Evaluation
Part Five
Part Five
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product is able to represent a particular social group by using expression, typography and sound. The social group that we concentrated on was the triads and we were able to do this by firstly using expression which also includes lighting and colour. We made sure that all the while filming that the person playing the triad gang member looked serious and about business, we mainly used stereotype to achieve this. We also used Propps theory that the triad gang member would be the villain as in our film he struggles against the investigator who would be seen as the hero as he solves the crime that has been placed in his hands. As many know that triads are Chinese so we used a Chinese person to play the character, by doing this we were able to show in a more stable and effective way what sort of character he is. We also hear of many people say that triad's do not look happy and that they always look troublesome and so this is what we tried to play on whilst filming, we made sure that he did not look happy but ready for anything that comes his way.
We also used typography to represent the type of social group as we have a Chinese style writing for our credits. When finding our font we decided to type in 'Chinese' to see what came up and in the end we found the one that we used and we found that it fit really well. This can link really well to some Jacky Chan movies as they use Chinese style writing and many of them are crime and very up beat, this can be seen as an ideology. Here we used the stereotype of Chinese writing and classic films with big name actors in to make a good media product.
When using mise-en-scene we did not try to use it to represent the particular social group, instead we used in an overall manner. We used mise-en-scene to make the sequence better overall, we used the natural light to give it a more real and gritty feel, the costume was merely casual as we wanted the triad to seem like he did not need to put up a front. However in the case of the investigator we had to make sure that he was wearing a suit but with a rough look to it so that he seems to be a local and almost run down investigator that doesn't mind getting his hands dirty within the investigation, whereas is big coming movie's you see many investigators and officers wearing nice neat suites to show their authority and composure, we were trying the opposite affect. This was a subversion of stereotypes but in fact trying to show the facts and the real side of it, this then represents many investigators and the real gangs on the street.
Our media product represents triad members or gang members in general by giving them casual clothing and using sound and typography to show the sort of crime that they deal with and the type of criminals they are. In the case of the investigator we represent his social group by showing his casual but smart look and making you feel as if he is an ordinary man who is dealing with something out of his league.
We also used typography to represent the type of social group as we have a Chinese style writing for our credits. When finding our font we decided to type in 'Chinese' to see what came up and in the end we found the one that we used and we found that it fit really well. This can link really well to some Jacky Chan movies as they use Chinese style writing and many of them are crime and very up beat, this can be seen as an ideology. Here we used the stereotype of Chinese writing and classic films with big name actors in to make a good media product.
When using mise-en-scene we did not try to use it to represent the particular social group, instead we used in an overall manner. We used mise-en-scene to make the sequence better overall, we used the natural light to give it a more real and gritty feel, the costume was merely casual as we wanted the triad to seem like he did not need to put up a front. However in the case of the investigator we had to make sure that he was wearing a suit but with a rough look to it so that he seems to be a local and almost run down investigator that doesn't mind getting his hands dirty within the investigation, whereas is big coming movie's you see many investigators and officers wearing nice neat suites to show their authority and composure, we were trying the opposite affect. This was a subversion of stereotypes but in fact trying to show the facts and the real side of it, this then represents many investigators and the real gangs on the street.
Our media product represents triad members or gang members in general by giving them casual clothing and using sound and typography to show the sort of crime that they deal with and the type of criminals they are. In the case of the investigator we represent his social group by showing his casual but smart look and making you feel as if he is an ordinary man who is dealing with something out of his league.
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