Evaluation 2: How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups

1. EVALUATION 2
How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular
Social Groups?

2. The social group I am going to be focusing on is the
antagonists social group of male killers. We drew
inspiration foR our antagonist from characters such as
Luther from the TV show Luther, Vincent Vega from the
film Pulp Fiction and John Wick from the film John
Wick.

3. The Pulp Fiction character Vincent Vega played by
John Travolta is similar to our character in terms of
their clothing and jobs/occupations. We wanted our
character to wear traditional villain clothes; a black
suit with a black tie. We also added an overcoat on
the day of filming as we thought it made the outfit
more 'offical' and sophisticated. Using this costume
makes you automatically stereotype him as a villain
and sets the character up easily within the short
time period. The costume also represents cold
efficiency, as well as formality. The dark colours
connote death and danger which reflects the
personality off the assassin. Both our character's and Vincent Vega's job is to kill people
without questions asked and get the job done efficiently which is why we think that our
character are similar. They are both emotionally detached from their job which gives off a
cold and stoic impression.

4. The fact that the two characters are emotionally
detached from their job suggests that they have no
connection to their victims and are only following
orders from a higher chain of command. These are
valuable personality traits to have in the jobs they
are in as it means they are able to complete the job
easily without emotions getting in the way which
could hinder their ability to kill.
You can tell by the use of a gun that both of these characters are mature adults who are
aware of the dangers their jobs involve. Guns connote death, danger and violence so
through the use of this social group- male killers- the audience is able to tell that these
characters will bring death, danger and violence to the film.

5. Sarah's costume was a direct juxtaposition to the assassins
outfit; colourful, casual and comfortable. The blouse is a
traditional sign of innocence and the lavender pattern
connotes innocence and represents Sarah as sweet and pure.
The cardigan emphasises this and shows that she is
comfortable in the space. The torn jeans and boots show a
rebellious, teenage side of her, shaping her into a more
realistic young girl.

6. Our character- Sarah is similar to Sarah Hart from
the film I Am Number 4 which was one of our
inspirations for the plot of our thriller. They both
represent a young female social group. They are
both victims of some sort- our character Sarah is
assassinated and the other character is thrown into
dangerous situation in I Am Number 4 which makes
her a victim. They both have the same name which is
a traditional 'innocent' name. Their clothing is
similar, a typical girly flowery top which connotes
innocence and purity- reflecting the personality of
the majority of the social group.
However, the Sarah in our thriller wears ripped jeans and combat boots which suggests a rebellious
side and hints that she isn't just an ordinary girl. The way she handles the gun with ease gives off the
same impression which sets her apart from Sarah in I Am Number Four as that Sarah is an ordinary
human being, whereas the Sarah in our thriller is not.