The different use of social groups are represented very carefully throughout our thriller, which is accentuated by the use of different camera angles, sound, mise en scene and editing. My Media Thriller is a crime thriller with glimpses of action. The cast of our thriller is a full male cast. The use of a full male cast in itself illustrates that men are more powerful and conveys that men are stronger compared to the opposite sex. The hit man in our thriller uses a gun as a prop symbolises the power and strength the hit man has. Bringing out the fact that men are capable of handling violence and aggression making it seem like a ‘mans job’. The use of characters costume makes the hit man look more professional in that area of field as he is wearing a trench coat and suit trousers. This illustrates to the audience that he has experience as he wears good clothing and his facial expression shows no sign of remorse and remorse. The use of the fine attire for the hitman represents him being in the middle class as he clearly gets paid well, however he isn’t in the upper class as people in the upper class would hire a hitman to do the job for them. The age of the hit man is 29-30 making him just young enough to still be in the field with a lot of experience making him a more lethal/deadly hit man.
The use of camera shots in our thriller are long and monotonous making our thriller very slow paced and thrilling creating more tension and suspense. As our media group wanted to represent the hit man being more powerful through the use of camera angles. Therefore the use of the slight low angle of the victim and the hitman makes the audience look up upon the hit man. This gives the hitman a higher status and control of the situation making the hit man very intimidating. Especially for our victim we used close ups to illustrate to the audience the characters age and emotion of fear making seem of a higher social class as he is educated as he is not to fight back making him weak, which illiterates the hit man as more intimidating. The use of the opening shot being the victim makes the audience feel sympathy for the victim, which subverts to the stereotype of men being brave and masculine. Therefore the two characters are binary opposites to help convey higher status and strength in the thriller
Our thriller consisted of long and slow length shots making it seem more ambiguous and thrilling making the audience slowly reeled into the opening sequence. In the opening sequence we used close ups of the victim panicking staying still in the car, then a shot of hit man staring at the victim. This allowed the audience to understand the situation, making them realise the age and the gender of the characters to see whom was in control and the status they had I the situation. There the use of long shots for the victim accentuates his masculinity allowing the audience to foresee that the victim in helpless. This made the audience focus more towards the victim rather than the hit man as we want to audience to side towards the weak and helpless young victim.
Throughout our thriller it consisted of all diegetic sound occurring in the background. The use of the phone ringing at the beginning of the scene creates enough tension throughout the thriller as it introduces a sense of mystery towards the audience as the screen is pitch black. This therefore makes the thriller feel more suspense creating tension as it made sound make the scene more realistic. The ambiance sound goes against the masculinity of the hit man as it very charm and peaceful. However it also makes the tension more isolated and lonely making the hit man seem more scary and powerful as he is so relaxed. This is also illustrated through the use of dialogue as the hit man is very charm and relaxed as the says ‘no no it alright’ and ‘go on’ in a very soft tone, making the hit man seem more powerful as he has so much control over the younger victim. Making it audience relies the older and experiment hit man is in complete control of the young victim, which subverts to the stereotype of young students being strong and healthy.
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