Evaluation Activity 2 - Representation of Social Groups.

My main character is inspired by the character of House played by hugh laurie, a big American drama about medical issues that he has to solve. There are similarities and differences between them, the similarities is what makes my character. The similarities involves the way they act and the type of person they are as individuals, as they have very lonely personalities. I used costume as a way to symbolise that my character isn't worried about aesthetics, which suggests that she doesn't care what other people think of her. This could suggest loneliness, which is what I was hoping to symbolise in my choice of mise-en-scene. Like this screen grab I have just taken, she prefers to be hidden away from eyes view, which is what is used in House to show the same symbolism. He is meant to be a person who hides away from any sign of human contact and tends to be seated in empty rooms which are dark and show little use of being open to conversation. With this inspiration in mind I was hoping to create the same thing, only mixed with the differences that they have.

The differences of my characters is the aesthetics and occupation. The aesthetics of my character is a young teenage girl, and this brings across a sign of depression as this is how the audiance portray the view of a girl who hides herself away from other people. House is a grown man with an occupation which is brought across and used to manipulate the way that he works, and they use this as a reason to why he is hidden away from people. This brings across the view that he is thinking about things that could be significant. My character follows this idea as I wanted to make her seem like a hidden question, and the audiance want to know what it is she's hiding. Followed by the fact that she is seeing things that arent there, it further develops the audiances question on what she is hiding that could make her act this way, therefore she is considered as a character to be liked instead.

House does also wear clothing that resolves around old trainers and ripped shirts, as this lets the audiance know his arrogance to the thought of being dressed smart to impress. The use of costume therefore is similar. Because of the gender and age difference the character of House is able to be further developed as the use of facial hair is used to show the lack of hygeine that he maintains. I tried to reinvent this from a stereotypical females point of view so that my character has her hair tied back in a messy ponytail, as this is considered abnormal for a woman not to care about how she looks. The lack of make-up further develops this as she is meant to be seen as not caring about her visual apperance. This is how I have made my character similar to House.

Despite the age, gender and occupation, the characters have a similar role in their individual parts. House is meant to be the character that is relatable because he can't function the same as everyone else, which is the same role as my character. They are both center of attention when it comes to camerawork and they have both individually experienced moments when hallucinations come into play. This makes them more relatable and therfore they have become the same characters but for different age groups.

Both these characters have shown the social groups of how loners become in everyday situations, my character being important to keep away from outside view. They both show in a good way how this type of social group is portrayed in the media and it seems that they are considered someone to be sympathised with instead of be afraid of or to repel. This allows the audiance to see the other side of how a character is shown in the media.