How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Questions Two

Who is being represented and Why?

Name : Laura Hibbit

She is represented as a quiet British girl, who doesn't like to stand out too much shown through her simple clothing. She is shown to come from a working class family and area from her setting and location.

She is represented this way because we want the audience to sympathise with her situation and almost put themselves in her position as the audience can relate to her and be even more frightened as she would seem more vunerable.

Who is being represented and Why?

Name : Cilia Elizabeth Carter

She is represented as a old and scary maid, that is very threatening and angry upon being killed towards Laura.

She is represented this way because she is very angry upon being killed because of knowing a secret and we want to show the audience how dangerous ghost can become if you enter their territorial space

Who is being represented and Why?

Name : Mary Elizabeth Carter

She is represented as a old and scary maid, that is very threatening and angry upon being killed towards Laura.

She is represented this way because she is very angry upon being killed because of knowing a secret and we want to show the audience how dangerous ghost can become if you enter their territorial space

What type of social group are you representing and why?

We are representing a less obvious social group and established social group. She represent the quiet and to themselves social group, where they aren't too outgoing and have their own unconventional interests – for example, ghosts. We are representing this social group because we feel it makes her a more sympathetic character and helps the audience put themselves in her shoes as she's more venerable making the film more real for them

How did you represent the character

Representation- We represent her as a venerable character.

Costume- by wearing no pattern designed clothes not showing not to drag too much attention to herself

Setting- By placing her in a working class setting we wanted her to seem more relatable from out target audience

Lighting- The lighting was dull to emphasise a spooky mood

Colour- We added a blue effect to make the setting look cold – which will make the audience feel cold

Body langauge- The body language is tense and awkward to show she is out of a comfort zone and emphasising wary gestures and timid behaviour

Facial expression- Shock, straight faced, frightened

How did you represent the character

Representation- We represent her as being old, scary and having a uncomfortable vibe

Costume- Plain black and white clothing to show them as being maids as back in the days those clothing made them seem less important to elite.

Setting- Placing her in the closet to show a uncomfortable atmosphere and attachment.

Lighting- Dark to make the place mysterious.

Colour- Black and white to represent death and a maid

Body language- stiff – dead-like

Facial expression- Dead. By not making any interest movements just making her body loose and quite still.

How did you represent the character

Representation- We represent her as being old, scary and having a uncomfortable vibe

Costume- Plain black and white clothing to show them as being maids as back in the days those clothing made them seem less important to elite.

Setting- Placing her in the closet to show a uncomfortable atmosphere and attachment.

Lighting- Dark to make the place mysterious.

Colour- Black and white to represent death and a maid

Body language- stiff – dead-like

Facial expression- Dead. By not making any interest movements just making her body loose and quite still.

Positive or negative representation? Why?

It is both negative and positive.

The ghosts are represented negatively and they are threatening, dangerous, and uncomfortable.

However, Laura is represented positively as she's a sweet young girl who is seemed to be venerable and would be liked by the audience.

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Is it a stereotypical convention? Why?

In some sense this is a stereotypical convention as the ghost is usually stereotyped as the villain and the main character as the victim.

However, the reasons of Laura getting involved with these ghosts is that she feels sorry for them and wants to set them free, whereas conventionally, it would be to protect themselves, rather than understand the ghost – which is why she goes through the possession

How does the representation relate to the target audience?

The representation relates as she is the going through the same stage of life as our target audience (15-19) Also through the fashion of Laura, the target audience could relate to the style interesting them to watch the film.

Also the ghosts representation will excite our target audience as teenagers enjoy taking risks and doing new things and therefore will enjoy the thrill of being scared

Is it a fair or accurate representation? Why?

It is, because the ghosts negative representation has reasons behind the violent behaviours as they are bitter and angry of being murdered.

And again, it is, because we haven't under or over exaggerated our character into something unrealistic

Why we represented this social group

We represented this ‘quiet underestimated’ social group because we wanted our character to be unconventional

from the typical loud and exaggerated main character. We wanted the use of effects and mise-en-scene to emphasise the ‘scare’ rather than the character so it doesn't distract

the audience from their own reaction

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and

why?

Questions Three

Universal• Universal set up its own distributing company

in France in the late 1960s. It is based in America, however they have filmed in British locations and have had British actors feature in the film

Film distributing companies that we have explored

Paramount

They are quite a long established distributing company. Paramount Pictures was founded in 1912 and is now owned by Viacom, a media conglomerate.

Film distributing companies that we have explored

Lionsgate• Lionsgate is a North American entertainment

company. The company was formed in Vancouver in 1997, and is headquartered in California. Lionsgate is quite new in comparison to other distributing companies.

Film distributing companies that we have explored

Momentum Pictures

They are a fairly new distribution company and are owned by Paramount Pictures. They have distributed a variety of films targeted at many types of target audiences

Revolver Entertainment

Revolver Entertainment were founded in 1997, so they are relatively new compared to other distribution companies. They have operations in both London and Los Angeles, so a variety of influence will be obtained

Film distributing companies that we have explored

• Momentum Pictures have distributed many thriller films similar to our opening sequence. Another similar feature is that they distribute ghost films and they also distribute films in British

locations.

• After our research, analysis and comparison of the distribution companies; we eventually chose Momentum

Pictures to distribute our film.

What types of films do they release?