Representation- Our film

Representation in Media is concerned with the way that people, ideas and events are presented to us. There is a lot of thought put into every detail, it is not put there by accident. Films and its genres can represent things in many different ways, positively and negatively. Light, costumes, props, sound and the editing can all be used to help represent different elements of the film. An example would be representing a girly girl. The stereotype would be pink clothing, pop music and bright lights.
I will now be applying it to my film.

Stereotypes:
Stereotyping always suggest that the way we are portraying/categorising people is wrong. However, the categorisation of these people is the only way people would make sense of the character. Despite it being set in a lab, our character could not be dressed in casual wear otherwise it would not make sense. In our opening sequence we will be stereotyping the scientists. We decided to dress the person playing the scientist in a lab coat, goggles, gloves and hair tied back. We got this idea from cartoons and previous TV shows we used to watch when we were younger.

Events Taking Place:
We will over exaggerate all the movements we do, as we discovered that in many action/thriller films their moves are over exaggerated. An example would be the exchange of the suitcase. Although it is meant to be as subtle as possible, we will make it more evident to indicate that there will be trouble approaching. Another example is the frustration of the scientist when she cannot work out what she is doing wrong.

Setting: 
We decided to film the first half of the sequence in a lab to make it obvious straight away that there is a scientist creating something. The desk will be filled with stereotypical items that would be found in a lab, such as a skeleton and test tubes.