Our film doesn't particularly try to represent any particular social groups. Instead we focused on how easily someone could be picked out from a crowd of a group. Our film has 4 different characters, of these 3 of them have the same outfit. This instantly draws attention to the 1 person who looks different. The reason this happens is because one of the most memorable traits of a social group is what they look like.
The group that I think that we portray are the faceless masses, with the very similar clothing and lifestyle. I do not think we really effectively represent any other groups because the only other character is an assassin/murderer. Which isn't a social group. I hope.
The men that represent the faceless masses are all wearing the same clothes and a virtually indistinguishable from each other. We mainly did this because due to us having little screen time we had almost no opportunity for any character building, therefore we decided that most of the roles would purposely have no character. These men are just doing their everyday job which the assassin decides to get involved with, violently. The very common shirt and tie look means that everyone seems rather secretive, almost like they are purposely trying to be inconspicuous. This presents and underlying sense of unease about these characters. I personally think of these men as the 'baddies' in the role of an evil corporation and the assassin as some kind of rebel underdog. The briefcase supports the idea of them being part of a business or themselves being corrupt businessmen. They way they carry themselves is very shady, like they don't want to be seen. This also paints them as rather sinister further setting them up as the 'baddies'.
The assassin's appearance is dark and creepy, but not necessarily villainous. To me it seems like they are trying to stay hidden and not be seen rather than trying to be scary. However, this is rather subjective and I fully understand how the full face mask is creepy.A convention of the Thriller genre is mystery. Due both to the lack of time as well as the Thriller trope meant we should be able to not reveal any intentions. I think this is done well and leaves the audience wondering who the bad guys actually are.
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