Foundation Production Evaluation Question Two

How has your product represented specific social groups?

What the question means

• My opening sequence has represented specific social groups in different ways and in different amounts. • This refers to class, status, race, age and gender

Class and Status• My product represents class through the setting and the way

they are dressed. Their surrounding is rather grand and spacious and is perceived to be their homes’. The small subtleties such as the designs of the bathrooms, the buildings and outdoor areas give the audience the impression that they are wealthy and live a lavish lifestyle. The way that they all dress in a suit shows that they are stylish and of a higher class. The term ‘yuppie’ is used to represent those who are young and living the extravagant lifestyle through spending, going out, dressing well and having expensive possessions. The socio-economic group represented in my opening sequence is what the audience consider to be maybe middle to upper class people.

This is a screenshot from my opening sequence showing one of the four male characters walking in a suit amongst pleasant surroundings. This shows high class and status because of the sunglasses, the suit, the posture of the character and the surrounding.

Race• Race is represented in my opening sequence well as there are

a mixes of nationalities and ethnicities amongst the cast. The nationalities of my cast include: Indian, Peruvian, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, English and American, which really shows a wide range of nationalities.

INDIA

SPAIN

ITALY

PERU

ROOP ARORA

ALBERTO VERME

NORWAY

USA

GREAT BRITAIN

WILLIAM VAN HORN

MAXWELL FOX

Age• The only ages shown in the product is a younger generation

being between twenty and twenty-one. The actual ages of my cast are sixteen and seventeen. No person older than twenty-one was shown or portrayed in my opening sequence because the characters were planned to be young.

These close-ups of the character show their ages more clearly. They are all seventeen years old but are playing characters who are supposed to be twenty one.

Gender• All of the characters in the opening sequence are male

therefore no females are shown showing a lack of gender equality. However, the nature of the opening sequence is more male based than female based. This is determined through the costumes, plot and location.

Laura Mulvey – The Male Gaze

Laura Mulvey developed a theory whereby films are made to be generally catered for men. This includes how women are shown in films making them wonder:

1) How men look at women2) How women look at themselves3) How women look at other women

She believes that audiences have to view female characters with the perspective of a typical heterosexual male

In my opening sequence, there are no women to be viewed therefore disproving LauraMulvey’s theory as not ALL films have this perspective.