Question Two

Question two – How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product represents the current generation of teenager and the necessity for revenge of a thriller criminal or mastermind. I feel I have represented the protagonist as an emotional young man who is clearly angry about the recent murder of his long term girlfriend. I am comparing him to the main character in the film Drive played by Ryan Gosling. I am comparing them both because when you look at the emotions portrayed on both faces during each opening they have a certain likeness between them. Both characters are victims because the protagonist in my thriller, played by Fabian Gray has just lost his long term girlfriend and Ryan Gosling has been drawn into crime. I wanted my protagonist to be portrayed as a victim because I wanted an emotional connection between the audience and him which I feel I have succeeded in doing. I used this age range because my target audience wanted to watch something new and there are not many films out there about a teenager looking for the killer of his long term girlfriend. I dressed the character in black because this colour is most commonly worn at funerals or when someone is showing remorse. In comparison to the items of clothing that Ryan is wearing in the opening scene to Drive I feel that although he is dressed in a silver jacket, his face is half covered with shadows which connote remorse. When filming I chose to show him mainly in close ups or extreme close ups. This is because I felt that the audience would find it easier having an emotional connection that I hoped to achieve. I also found that in the opening to drive is similar in the way that the emotions of Gosling are shown using close ups and mid shots.