Evaluation question 2

This is my question 2 of my evaluation.


In this question, I examine the social groups represented in Anyone Home.

The first representation is a teenage girl and we used the stereotype of teenagers being naive and curious and used this vulnerability in our film opening. By doing this, we created a realistic setting and a sense of the unexpected for our audience. We showed this through our close up and medium shots which reflected the fear and isolation our character felt.


The setting of our film opening is in a home which again, creates a very realistic environment. We also ensured that the mise-en-scene provided a sense of reality through everyday clothing and make-up and domestic locations.


Another social group is a family in which we included a mother and daughter. If this film opening became a feature length film, we would also reveal that the "Man In House" is the brother of the protagonist and a father would also appear, creating a nuclear family. This is ironic as nuclear families are becoming less popular in today's society and at the beginning of the film, it is clear that the family shown is not a nuclear family.


Most films present a male protagonist and the media is more dominated by males than by females, so we decided that our film opening would feature more females than males, to go against the norm of a male protagonist. However, this does not mean that males cannot watch Anyone Home as there will be a range of characters of both genders and no references to feminism.