Male characters only

Question 2: how does your media product represent particular social groups? Male characters only Gender: We have represented gender through showing the masculinity and brutality of men. Men are shown in our piece as being hard and brutal, and the lack of women reinforces the fact that it is a mans world. This is very conventional to our genre. Women were not aloud to be in the Mafia, and therefore they are not in our sequence. Slight high angle shot of Vinny. The violence and brutality is conventional to our genre. This is shown through the slow motion shot of a gun at the very beginning and the close up of petrol being poured over Vinny. There is also a sense of betrayal amongst men, which is conventional to our genre also. All the men clearly have a sense of power, however this power is distributed unevenly. In our piece Vinny is less powerful than Tony. This is shown through the high angle shot as Vinny says youve hit nothing. The digetic sound of his dialogue coveys him to be powerful and confident, however the angle suggests otherwise. The slight high angle reflects his vulnerability. This is foreshadowing his lack of power against Tony also as he later is seen tied up.

Class: This screen shot shows how the men are dressed very smartly. This is representing them as being of a higher class. They are all very clean cut, wearing sharp suits and looking very much like businessmen. This adheres to all mafia films. The family always has status and always has class, for example in the godfather Vito Corleonons family are dressed similar to our actors. The expensive brandy bottle also reflects their class. There is a slow motion close up during the titles of a fancy class with brandy in it, this is reflecting their high class as they drink expensive Alcohols. The close up allowed us to show how posh and classy the glass was.

Ethnicity: All the men are white, and the reason for this was that Mafia Familys must be of Italian descendants. We represent white men of an upper class as both calm and relaxed (Biagio), but also very hotheaded through the use of swearing ( Johnny). This is conventional to our genre because in Mafia films the Mobster can be violent and aggressive when handling business but also very friendly and relaxed when with family members. This is an example of the narrative theory Binary oppositions. Johnny and Biagios personalities are completely juxtaposing. Biagio only says let them finish throughout the whole piece where as Johnny swears and shouts. 1. This screen shot here is off Biagio. He is an example of
the Ethnicity represented in our piece as being a violent, aggressive race that are part of a crime organization. He looks like a white, Italian male. 2. Biagio also exemplifies Binary opposites through his characteristics. His mental state is completely opposite to Johnnys and this is clearly shown through his tone of voice and dialogue in our sequence.

Profession: The digetic sound of them talking about what happened last night and who told the cops is greatly important towards representing these people as being involved in illegal transactions. We represented their professions as not being at all legit. They clearly delve into criminal activity. Because they are talking about what happened last night this does not start at a happy equilibrium, in relation to Todorovs theory. This is conventional to our genre as films like Casino do hot start where there is a happy medium, in Casino Sam is blown up at the films opening. This suggests that their profession has already got them into a mess.

Our editing technique of jump cutting during the torture scene represents how sharp and cold and uneasy their line of work is. It also enhances the brutality of it, as the audience experiences such hard and brutal cuts between shots.