Critical Reflection 1
How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? Our product uses and challenges conventions by the use of camera shots. For example, we used a POV shot when Samantha was getting kidnapped, to show fear from the perspective of a kidnap victim. We also used a long shot, to show that kidnappings can happen anywhere, not just stereotypical places such as dark alleys and big cities. The social groups represented are the "good guys", the "bad guys", and the ordinary civilian. Leonardo represents the bad guys, as the leader of the Italian mob. They are shown as criminals, who hold their hostages for ransom. Samantha is shown as the ordinary civilian, who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. The "good guys" are represented by Francheska and Isabella, who are the detectives trying to bring justice to the mob, specifically Leonardo, and bring back their friend Samantha. The film portrays th...
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