How does your media product represent particular social groups?
We have represented several distinct social groups within our film, Fathers’ Day. Gender is represented through our main female character, Rachel Steele. She portrays some of the the characteristics of a traditional femme fatale, flawed and destroyed, because she has chosen to associate herself with less than savoury people, at least in her father’s mind. The distorted perception her father has is a very subtle homage to the canted angle shots used to connote a nightmare-like state in The Third Man. The social background of the primary antagonist, Joseph Steele, goes against the typical role of the middle-aged white guy, e.g. Jim Morrison's character in 24, Bill Buchanan. The setting of the film is both similar yet different to conventional locations used in thriller films. We used a location that connotes grittiness, similar to the locations used in Kidulthood and Adulthood. The film confirms a stereotype of the working class, that is feeling a close bond with friends, and a stereotype of the middle class, being more self-centred than the working class, concerned about their appearance and conforming to society.
We have represented several distinct social groups within our film, Fathers’ Day. Gender is represented through our main female character, Rachel Steele. She portrays some of the the characteristics of a traditional femme fatale, flawed and destroyed, because she has chosen to associate herself with less than savoury people, at least in her father’s mind. The distorted perception her father has is a very subtle homage to the canted angle shots used to connote a nightmare-like state in The Third Man. The social background of the primary antagonist, Joseph Steele, goes against the typical role of the middle-aged white guy, e.g. Jim Morrison's character in 24, Bill Buchanan. The setting of the film is both similar yet different to conventional locations used in thriller films. We used a location that connotes grittiness, similar to the locations used in Kidulthood and Adulthood. The film confirms a stereotype of the working class, that is feeling a close bond with friends, and a stereotype of the middle class, being more self-centred than the working class, concerned about their appearance and conforming to society.
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