Q2

Representation of social groups in terms of gender, age, class, race, etc.

The social groups that are represent in my opening sequence are many. The fact that two of the main protagonists are lawyer, this would tell us that they are part of a high working class, as they “stereotypically” have a well-paid and respected job.The opening sequence also represent s people from a different race group as we can clearly see that both the wpm and the men are from a different background and also the shooter, which we cannot see the face, looks like someone from a different background from the other two. Another social group that have been represented in my opening sequence are people with different genders but, approximately, with the same age.

Stereotypes The Wrong Case opening sequence represents gender in a very subversive way. This is because we can clearly see in different occasions that the female character is in charge or even superior to the male character. In more details, we can clearly see that the male character is being represented as the weaker character compared to the women during the dialogue scene. This is because, thanks to the shot reverse shot, we could see the facial expression and reaction of the male character as he was talking to his subordinate lawyer, we could see that the male character was afraid and intimidated by the women that was standing in front of him. I also believe that the fact the male character had to walk in the female office indicated superiority, as the male character went to speak with her without calling her to his office as it would be more likely for a boss to act to their employees. In the shooting scene, the subversive stereotype of a women is being emphasised as the camerawork underlines the gender of the character, as it zooms in to her sky-high heels, before pointing the gun towards the lawyer and represent the power she exercise towards the male character, clearly terrified of her.

Target Audience

This links to the target audience because, our general though of the target audience was that the movie was going to be more likely seen by male between 15-18.However, I believe that the fact that the opening sequence subverts the stereotypical view of gender, as the men dominant and women passive, will attract those female audience that are ready to challenge the representation of gender that it is normally in movies of this genre.

Characters The opening sequence introduces three different characters.

Finally, we meet the “shooter”, Charlotte, even though we cannot see her face. From what we can see of her during the opening sequence the characters is being introduced as a scary and powerful women, as she is the one with the weapon.

Secondly, we meet the lawyer’s boss, Saroop, when he congratulates at first when he greets the lawyer. However, the character is better introduced when he has the dialogue with the lawyer and from there we can better see what kind of character he is. We can clearly see that he wears a formal suit and that makes him professional and respected. The character is also seen as afraid and weak as we can feel his fear and frustration during his conversation with the lawyer.

Firstly, from the first scene we meet the lawyer, me, who is the main protagonist of the movie, we can see from the clothes that she is wearing that she is has a well-paid and respected job, in fact she is a lawyer. Throughout the opening sequence we can see some mysterious things which would make us believe that she is a spy, such as the suspicious email sent and the phone conversation in another language.