Evaluation 3

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The characters we chose to be in our opening sequence all had a particular role to play, but this role was also to represent a group or situation in society. We aimed to ensure that the characters all portrayed typical teenagers, except for one who was scared and uncertain about taking part in the Ouija board. We used plenty of mise-en-scene to represent real life scenarios; including bottles of alcohol, rugs and an Ouija board. The props helped build up the story line and the scene was then more realistic. 

As our story line was based around an Ouija board, we thought it would be best to cast teenagers in this, as they would be more likely to participate in an Ouija board. Our main target audience is also teenagers. By using teenagers aged 16-17 in our opening sequence the target audience would then be able to relate to what they are feeling.

The costumes we used were also typical to those of teenagers. With two of the boys wearing suits and all of the girls wearing jeans. To make sure India stood out at the main character she wore a typical outfit for a teenager, jeans and a cardigan. This portrayed the fact that she was still young, and didn't want to participate in the groups activities of the Ouija board. 

In the scene where India is running away from the sounds in the woods, her make up has run down her face. This gives the impression that she has been crying and panicking, as you can tell by the sound of her voice. It tells that audience that something bad will happen, or already has happened.