Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? Windmill View Daly Farrington

Character information There are two main characters in the opening title sequence, they purposely contrast each other as one is the protagonist and one is the antagonist, we will be looking about more information of the two different characters. Protagonist The protagonist in Windmill View, is a normal rich man who is young and likes to keep himself to himself. Although he has a keen social life with work colleagues, he has no Girlfriend, or family. The man works as a high level lawyer fighting many big cases in his local town. Antagonist The antagonist in the opening title sequence is a scruffy young man who is clearly homeless. Furthermore although it is not known in the opening title sequence the mans name is Mad Mike, because he is a social recluse in a homeless shelter and rarely ever leaves his corner. He has resorted to alcohol and drugs to solve his depression since he was a teenager. Shown by his suit, the man is very smart and wants to look neat and respectable at all times and this is why his house is very neat and basic. The man is very honest and is liked by many, however he does have a hint of arrogance. The only belongings Mike has is some old clothes and pictures of his old family. Which he carries with him at all times, the rest of his belongings have been lost from moving around the city, sleeping rough. Character information There are two main characters in the opening title sequence, they purposely contrast each other as one is the protagonist and one is the antagonist, we will be looking about more information of the two different characters. Protagonist The protagonist in Windmill View, is a normal rich man who is young and likes to keep himself to himself. Although he has a keen social life with work colleagues, he has no Girlfriend, or family. The man works as a high level lawyer fighting many big cases in his local town. Antagonist The antagonist in the opening title sequence is a scruffy young man who is clearly homeless. Furthermore although it is not known in the opening title sequence the mans name is Mad Mike, because he is a social recluse in a homeless shelter and rarely ever leaves his corner. He has resorted to alcohol and drugs to solve his depression since he was a teenager. Shown by his suit, the man is very smart and wants to look neat and respectable at all times and this is why his house is very neat and basic. The man is very honest and is liked by many, however he does have a hint of arrogance. The only belongings Mike has is some old clothes and pictures of his old family. Which he carries with him at all times, the rest of his belongings have been lost from moving around the city, sleeping rough.

Representation of Characters The mans suit traditionally represents him as wealthy and important. The suit can portray power and shows the mans narrative of being neat and respectable. The long coat shows that he is scruffy and also the dark colour makes him look evil. The long coat also connotes crime as he might be trying to hide something. We chose to not include the tie, this could show that he dresses smartly even when he is not working to show how he likes to portray his power. Having the homeless persons face hidden by the hood could represent crime or insecurities which both go with the narrative. We decided to use non office but smart shoes to show more of his personality as this means he is always looking smart, this could represent that he is very powerful and rich. Fingerless clothes stereotypically represents homeless people or thieves, we purposely include this idea so the audience would realise the man is slightly shifty.

Representation of Mise en Scene As you can see the mise en scene represents the characters home as being very modern due to the lamp and the TV screen. This could represent the character as being well off. Also the home is very neat, this shows he is a very clean and tidy person and also this suggests other people for example children rarely come into his home. The group decided include the car as it showed wealth as it is a posh car. This represented the characters wealth as it shows he has a nice sports car. To represent that the business man owned his expensive house we decided to use a location which held many new family houses. This connotes the wealth of the man in the suit. We used alcohol as a prop to connote and represent the characters narrative of being an alcoholic.

Similar Films All three men have blazers, shirts and no tie, this shows how the men are portrayed as the more dominant people in the film. The use of the suit in Collateral and Phonebooth portrays how the men are rich and powerful and the suit triggers of this representation. We got our inspiration from these two films for the customers as we wanted to show our character as being rich. Although the main in the suit in Windmill View is a protagonist and Tom Cruise in Collateral is an antagonist, the two characters are still similar as they are both wearing suits to portray there wealth and power. I believe the characters in Windmill View and Phonebooth are similar as they both start the film with a big ego which quickly changes as they are being threatened by the antagonist, to portray there egos of them being powerful they have been given suits to wear. I believe the way the two characters have been portrayed are similar as they although one is innocent and the other is a villain they are both portrayed as very poor. This is presented by the grubby hoodie which is shown with both characters.