In this post I thought it would be important to evaluate how I have represented different social groups in my film trailer, poster and magazine cover. I found it important to consider how I've chosen to represent groups such as gender, race and age among others.
Film Trailer
In my film trailer I will be playing the main character. I will represent my character as perhaps not the clear leader, but as a clear main character using my voice as over-layers on the trailer. The character will perhaps come across as dominant while being shot in the more action filled scenes but on the other hand show their sense of fear in shots where they are chased by the villains. I will be using a female character to keep gender roles quite even. I do not want females to be represented any lower in ability in comparison to men. The trailer will hopefully show that ranges of ability are present in both genders. I feel that showing more able/strong character roles will emphasise that they are fighting for their lives everyday, adding to the fear and suspense, hopefully making the audience feel similar emotions. Most my characters will be white, simply from most friends and people interested in participating are white and not from different ethnic backgrounds. I would hope to find other people from different backgrounds to play in my trailer. One issue I face is with age representation. As most of the people I have asked to play in the trailer are college friends, most will be the same age. However, I will be asking various family members to play in my trailer to show characters ranging from all ages.
In both the poster and magazine cover, I will be the only character to be involved, therefore having little representation. However, it does relate to my character being shown as the main focus. Also the use of props such as weapons will suggest that my character is dangerous, possibly violent but brave.
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