How
does your media product represent particular social groups?
Throughout
our product we almost always conform to stereotypes and I don’t believe there
are any points where the stereotypes are subversed. Robyn is a teenage girl who
has been to a friend’s house and his walking home. Harry (Jordan) is the
kidnapper in the film and the first time the two meet is when Harry is walking
behind Jenna without her notices, he overpowers her and knocks her to the
ground, again conforming to the stereotype. When Robyn then wakes in a strange
dark room she begins to cry for help in a typically girlish manner, the reply
she gets from Harry is a deep manly voice. Whilst filming Harry is never
actually seen on camera which leaves an air of mystery to his character, however
during the second seen, Robyn is always looked down on by the camera, lowering
her status which is what would be expected. The editing is slow paced in order
to intensify suspense and gives Robyn a “damsel in distress” quality. The sound
used is the same original music as before which makes Harry to be a more
powerful, dark character, enhancing his masculinity. We also used a belt to tie
Robyn to the wall making her appear even less powerful than she was already
portrayed. The lighting is dark which just a light glow on her face to ensure
the audience focus’ on her, everything is almost pitch black. Another key
factor is the depth of Harry’s voice, it is very manly making him appear older
and as we see, Robyn is much younger, therefore it doesn’t only conform to
gender stereotypes, but age as well. The iconography is still what is expected,
a dark room and a girl tied up, this is conventionally what is used in a horror
as the audience will clearly know and be able to decipher the genre
immediately.
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