Evaluation: 2. How does your media product represent particular people and social groups?

In our film as there is only really one main character as the other character involved in the opening sequence can not be seen.we have portrayed are black adult male character as quite serious and his character also give the audience the impression he is quite smart through the way he talks which is formal and also through his quite serious and formal clothing which would maybe lead the audience to believe he is a business man due to the Mi-en-scene and costumes and props on set. We have represented are character to the audience in a way which will make him stand out. The way in which we a portrayed the character may not be a clear representation of all black middle aged people however it does allow us to create more suspense and excitement. The costumes used again may not be what all people wear but help in making the situation more serious which is what we were trying to do.Also the characters body language, as he is standing upright with his chest out would signify to the audience that he is reasonably confident and has quite high self-esteem which is the sort of character we are trying to create although this representation may not be generalisable to a wider population. Throughout the opening sequence the main focus is always on the main character which shows maybe that he is in power and makes the audience feel like he is superior. The use of a camera angle such as a low angle shot was also used to suggest to the audience he is in power and superior and if we wanted to portray are character as weak and inferior we would of used a high angle shot which would make the audience feel they are in power.Although are representations may not always be applicable to all people in the real world it fits in with our plot very well. The black middle aged character which we are trying to represent as powerful, authoritive, clever, strong could easily be compared to people such as Curtis Jackson(50 cent)who has appeared in films such as get rich or die trying and Gun.He inspiration for are character as he is strong and is looked up to by many people as he has made it big growing up in a poorer part of America where there is a lot of crime however are character may not have exactly the same background but the way in which he is represented may suggest similar characteristics.Above you can see our character and below you can see Curtis Jackson and it is clear they are both strong,superior and you can see how powerful they are.All in all I believe we were quite good at giving representations of certain individuals as we took are time as we did not want to stereotype which has been done which has had a negative effect on films in the past.