How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our film represented particular social groups using themes inspired from a typical gang culture. The protagonists, Johnny Demarco and Nikolai Kamarov were designed to portray the stereotype of gangsters and therefore develop a greater immersion into the realism of our action crime genre. Furthermore, the dark coloured clothing reinforced this stereotype due to addressing how the protagonists mindsets would have been, lusting for power and adopting the criminal contrast with brightness being the least intended purpose so as to blend in and evade detection.
The cinematography of our film involved many low angle shots conveying the power of certain individuals, Lukas (portrayed above) provides a prime aspect of the overall gang culture we aspired to attain. The white walls juxtapose with the characters black jumper and gold cross to purport to the atmosphere of tension due to the differences releasing the tone of power against all odds. In addition, the absence of women and children plays a major role in conforming to the stereotype of the drug underworld being a place that is often highlighted as without innocence therefore we ensured that they were represented through their absence as symbols of peace and nurture which does not incorporate into the development of our film. If we were to eliminate the chaos they would have probably been considered as an inclusion however the anchor point of our story primarily resided amongst the upset of control to heighten anxiety and engage the audience more effectively.
It could be argued that using the gun was an integral feature of our product effectively representing the criminality of the protagonists, especially Nikolai- the individual designed to drive the mechanism of maintaining control of the deal providing a desired conclusion of success.
Most importantly, the sound of hip hop beats and a high tempo musical score ensured that we further conformed to the gang culture stereotype as this music is consistently popular when regarding the dangerous characters due to messages of violence and drugs often illuminated within the music produced. Originally, we had the desire to instill this theme using '65 Hunnid' by Vince Staples however copyright strikes were considered therefore ultimately opting for a generic royalty free hip hop beat.
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