The social class of the characters do not come across clearly but we can sort of gather what kind of social class category our characters fit into by there mannerisms and voice. Eugene seems like a typical upper class citizen as shown by his attire but is hard to pin down due to his odd mismatch of clothing such as his aviator glasses and cowboy hat. Though his eccentric costume could show he is of a high enough class to not care about his appearance. The two antagonists in this are quite thug like so they could be of quite a working class but the clothes they wear suggest they might be of an middle class. This may suggest an aspect of class envy, which adds further dimensions to our media product.
The characters in this film do not have their sexuality mentioned as we believed that it was not important or relevant to the story or necessary at all. All of our characters are Caucasian males by chance, there was just no others in the group of any other ethnicity. Because of no racial diversity we believed it could possibly hurt our peice.
Although it fit's well as the film is set in the British countryside so it is stereotypical to have white people as characters in that setting, as they are renown for being 'behind the times' of the multiculturalist beliefs of modern day Britain.
Also we chose to include men as our main characters as our target audience is males under 35 and we believed it would cater to them well. We have not really challenged the stereotypes of social class, ethnicity or gender but we had originally chosen to have Bex playing the lead role to challenge the stereotypes of gender. However, due to medical problems we decided to cast Will as the main role.It would also be best to meet the stereotype as our target audience will find it easier to identify with a male protagonist, an example of this would be James Bond - Most males
(target audience) aspire to be Bond, the response would not be as great if Bond were a girl.
I would say that our product is best suited for middle and working class as most action or comedy films of a similar style are often enjoyed largely by this demographic. If this film were of a more independant and in an artistic style then it would create a niche audiene.Films like " A Clockwork Orange" and "Bronson" are in the style I am refering to and both have quite a niche audience. Although I prefer cult films to Hollywood Blockbusters it is best suited for the style we have set our production out if we set our audince to the masses rather than create a small following of fanatics.
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