How are social groups

represented in our piece?

Question 2

Which groups appear and are left out?

The social groups that appear in our piece are white male and female, young, and you could possibly make a case for them being mental disabled.

The social groups left out are blacks, the disabled, gay and lesbian. However, sexuality is not important in our piece.

How are they represented?In our piece, the male detective is portrayed in a position of power.

This conforms to the dominant ideology that men hold all positions of power in society, therefore portraying the patriarchy present in modern society. In our piece, however, the white male detective is portrayed negatively, as he quickly seems to lose control of the interrogation and becomes quickly frustrated with suspect.The female is portrayed

negatively in our piece. This is because she is shown to be evil, murderous and unsympathetic towards her victims. However, our piece challenges dominant representations of women being weak and vulnerable, as our antagonist stands up to the powerful male and makes him crumble.

How does our product reinforce or challenge ideologies?

In the horror genre, men are typically portrayed negatively, as being psychopathic killers, where as females have recently been portrayed as the unlikely heroes. In our piece, the female is the psychopathic killer and there is no typical ‘final girl’. We dressed the female in clothes to specifically portray her as a femme fatale type of character. The use of props with the cigarette also contributed to her femme fatale character. The detective was dressed in a suit to show his authority.

There is the dominant ideology present that men hold positions of power in society and that patriarchy is still present. However, the female is aggressive towards the detective which is not expected from a female character. We challenge the dominant ideology in society that females are weak and vulnerable by having the female murderer gain the upper hand on the male detective. We also challenge the dominant ideology that women are innocent and can do no wrong by having the female by a psycho murderer.

The female antagonist always has a deadpan look and her voice is quite monotonous which shows that she is emotionless. This is conventional of a horror murderer.She is wearing

red and black. This portrays her as a femme fatale as red is a provocative colour.

The fact that she is smoking shows that she is dominant and she has power. This is also conventional of film noir.

The location is stock of horror, however it is not conventional of a police interrogation. This gives the film a corrupt feel and gives the idea of a criminal underworld.

The low key lighting in this film gives the impression of a criminal crime circle. It also contributes to the atmosphere of the piece.

The over the shoulder shots make us feel like we are part of the conversation.

The footage was de-saturated by about 80% which gave the film a dull look. This was done by using image controls.