Representation and stereotyping in our production

Characters in our film have been represented by mise-en-scene in particular ways to make sure that certain characteristics of people come through the film to make sure the audience view then in a particular way.

One of the main characters (the girl) has been represented through mise-en-scene in clothing by wearing innocent clothes. The clothes that we have got the girl to wear is a plain white top; this shows innocence and purity, meaning the audience will see her as vulnerable and not able to defend for herself. She is also wearing plain blue jeans. This shows her as not being different which means that the audience can see her as not being very good at anything particular and makes her seem even more vulnerable. She has blonde hair and blue eyes which is seen as a girl who is quite dumb and known as a "Blonde girl" This makes it seem like she wouldn't know what to do in a bad situation and wouldn't have a chance to get away. She lives in a normal village and her home does look homely which makes the audience link it into their own homes meaning they have used mundane realism.

 

Another stereotype we have used in our film is the typical murderer. We have used the clothing side of mise-en-scene by dressing him in a suit like jacket and plain black trousers. We are also covering his face with a brown bag but having the eyes cut out. This makes the audience feel on edge as they can not see his identity. This therefore creates the usual stereotype of a murderer in films as they rarely have there faces shown. However it subverts the stereotype of the murderer wearing fairly normal clothes as you would usually associate a murderer to be wearing all black to be able to hide from people around them. However dressing the murderer in normal clothes hides him in the middle of everyone around him making him hard to find and even more creepy as it sends a message across meaning that anyone can be a murderer and hiding behind crowds of people. We have made the murderer target a normal blond and vulnerable girl which links into mundane realism as it will target the young girls who are like her feel even more scared as they will imagine them as that character in the film.It will also make people stereotype others who wear the sort of clothes we are having the murderer wear to be a criminal.