2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

WALLANDER MY FILM (ENVY)

Here I have taken screen grabs from Wallander (left), and my film (right) to show the comparison of two very similar characters, through appearance, costume and their role.

Similarities

• These two characters both have splattered blood on their faces and a dirty, unclean look about them.
• They are both wearing similar clothes of casual dull colours with a top and a dark jacket over the top. This is to keep a low profile to the audience, and so they don't stand out to the public within the movie, so they have less of a chance of being caught.
• Also they're both the murderers within their separate movies, unusually being of a female gender- not the typical murderer in a thriller movie.
• The postures of both females are similar in the sense that they're both walking upright and their heads facing forwards and looking ahead.
• They also share similar facial expressions – both serious and staring straight past the camera to the right (from the audiences prospective).
• Furthermore, the background setting is very similar – both pictures were taken outside in an open space,on a field with trees, grass and in Wallander the coastline Sea in the distance.
• However, the lighting used in the photos is different with one displaying a much brighter overall foreground and background including the colours of the characters skin and costume, and the other a more overcast grey outlook. This effects the atmosphere created within the image as the dull Wallander shot/ editing, creates a more sinister and eerie effect.
• Also, they have different hairstyles – The girl's from Wallander, is longer, lighter with streaks of red through it to maybe enhance the blood on her skin but also it covers her face more, whereas the girl from our film has shorter, darker and wind swept hair.

This is why Wallander stood out to us when researching thrillers, as it would grab the audiences attention as females are underestimated characters, not normally playing murderers.

Overall I think that these elements of the photos represent a troubled young individual and that my opening reflects this throughout – the people featured in my film are quite normal looking – there’s nothing extreme or obscure about their appearances.