Evaluation Question 2

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? 
Throughout our film, two opposing work forces, the police detective DCI Bloor and the street level drug runners are shown in very different manors. Firstly, the costumes of both oppositions completely juxtapose and contrast each other, implying straight away when both characters are introduced that they are set apart from each other and both lead very different lives. By using stereotypical costumes we could highlight some of the social groups which are represented in particular ways by other media products, such as the drug runners who are portrayed in a very similar way in other films like ours such as Adulthood, where young adolescents are depicted as criminals who all wear dark clothing, hoods and baseball caps, just like our characters in our film.

Costumes in Adulthood

Drug runner with gun in hooded coat and cap

On the other hand, DCI Bloor is portrayed in a much more professional and profound manor which helps to present him as the 'good guy' to audiences. This is done through many mediums including our costumes, where DCI Bloor is shown wearing a smart suit with a shirt and tie, which completely differentiates him from the criminals. Also, the dialog which our characters exchange shows a clear contrast in those particular social groups where DCI Bloor articulates himself in a formal manor where as the drug runners use colloquial and slang terms, suggesting that the police detective is well educated and accomplished.
Also, the locations which are used in our film help to represent the two different social groups, as DCI Bloor operates and conducts the majority of his work in a calm quiet office where he is safe and away from dangers on the street, whereas the drug runners are shown working around disreputable shady areas, where they are at threat of being mugged or attacked as the opening of our film displays.