Evaluation-Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
There is not a wide range of social groups that are represented within our film opening. However we have highlighted representations of gender and age that are shown in our film opening.
Gender
The male within our piece is presented stereo typically for a man within this generation. He has a pretentious presence in which he goes around which is conventional for a man of his age and good looks. He is presented as a typical 'lad'. He has been shown in this way because his sexuality of a dominant male is over riding the vulnerable female (which is his wife). Furthermore, the husband makes a cunning smile as he walks to meet his mistress at the station he looks proud of his actions with no care for his wife at all. Empathising that he is selfish and careless towards what he already has which is normally stereotypical of men. Stereotypically, he takes his wife for a fool and doesn't think she will realise, taking her kindness for a weakness. However, non-stereotypically, she finds out that he is meeting another women which doesn’t meet her stereotypical role of an ignorant wife who adores him.
The patriarch has a sense about him when the mistress walks down the steps to meet him as he walks round from the corner he smirks its almost although he is imagining what is happening and gives the idea of The Male Gaze Theory. She is there to be looked at almost as an accessory for him and the camera is acting as the males eyes. The women are both stereotypically seen as vulnerable within the opening showing their stereotypical emotions and weaknesses. However, it is non stereotypical that the cheater is often found out as men are seen stereotypically as intellectual and physically strong.
The wife has glasses this further adds to her intelligence and the black suit the husband wears represents strength as well as a dark side.
The mistress is dressed is a sexualised manor with a tight fitting little black dress on and this presents the sexual attractiveness to the married male.
The group of women are seen as oblivious of each other and depend upon the male. Whereas the one male is seen as independent he doesn’t seem to think about the repercussions of his actions and hasn’t been discreet about his where abouts. The text he replied to at the table was un stereotypical as men are meant to be seen as smart and he almost got found out. Finally, it seems the two women share the physical and mental attraction and the husband just cares about their physique; implying women are objects to be used and hurt emotionally.
Age
Age within our film did play a role it seemed the wife and him had a family which meant that he was not only betraying his marriage but his children which makes the film more emotional as it has a wider impact. The mistress seemed younger and her beauty seemed to draw him into her. However, this follows the stereotype young and beautiful women are those that catch your eye and she would make him feel good but the wife would catch his heart but stereotypically as a male he is thinking with his eyes and has over estimated his ability of keeping his little secret from is antagonist. The fast pace at the meal could even be seen as representing small snippets of the wives’ memories of her and him and the sunset at the beginning seemed bright like their meal and marriage with all the laughs and smiles but the tense music and her seeing him with another lady later on when it gets darker that the relationship isn’t so bright anymore. The sunset may be conveyed as a symbol almost although the wife is above looking down upon his sin against her. The story is told from the wives’ perspective we follow her upon her journey throughout the film opening. From the happy bubbly moments to the deceitful end of the opening and her look of shock and disgust. Her naivety is presented by way in which she is dressed she looks sophisticated and classy in comparison to the ‘other women’/ mistress.
Reason in which we did not incorporate race within our film was because we believed that we were already taking on enough social groups and therefore, it would have become too much for us to stay on track with our genre. However, to improve i am sure we could have used those of a different ethnicity, race or disability. Despite this it would be difficult to find those with a disability or race to cast as we weren't looking to address race within our narrative and it acts a roar subject within society.
We decided the binary opposites within our piece are male vs female and weak vs strong. The first shot we used was the panning shot of the sunset sky this connotes symbols of the romantic drama genre itself and was also used within the Best of me. Similarly as these two films shown our films title was too in Bold white text we believed this could connote the innocence of the wife within our film. Our text was also written like a romantic letter to a loved one showing connotations of love within our opening.
This over the shoulder shot over dinner allows the audience to see the text but the wife cannot this is the use of dramatic irony. However, this Is also situational irony as the juxtaposition of the loving music and the romantic dinner doesn't fit the mood of him being devious. The placement of the watch and the phone being centre of the frame shows they are significant to the piece. This was done because we wanted the audience to be able to relate to the change in technology and believe that many of our audience will be able to relate to the fact advanced technology is ruining relationships so we placed it in the centre and slowed down the pace to show the significance of this gadget. The close up at the end of Gabby the wife was to show added emotional as a result of her husbands actions and to also gain a cliff-hanger onto our piece to immerse the audience in wanting to see what she does next.
The change in pace from the meal to the train station gained suspense, the pace became quicker and you wait impatiently to see the reveal of who is walking and who they are walking to meet. You can tell they are important as the actor is being tracked and the music becomes more dramatic. There is then a tilting shot used to reveal that it is the husband and a low angle to show his dominance and that as a man looks down upon women as they look up to him. We used cuts between parts of our film and edited them so they were far smoother using transitions for the audience and fade to blacks. Furthermore, we used eyeliner matches between our characters to also show they are equals. The two main binary opposites in our film opening are wise vs foolish and naive vs cynical.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
There is not a wide range of social groups that are represented within our film opening. However we have highlighted representations of gender and age that are shown in our film opening.
