Thursday 24 March 2011

Mallika Q2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The character in our opening is not only the narrator but an anti hero. He's an investment banker and presents this facade of normality and sanity.

He loves materialism and his greed is evident. He has compulsive OCD and must do everything in triplicates. This results in him being somewhat of a control freak. He presents this facade of normality by his charm, wit and arrogance. He is an adreline junkie and has a very wild lifestyle. His wealth means that he is exposed to a life of drugs, sex and illegal activities, which he takes delight in.

Not only is he wealthy but he's superficial and shallow. His friends are similar to him. Not just in personality but in appearance. He has a tendency to obsessively detail every part of his life, including his daily routine.



Our character is based on the character of Patrick Bateman in the film American Psycho. We have taken elements of his character to create a persona for our lead charcter. We decieded to focus on the social group of bankers. This helps us when wanting to relate to our audience as in reality bankers are now seen as the enemy. This results in our audence having instant hatred for our anti hero.

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