Evaluation 2)

2) How does your media project represent particular social groups?

The stills are from the 2009 Spy thriller film called 'Duplicity' and our own thriller clip.


This character Claire Stenwick is from 2009 spy film 'Duplicity'. She is represented as a confident and assertive woman due to her items of clothing. She wears a floral dress and shades, which hide her identity and make her seem mysterious. This suggests she is perhaps of middle class as her clothing looks somewhat expensive and the mise-en-scene looks like an expensive part of town. She seemingly has a smirk on her face as she knows she is being followed. The way that she walks along the pavement, shows her confidence as she continues to walk, she glances around and smirks, this shows shes observant and cautious of her surroundings.



This character is Julia Blunt from our film. She is represented as a strong and confident woman also. This is revealed through her items of clothing and posture. She wears shades, a black and white striped dress, high heels and carries a red bag. Her items suggest she too is of middle class or higher, conveying she must have a good job/high earner as she is able to afford these things.




The characters in both films are represented by a construct of their social group, this means that they have been constructed to wear and act a certain way. The women in both are constructed to be confident and assertive, in Dublicity, this however is comprised by the way that Claire is later constructed when she meets Howard Tully. In our film, however Julia stays strong and assertive when met with her employer; Alex and oppsositon (which she doesn't know is). Whereas the men in both films are constructed to be be equally as confident, but not as dominant as expected.
The clothing of both men and females within both films suggest that they are wealthy, this is also portrayed through the mise-en-scene and even perhaps how the characters speak.

Both female characters wear items of clothing such as shades and dresses to show their sophistication and to hide their identities, from others. This exerts that they are intelligent as they know what they are doing, their facial expressions also convey this.