Our media product represents particular social groups regarding the four technical areas Mise en scene, camera, editing and sound.
For our product, Mise en scene elements were very important on how the main female actress cressida was represented. In our thriller cressida wears a black trouser suit, white blouse and white high heels. This gives her a smart and professional look that shows she is a working woman and represents that she is of the high class because her clothing looks expensive and if she was in the working class she would be wearing clothes that did not suggest a work ethic for example tracksuit bottoms. The props that are used in our opening sequence also support the fact that her work is of a high status as she is typing on a laptop the audience sees detailed cork boards that are filled with important looking photographs as well as folders that read ‘confidential’ and other stationary. Cressida has blond hair and wears high heels and feel this completely represents her as a stereotypical woman but when the male (played by Mike Niland) breaks in to the house and they fight the stereo type is subverted as instead of expecting the male to win the fight against the weaker woman stereotyped with blond hair and high heels the female wins the fight shocking the audience completely. The subverted stereotype is more unexpected as the females facial expressions and character positioning change so dramatically during the opening sequence. At the beginning when she hears the male break in to her house her face is scared and her body is hunched hiding in every corner but when the stereotype is subverted she is strong and her face and body symbolise this however it is the opposite for the male as he has changed completely in to the weaker one.
For camera angles, shots and movement at the very beginning of the sequence when cressida is at her desk working there are lots of close ups of her eyes to show that she is thinking of something and to guide the audience to what she is looking at on her computer. The shots do not show if she is weak or strong but just hold the tension that something is about to happen until the door is heard opening and then the camera does a shot to make her look weaker from behind her shoulder like someone is watching her and she is fully exposed as she runs to hide from him from example upstairs on the corridor the camera is at a high angle making her look smaller and more vulnerable. However when the stereo is subverted and she hits Mike with the sugar glass bottle he is instantly weaker and the camera immediately cuts to a low angle making her look huge and powerful.
When editing our opening sequence the parts where the female actress was hiding from the male actor were very quick for example taking off her high heels this is a huge change to show the stereo subverted, putting away her laptop, files and hiding the cork boards. When seeing these cuts you expect the male to walk in and get what ever he wants. When mike enters the house the shots are edited with little cuts as the audience expect things to soon build up and him to take over what she is doing. However again the stereo type is subverted and as soon as the fight takes place the action builds up and the cuts are even quicker whilst cressida grabs the gun pushes mike on to the floor picks up the glass and hits him. This shows that she is in full control and also shows the amount she is doing to defeat him whilst he just remains slow and incapable of winning against her.
For sound we used no dialogue to hold tension as the audience doesn't know whats about to happen when the male actor is entering the house there are no fast cuts or movements it is slow therefore we have a slow soundtrack to symbolise this. However subverting the stereotype because Cressida then takes control when she is fighting against the male the soundtrack builds up to resemble how much more she is doing to defeat him then what he is doing to her and you would expect the complete opposite and this is what we want to shock the audience and entice them.
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