In our media production we try to present a range of social groups. These include middle and upper class, Our main character is dressed in the ways that a typical villain would have been dressed. By this I mean he is in rough clothing, not very presentable in the sense that if you saw him out and about in clothes covered in blood and with a parka coat done up you’d think something was very wrong with him or he was taking part in some illegal acts. We also went for shots such as over shoulder shots in order to attempt to conceal the identity of our villain. We also avoided close ups on the villain. This was in order to hit as many different types of social groups as possible. We did this in order not to stray too far away from stereotypes, as it is important that the audience understood the roles of characters in the allocated two minutes. However we did try and add an intelligent edge to our main character by showing his planning and plotting. Inspiration for this was taken from TV dramas such as Criminal Minds and CSI. We felt this was important to represent a more upper/ middleclass victim. This allows more people to be able to relate to our character.
(Showing our villains costume choice to represent certain social groups)
(Our victim plotting his kidnappings on a map, showing a more intelligent side to our villain rather than just a brutal and unsophisticated person representing a more middle class social group)
For our victims we chose younger girls, this was to give a sense of vulnerability. This also widens our target audience as it allows younger children (15-18) to make an emotional connection with our victims. We used plenty of close ups in order to show age, gender and ethnicity.
(Showing our victims, normal clothes, but of a young age, representing a young and vulnerable social group)
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