Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Evaluation P5: Constructing the real

How does the media product represent particular social groups?
1. The media product represents villains.  It does so as it includes two villains, one of each gender, contemplating on beating a victim up to get the information they need. This may reflect real life situations, where the villain is in control of an innocent person.
2. It also represents couples.  The man who is kept hostage at the beginning of the sequence is worried about his girlfriends' [Ellie] safety.  He takes on numerous punches and still does not say a word on her whereabouts.  This could reflect the value of their relationship as a couple.

Who is included and excluded by the text you created?
In the written script, we have agreed on keeping most of the names secret, as it is only in the first two minutes of the film, it is unlikely that you would hear the characters' names at the start.  However, one name is mentioned, 'Ellie', said by Vinnie, the male psychotic killer; when he replies to Jamie, the male victim. 
To clear things up the characters' names are:
Vinnie [male psychotic killer/ Rose's step-brother]- played by Thomas Rivet
Rose [female psychotic killer / Vinnie's step-sister]- played by Abbey Ingram
Ellie [female victim / Jamie's girlfriend]- played by Agnes Rivet
Jamie [male victim / Ellie's boyfriend]- played by Oliver Rossetti

What form of realism have you constructed, and why?
In the second scene, when Jamie wakes up, we see his work clothes on the back of the door, this tells the audience that it is the morning and that he is leaving his bedroom to get some breakfast downstairs, to then return to his room afterwards to get changed and go to work.  Moreover, the radio playing over his journey through the house makes it more realistic, as most people listen to the radio in the morning. The interrogation scene is less likely, therefore there is no realism in that part of the sequence.

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