Gender
The male within our piece is presented stereo typically for a man within this generation. He has a pretentious presence in which he goes around which is conventional for a man of his age and good looks. He is presented as a typical 'lad'. He has been shown in this way because his sexuality of a dominant male is over riding the vulnerable female (which is his wife). Furthermore, the husband makes a cunning smile as he walks to meet his mistress at the station he looks proud of his actions with no care for his wife at all. Empathising that he is selfish and careless towards what he already has which is normally stereotypical of men. Stereotypically, he takes his wife for a fool and doesn't think she will realise, taking her kindness for a weakness. However, non-stereotypically, she finds out that he is meeting another women which doesn’t meet her stereotypical role of an ignorant wife who adores him.
The patriarch has a sense about him when the mistress walks down the steps to meet him as he walks round from the corner he smirks its almost although he is imagining what is happening and gives the idea of The Male Gaze Theory. She is there to be looked at almost as an accessory for him and the camera is acting as the males eyes. The women are both stereotypically seen as vulnerable within the opening showing their stereotypical emotions and weaknesses. However, it is non stereotypical that the cheater is often found out as men are seen stereotypically as intellectual and physically strong. The wife has glasses this further adds to her intelligence and the black suit the husband wears represents strength as well as a dark side.
The mistress is dressed is a sexualised manor with a tight fitting little black dress on and this presents the sexual attractiveness to the married male. 
The group of women are seen as oblivious of each other and depend upon the male. Whereas the one male is seen as independent he doesn’t seem to think about the repercussions of his actions and hasn’t been discreet about his where abouts. The text he replied to at the table was un stereotypical as men are meant to be seen as smart and he almost got found out. Finally, it seems the two women share the physical and mental attraction and the husband just cares about their physique; implying women are objects to be used and hurt emotionally.Age
Age within our film did play a role it seemed the wife and him had a family which meant that he was not only betraying his marriage but his children which makes the film more emotional as it has a wider impact. The mistress seemed younger and her beauty seemed to draw him into her. However, this follows the stereotype young and beautiful women are those that catch your eye and she would make him feel good but the wife would catch his heart but stereotypically as a male he is thinking with his eyes and has over estimated his ability of keeping his little secret from is antagonist. The fast pace at the meal could even be seen as representing small snippets of the wives’ memories of her and him and the sunset at the beginning seemed bright like their meal and marriage with all the laughs and smiles but the tense music and her seeing him with another lady later on when it gets darker that the relationship isn’t so bright anymore. The sunset may be conveyed as a symbol almost although the wife is above looking down upon his sin against her. The story is told from the wives’ perspective we follow her upon her journey throughout the film opening. From the happy bubbly moments to the deceitful end of the opening and her look of shock and disgust. Her naivety is presented by way in which she is dressed she looks sophisticated and classy in comparison to the ‘other women’/ mistress.
Reason in which we did not incorporate race within our film was because we believed that we were already taking on enough social groups and therefore, it would have become too much for us to stay on track with our genre. However, to improve i am sure we could have used those of a different ethnicity, race or disability. Despite this it would be difficult to find those with a disability or race to cast as we weren't looking to address race within our narrative and it acts a roar subject within society.
The way in which the story is told by the wife is best for our audience as it is aimed at women from the ages of 25-40 by this age the majority of people have had some form or emotional and physical attachment to someone and felt heartbreak and pain. So for our genre we thought it would be best told from a middle aged women herself.
We decided the binary opposites within our piece are male vs female and weak vs strong. The first shot we used was the panning shot of the sunset sky this connotes symbols of the romantic drama genre itself and was also used within the Best of me. Similarly as these two films shown our films title was too in Bold white text we believed this could connote the innocence of the wife within our film. Our text was also written like a romantic letter to a loved one showing connotations of love within our opening.
This over the shoulder shot over dinner allows the audience to see the text but the wife cannot this is the use of dramatic irony. However, this Is also situational irony as the juxtaposition of the loving music and the romantic dinner doesn't fit the mood of him being devious. The placement of the watch and the phone being centre of the frame shows they are significant to the piece. This was done because we wanted the audience to be able to relate to the change in technology and believe that many of our audience will be able to relate to the fact advanced technology is ruining relationships so we placed it in the centre and slowed down the pace to show the significance of this gadget. The close up at the end of Gabby the wife was to show added emotional as a result of her husbands actions and to also gain a cliff-hanger onto our piece to immerse the audience in wanting to see what she does next. 
The change in pace from the meal to the train station gained suspense, the pace became quicker and you wait impatiently to see the reveal of who is walking and who they are walking to meet. You can tell they are important as the actor is being tracked and the music becomes more dramatic. There is then a tilting shot used to reveal that it is the husband and a low angle to show his dominance and that as a man looks down upon women as they look up to him. We used cuts between parts of our film and edited them so they were far smoother using transitions for the audience and fade to blacks. Furthermore, we used eyeliner matches between our characters to also show they are equals. The two main binary opposites in our film opening are wise vs foolish and naive vs cynical.
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