Evaluation Question - 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This is a still taken from my media project. This is an image of our only character in our media project, the main character, our serial killer. On the outside, our character is a representation of a high class business man. Business men are dressed in an appropriate attire for their occupation, usually an office job of some sort, just as our character is. High class business men are also usually associated with briefcases, something that our character also has. However, on the inside, as our opening sequence suggests, our character isn't the innocent business man he is portrayed as. He is infact the serial killer for my media project, and although businessmen are not assossiated with serial killers in any way, their level of dishonesty is the reason for it. Businessmen are not the most trustworthy people in society. Some do stick to their word and keep their promises, but most businessmen will lie to you just to get whatever it is that they want. Therefore, this is a representation of businessmen who should not be trusted and our character is a perfect example. It is a very common conception in thrillers to have a serial killer who doesn't stand out, they blend into society. This is exactly what our character is doing here. As a business man, in the real world our character wouldn't draw any attention to himself. He is blending into society, just a normal person. However, as a serial killer, this is exactly the sort of profile you will wish to have built yourself. This is why in my media project, our serial killer is in fact a business man, as he will be overlooked by society for being 'normal'. Therefore, my character is used to represent businessmen as not the most trustworthy people in society. The body language of our character is suggesting to the audience that he is a laid back person, but is obviously serious about his profession. This can be seen in the image as our character has the appropriate attire on, as well as the briefcase in his hand, showing the audience that he takes his work seriously. This gives off to the audience that businessmen are all hard workers and are very serious about the career path that they have chosen.