Evaluation(Part 5) - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The film 'Framed' represents certain social groups through the archetypes and stereotypes using camera angles, Mise-en-scene, sound, expressionism, typography and editing.

The camera angles and shot represented the social group through the types of shots used. During this scene where the police officer asks Jay some questions as he is being arrested there are both low and high angles used. The angles we used created the different classes in the characters in the clip. The high angle shot of Jay represented him as being a working class person (not important) and low angle shot of the police officer represented him as being from high class. This shows the hierarchy in the type of people you would see in Britain as the police officer has the rights and normal people don’t. The archetypes would be shown through this too. The police officer is given the high status which would make him the boss. As Jay is a teenager in the opening sequence, a stereotype is shown. The stereotype is that teenagers are dangerous and they always get in trouble for having drugs or something else illegal.

There is a point of view shot of what Jay is seeing as he walks down the stairs towards the basement. This shot makes it seem that the audience are in Jay’s shoes and are walking down the stairs. This would make the audience feel like they are able to relate to him. This would create the idea to the audience that maybe they aren't that different from Jay.

When the police officer comes in, we can see that more of the screen time is given to him over jay which makes him more important. The continuity keeps the film smooth and brings in verisimilitude. The editing in this clip was vital as it creates the continuity. The continuity in the music and sound is important as it can change the atmosphere of the scene and how the audience portrays it

The sound of Jay's voice in the clip was over taken by some of the background noise when he was in the basement. This connotes that he didn't have that status and that he wasn't that important there. 

The location tells the audience a lot about the character. The basement is a dark, dirty place. You can tell from Jay's facial expressions that he hasn't been there before. This backs up the point of teenagers being bad as Jay enters a room which he shouldn't be in.

The lighting we had was either natural or already at the location. This brought in more verisimilitude into the film. The location we filmed at was quite dark inside but outside it was quite light. This might connote at he's actions are wrong as he goes down the stairs as the lighting gets darker.