Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Costumes:

We used binary opposition and largely different clothing to create different persona's for the killer and the victim.
We dressed the victim in a certain way to make him seem more "nerdy" and vulnerable looking. we achieved this by getting him to wear his hair in a ponytail, this made him seem more feminine and therefore more vulnerable. He was also wearing glasses, this fits him into the stereotype of a nerdy teenager and making him seem more defenceless.



This contrasts greatly with the clothing that was worn by the killer. The killer was wearing full black clothing and boots, he also covered his face with a hood. This connotes masculinity and mysteriousness, especially in contract to the clothing worn by the victim. This creates binary opposition between the killer and the victim, this in turn makes the killer seem more gruesome and the victim more helpless.  The killer is also taller than the victim, further connoting a sense of masculine dominance.

Cinematography:

We used specific camera angles to show the reader each character in a different way. The victim, in general, is shot from level angles. This allows you to see eye to eye with him. The angles in which the killer was shot are more interesting. In the first and second shot of the killer he is seen from a high angle, and only showing specific parts of his body. This makes him seem mysterious and the audience will want to know more about him. Another good shot is when the killer walks straight into the camera until  the whole screen goes black, the main title is then shown and the killer walks of to the left. When he walks off the audience finds out that he is in the victims house. We tried to film the two characters in different ways to change the audiences perception of them. The killer was shot in generally powerful angles such as low shots, he also filled the frame in most of the shots, giving him a further sense of power. The victim was shot in normal, bland shots to give the sense that he is a relatively normal guy. I feel that we employ mostly residual but a small amount of emergent ideology at the same time, the killer seems masculine and dominating showing residual ideology. But we also show emergent ideologies through having a relatively feminine male as the victim, though this could also be seen as residual as the more feminine one is the victim. 

Editing:

At one point in the video we changed the pace of the editing drastically, we did this to create a sense of panic when the victim actually sees the killer, there are 5 different shots in around 3-4 seconds. The editing around the victim is generally slower, this makes him seem less edgy and dangerous. This also creates a stark contrast between the two separate characters.

The titles also play a large part in creating a patriarchal feel, keeping with residual ideology. The bold red titles in contrast with the black background give a feeling of power. The names of the companies also give a feeling of general "manliness" such as
 "An Ironclad film." The music playing over the whole film also feels very male, and I think it fits well with the genre.