We were able to successfully show the difference in social groups in our opening sequence and there were many points that we were able to show that both adhere and subvert to the stereotype.
Firstly, we could show this social group in gender in the opening sequence through the Mise-en-Scene. Firstly, we showed the men to be in command and important in the opening sequence. We could show this through them having suits and were clearly in a business meeting and were wealthy and powerful. This was then reinforced to show the men as powerful through the fact that two of them were holding guns in the scene. At this point it would make them seem much more important than the woman who is also in the scene who is just stood at the back we emphasised this especially with the two men at the front of the screen to show that they were the focus in the meeting.
We also used the secretary’s costume in the scene to show that she was innocent with the white clothes. Whilst all the men were shown in dark colours to show that they were evil and dangerous. This was part of the reason why at the end she was not shot and all the men were. We were also able to go with the stereotype in the scene by the fact that it was the woman who was the secretary rather than a man and that there were no female business people who seemed to have importance.
However, we were also able to show the genders subvert to the stereotype in our opening sequence to a thriller film. We were able to do this through having the main character and the assassin of the opening sequence being a female who ends up killing three men. This would not be what the audience would have expected and would have helped to show the change and not what the audience would expect to see in these social groups. This was also changed in what the woman was wearing. All black and was ready with a large sniper rifle this is not what the audience would have expected within this social group.
We were also able to show the difference in the gender social group in the way that we used the sound in the opening sequence. Although we had problems with our sound we were able to get around this by adding many sound effects to when the woman was on the screen and put special emphasis on the gun that the woman was using. This helped to show us that she knew what she was doing with the slick loading of the gun. We also put special emphasis on the sound effect of the shots that were fired to make sure that the audience were shocked by the load sound. This made the woman seem even more out of place in her social group.
I also feel that we used the camera well in showing the social groups that people were in. I feel that with the men we were able to successfully show them in power at the start with the relatively low angle shot that they started when they first come into the opening sequence. We then wanted to show the change in their situation as the last shot of one of the men being alive was at a slight high angle which showed his as the sniper’s mercy.
I also feel as though we were able to show the woman as being more powerful and more in control as the scene went on. I feel that we could do this through how we focused first on the gun and then we focused in on her face to show that she was in command of the gun and when this was quickly followed by her looking down the scope at one of the men which immediately showed her intent.
I feel that this was helped in the scene by how we were able to edit the scene together. Firstly, I feel that we were able to do this through the shot duration in the scene. Towards the end when she is shooting the three men we can see when she is doing the quick shots and reloading of the gun showed us that she knew what she was doing and that she was a professional. Also towards the end I feel that when we used the long shot duration of her looking down the scope and the shots of her lying on the floor. This shows her to be calm and doesn’t find it stressful to do this and that again she is in control of the situation over the men which subverts to the stereotype of this social group.
This was further emphasised in the scene with the short shots of the men who are quickly shot and there is little time spent on them.
We also used a cross hair in the woman’s point of view shot to show the what she was seeing as she saw the men. This would help the audience to see that the woman was subverting to the stereotype in the scene and that she was in command which in films like this you wouldn’t expect.
Our secondary social group could be seen as classes and status. There are also many ways in this scene that adhere and subvert to these stereotypes.
Firstly, we are able to see this through their costumes. With the men, we can see that they adhere to the stereotype by how they dress. All the men in the scene are either wearing suits or are dressed smartly. This would adhere to the stereotype of the upper class and middle class men. However, the costume of the woman it is difficult to tell her class in this scene but through the props that she has such as an IPhone and the large sniper rifle which are all expensive items to own so from this the audience could probable assume that she was in the middle classes.
In the scene, we can see that she is dressed in all black and is equipped with a large rifle which we would not expect from a middle-class woman and is subverting to the middle class stereotype.
Overall, we can see that there are many areas in social groups in our opening sequence to a thriller where they both subvert and adhere to the stereotype and also subvert to the stereotype.
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