Question 2 - Evaluation - Miss Georgiou

Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

There are two main characters within my thriller which are the hit man and female victim.

Starting with the hit man, my partner and I decided that his name was going to be Mark and he would have an age of roughly 21 years old. He is a white male and is the most significant character within the sequence as he is the sole character that is featured throughout. Within the film, the audience will be able to identify him through his costume being a white t-shirt that is scruffy and messy, a pair of black trousers and shoes. Along with the costume, the hit man is also seen with a cut on the side of his forehead with blood to give him an overall scruffy appearance to suggest that a struggle had taken place prior to the beginning of the sequence relating to the fact that this particular character has woken from an unconscious state in an unknown location unaware of who and where he is. This character can be used to create an element of confusion due to the state in which he wakes up from as well as leaving all details of his background in addition to his possible link to the antagonist which would explain why he has been held ransom. Furthermore, the hit man is seen to be like a victim at the beginning because of the way he is kidnapped and placed in an unknown location covered in blood and with a dirty appearance suggesting a possible struggle or fight beforehand. After this, the audience will be shocked to find out that this character isn't as innocent as what first met the eye because of the change he goes through that sees him turn into a murderer where he non hesitantly kills his kidnapper's wife purely because he was told to. Because of this action, the audience may ask themselves questions relating to this character's state of mentality due to him mercilessly killing someone for no apparent reason whatsoever. The audience can build a relationship with this particular character as he is of quite a young age therefore those that are the same age are able to relate with this as well as people who may have experienced crime at some point in their lives and the fact that a hit man murder has taken place is somewhat relatable to the target audience.


The other main character is the female victim. Although her name, age and background are left completely unclear to the audience, they will be made aware that she is a female and wife of the antagonist, C. She is seen to be wearing a normal, everyday outfit consisting of a pair of skinny jeans, a white and cream top with a white cardigan over the top. Her hair is straightened and she is wearing some natural makeup connoting that her appearance is neat and pretty and that she takes care of herself helping to portray her as vulnerable and inferior. She would appeal to the audience as she is used to evoke sympathy from viewers due to being murdered out of cold blood which would therefore create a relationship as the audience would automatically, especially females, feel emotionally connected to the character. This is because gender is equal and therefore, in some cases, relatable and it would come as a shock for her to be murdered in such a horrific way. This character can also be used to build a relationship with the audience as the empathy felt during the murder scene can be heightened and viewers begin to question whether or not the character is okay due to only seeing an image of the victim being dragged away by the hit man. The audience then know that she was unable to get away as another image is briefly shown after the female has been dragged away showing her motionless on the floor with a cut throat which could evoke anger as the audience may question why such an innocent person going about her everyday activities has now lost her life to a murder that had been entirely set up by her husband. Justice may then crop up as some viewers may wonder if the hit man will now be caught by the police and arrested therefore paying for what he has just done. However, because the antagonist is responsible for blackmailing the hit man into carrying out the murder, the audience would want the antagonist to also get caught in some way evoking a sense of anger again as well as confusion as to why he would want his wife to be dead.

Gender is clearly stereotypical within my thriller as although the hit man is first portrayed as weak due to being held hostage, he then goes on to kill the female victim, who is weak and unable to fight back against him. This would therefore have a direct impact on the audience as the role reversal would evoke an element of shock as they are led to believe that the hit man is a victim at first but then goes on to become a murderer for the sake of a form of 'reward' from a person unknown to him. This would establish a definitive relationship with the audience as by them witnessing the roles being switched at the beginning, they would be led to feel sympathy towards the victim as he is seen to be injured and in a place that is completely unknown but then evoke shock when they realise that he has to kill an innocent woman.