Evaluation Task 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This is the main character from my media product, he remains unnamed throughout the opening but should the film continue past the opening, his identity would be revealed in the complete film. I wanted him to appear quite normal as if he would not stand out against a group of regular people. The idea behind this was that a normal person had been taken from their regular, routine life and had been thrown into this world of action. One character similar to him is Dave from the sci-fi / action movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Although the film is very different to the opening I am producing, the character "Dave" from the movie shares some characteristics with the main character from my film. Both characters were living normal lives but were torn from their daily routines and pushed into a scenario where they must fight to survive. With the character from my film this is quite a loose description as this is not shown on screen but when creating the character, this is the story behind the character that I kept in mind.

In the movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" the apprentice has a mentor, a person that teaches them how to survive whereas my character does not have this and is given no guidance as to what he must do, he is simply thrown into the action, running for his life from something we cannot see as he is woefully unprepared. Another noticeable comparison between the characters is in costume. Dave is dressed is casual clothing, similarly to the character in my film, and looks as if he has been dragged from his normal life, into this new, action-packed life, with no chance to prepare. One difference in costume however, is in the colours. Dave's costume consists of mainly darker colours and makes him seem slightly more sinister whereas the costume for the character in my film uses more bright, friendly colours. I did this on purpose to make him seem more like a normal guy and to make it so people do not immediately assign him a certain personality because of his costume.