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

How does your product represent particular social groups?

When producing our thriller 'The Bearing' we had to consider many things. We had to think of what social groups our thriller was going to represent. When thinking about the social groups we had to consider our target audience. As we have a primary and secondary audience we wanted them both to understand our thriller. We presented this through the way in which the characters dressed, act and their overall look. We haven't represented many social groups in our thriller, the reason for this is because of what our thriller is about. We chose our actors according to the character description, we wanted boys but at a variety of ages because we could represent different things through this.

Maxim Baldry - Maxim shows a negative representation of a young boy. This is shown through mise en scene, we dressed him according to the stereotypical look of a dodgy looking person. To both our target audiences it would be clear that he was representing the 'lower social class'. We dressed him in a hoddie with the hood up, jeans and trainers, all of which were black. My group and I thought that the best colour to show a negative representation is black and our audience would have understood this indefinitely. Through the use of the camera you can see how secretly he is trying to deliver the parcel and the way he is looking around shows that he aware of everything around him. This demonstrates that he is up to no good. The look he gives the camera is a very dark, mysterious look which proves that he is a shifty character.

Theo Bhat - Theo is another character who takes part in the passover of the poison. He shows a negative representation of himself through the choice of outfit which is all dark colours. He could encounter the audience as higher/middle class though. The reason for this is because he looks like he is trying to disguise himself. He does this by wearing a hat which covers his hair which transforms his identification. In addition, he gives himself a negative representation by the way he looks at the camera, he looks very nervous and gives the impression that something is bothering him.



Adam Grant - We chose Adam as an actor, due to his mature age which we felt would widen our target audience and would make the movie more appealing to the older generation. We attempted to present him as part of the 'lower class' social group as well as being a suspicious and dodgy character, achieving this through the use of costume which included a zipped up hoodie and a hat. This therefore instantly creates the stereotype of an aggressive character, whose scruffy clothes create the image of someone who is of the lower class.


Kitty Birks - Kitty looks very innocent in 'The Bearing' and has the stereotypical appearance that she is just a person trying to enjoy lunch with her child. She gives a positive representation of a youngish mother with her child. She is smiling, not directly at the camera which proves that she is unaware of what is going on. She represents the higher or middle social class due to the way she dresses and the way her hair is done nicely.




Paul chesterfield - Paul is another one of the men that is included in the passing of the package. He is also dressed in very dull, dark colours. He shows a negative representation of the lower social group. He displays this by shaking Habeib's hand while at the same time passing him the package. The audience can clearly see that the parcel is being given to the chef and it's very suspicious as it is all filmed in a kitchen of a restaurant.



Habeib Fasai - Habeib in our thriller looks like the typical chef due to the outfit that he wore - chef whites. He is a chef from an African ethnicity which helps with the stereotype that he is powerful and in charge.In the kitchen there were extra actors who were taking part in preparing the food. Habeib was the main character we were focusing on. This was distinctive through the use of camera. It was his hands we zoomed in on, the camera followed him, the others were just in the background. This will have been clear to both of our target audiences. He gives a negative representation of a chef as he opens the package and puts it in the food.

Hendrik Speelmans - Hendrik isn't part of the passover in our sequence. He is the waiter who takes the food through to the restaurant. He is very tall and looks relatively smart. We would place him between the middle and upper class social status. Hendrik gives himself a positive representation in the tittle sequence as he clearly has nothing to do with the poison and is just doing his job.