HL:Question 2

·In our film opening there are multiple social groups that have been represented, our first social group that we represented in our film opening was a black male and the second one is a young innocent Caucasian girl
·The black male in our film opening plays the antagonist and as the stereotypes for members that belong to this group is often related to crime and often play antagonist roles in local UK independent films such as Kidulthood (Huda, 2006) this added verisimilitude to our film opening
·This is further re-enforced by his mise en scene in our film opening as he has hood up to show that he doesn’t want to be seen, this has a symbolic code in modern society often associated with crime and gangs and he produces a bludgeon out of the boot of his car which further re-enforces his relation to crime

·The young innocent girl in our film opening is shown as pale with a petit figure juxtaposed to that of the antagonist who is of a muscular build and dressed, she is dressed in overall bright colours that help to connote that she is young and innocent juxtaposed to the antagonist who is dressed in dark navy colours. In the scene when the victim is in the bathroom doing her hair this represents the social group of many teen groups as the stereotype in society is that they take excessive pride in their appearance
·In our film opening our narrative conveys certain ideological discourses of a conventional thriller film and also of small groups in society, for instance in our film opening the antagonist is shown to be powerful, this is achieved by the difference in age and also in the way he walks with authority juxtaposed to the victim who looks vulnerable and walks in a timid way, this is further reinforced by the scene when the girl is seen running away in the woods in panic but the antagonist still catches her- showing dominance
·Another social group that is represented in our film opening is the religious group, during the scene when the protagonist goes through the antagonists belongings she finds symbolic items such as a prayer book and rosary. This is juxtaposed ideological discourse of religious groups is that they embrace peace and abide the law.
·Also ideologies such as good vs evil, this is shown by the variation of what the two characters are doing during the course of the first scene. The protagonist is living a normal life doing her hair juxtaposed to the antagonist who lives a dark life and is seen acting in a peculiar way
·Also it could be argued that our film opening represents negative groups in the media such as Child abusers and men that attack women, this is due to the antagonist in our film opening being of a much older age compared to the girl who is a young teen and defenceless, in society people, this isn’t an aspect that would often be shown in a conventional horror
·However in our film opening it could be argued that some stereotypes are challenged for example the scene with the antagonist when you see him walking to the shed in a wary way. We encoded a polysemy text in that the audience could decode a lot of readings at this point. It could be concluded that the antagonist has killed or injured someone however because you don’t actually see any violence nothing can be concluded in that scene, this enigmatic tension for our film opening as the audience want to know the significance of the weapon.
·Due to there being no dialogue in our film the audience has to rely on other factors such as mise en scene and the characters body language meaning that our clip is more open to interpretation and the negotiated readings can vary
·However the characterisation of our characters has been developed in such a way that the narrative should seem clear to the audience