Furthermore, she can also be described as knowledgeable as people with glasses tend to read alot which leads to the idea of her being hard working which lead our character to have an office job.
- 8. How do you represent your character through the mis-en-scene? Through the change of setting, our character is then represented as weak and vunerable as she is alone throughout the field scenes.
- 9. How do you represent your character through the camera shots and editing? In this long shot the character is presented formally and professional. This is accomplished through her costume (e.g. her suit) and props.
- 10. How do you represent your character through the camera shots and editing? It is in this high angles that our character is represented as a dominant character. She is represented in this way ,because by her killing the Zombie with a hammer she has more authority over the Zombie and therefore makes the Zombie seem weak. As this shot is also a POV it portrays the Zombie as helpless.
- 11. How do you represent your character through the camera shots and editing? -In this two shot the Zombie is introduced and in the second shot the close up and high angle represents the protagonist in a vulnerable state as she is bit. -Through this shot reverse shot it highlights a relationship between the two characters. -It is open to interpretation whether these two characters were related or whether the Zombie happened to wander.
- 12. How do you represent your character through the camera shots and editing? In this 360 degree the main character is represented vulnerable as she is exposed to the outside and is defenceless and she is not protected. Through this degree it highlights her isolation.
- 13. How do you represent your character through the camera shots and editing? In all these shots our protagonist is represented as weak. This is through close up shots, POV, High angles and Over head shot that we show this through. POV- Zombie is shown in a high angle as the other character struggles to escape Close up- The characters bite on her leg is shown in detail. She is seen as weak through the use of blood and her slumberous walk Over head/ High angle- Through this she is presented weak as she tosses in pain
- 14. How do you represent your character through the music? At the start of our opening sequence we start with a non- diegetic calm music of “cornerside material” to introduce the field scene which represents the character as being injured or hurt.
- 15. How do you represent your character through the music? “Cornerside material” is continued and overlapped to the next scene to represent the character being a peaceful and vulnerable person, it’s also representing that is a normal day of the female character coming from work.
- 16. How do you represent your character through the music? The music changes which builds tension and which also illustrates something bad is going to happen. Through this music the character is represented as being worried and scared.
- 17. How do you represent your character through the music? A heartbeat is introduced in our 360 degree shot to show the characters facial expressions which represents her as being Isolated as she’s unaware of what’s going to happen. Also the fast heartbeat represents her being scared The fast and high tension music in this scene represents the danger for the female character. It also connects with the fast pace in this scene.
- 18. How do you represent your character through the music? “Cornside Material” is introduced again at the last scene to show to the relationship between the first scene. “Last call” is also added to our score music to represent the character being in pain and also hurt which makes the audience feel pity for the character. At the end of our opening sequence we use a “bang” sound effect to represent the character transforming. The “bang” will also build tension and make the audience jump .