HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT

PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

FOR MY FILM OPENING, I USEDDIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TOREPRESENT AND COVERMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THATCAN OCCUR FROM DIFFERENTHORRORS THAT HAPPEN INSOMEONE’S PAST, WHICH ISSHOWN THROUGH THEMOTHER.

MY MAIN PROTAGONIST IS THE MOTHER

• THE MOTHER AND SON RELATIONSHIP IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE

MESSENGERS, WHERE THEY ARE PORTRAYED TO HAVE A CLOSE BOND THROUGH

WHICH IS SHOWN THROUGH A MONTAGE OF HAPPY FAMILY ACTIVITIES SUCH

AS; THE MOTHER TEACHING THE SON HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO, READING TO

HIM AND PLAYING GAMES WHICH ESTABLISHES THE STABLE AND LOVING

RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS TYPICAL OF A MOTHER AND SON. THIS HAS NO

PARTICULAR CLASS BUT PARENTS AND CHILDREN UNIVERSALLY COULD IDENTIFY

WITH THIS.

THE MAIN PROTAGONIST IS THE MOTHER

• AT THE BEGINNING I WANTED TO REPRESENT SOMEONE WHO IS GRIEVING AND

SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. THIS IS SHOWN THROUGH THE

MOTHER ‘CONFESSING’ IN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH SHOWS THE WAY

PEOPLE CAN BREAK DOWN AND BECOME UNWELL AFTER TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS

IN THEIR LIVES.

• I REPRESENT THE MOTHER SYMPATHETICALLY BY GIVING HER A VOICEOVER

EXPRESSING HER FEELINGS, SO THE AUDIENCE CAN EMPATHISE WITH THIS

GROUP OF PEOPLE AND PERHAPS GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO THEIR FEELINGS AND

WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

MY MAIN ANTAGONIST REPRESENTS THE STEREOTYPICAL GHOST FROM HORROR

MOVIES.• THE GHOST IN MY FILM, DOES CONFORM TO THE STEREOTYPES SET OUT FOR

THEM AS TYPICALLY, IN A HORROR MOVIE, THE GHOST OR ANTAGONIST ALWAYS

HAS A DARK AND SINISTER MOTIVE BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS, USUALLY EITHER

REVENGE OR WANTING THE ‘LIVING THINGS’ TO BE SCARED OUT OF THEIR

TERRITORY.

• WHEN AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF THE GHOST, I CHOSE A 25 YEAR OLD

WOMAN WHO IS THE SAME AGE AS THE GHOST WAS WHEN SHE WAS KILLED IN MY

FILM OPENING. IN THE FILM, SHE WEARS A TYPICAL BLACK DRESS AND HAS BLACK

HAIR, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR GHOSTS IN HORROR FILMS TO WEAR AS IT

REPRESENTS HOW SINISTER THEY ARE.

• THE GHOST IS FIRSTLY INTRODUCED WHEN THE MOTHER (MAIN PROTAGONIST)

SEES HER STRANGLING HER SON TO DEATH, WHICH IMMEDIATELY PORTRAYS THE

GHOST AS THE ANTAGONIST IN THE FILM. THE SHOT IS A CLOSE UP OF THE

GHOST HAND ON THE SONS NECK WHICH ALSO ADDS MYSTERY AS THE

AUDIENCE CANNOT SEE THE GHOSTS FACE.

• THE ANTAGONIST REPRESENTS THE HORROR IN THE PROTAGONISTS PAST AND

HOW EVIL IS ALWAYS HAUNTING HER. THIS IS SHOWN IN THE OVER THE

SHOULDER SHOT OF THE GHOST CREEPING UP ON THE MOTHER WHICH ALSO

ACTS AS A REMINDER OF THE GUILT THAT HAS OVERCOME THE MOTHER

BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HELP HER SON.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN

CHARACTERSThe mother in my film opening is very similar to the messengers, Mrs Rollins. They both are distressed when in difficult situations and both strive to protect their much loved son, even though both fail.

Differences between characters

However, the mother in my film opening presents her distress and regret after he son is dead rather than whilst. Whereas the mother in The Messengers is distressed because something is attacking them both rather than just one.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CHARACTERS

Differences between characters

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN

CHARACTERS

Differences between characters