How does your media product represent particular social groups?

as a whole. We also tried to emphasise how much ‘next generation’ technology that teenagers use and within the first scene it is madOur product represents several social groups in today’s society. One of the main social groups represented is the teenage demographic consisting of ages 13-19. During our opening the main protagonist can be seen to be representing certain stereotypes associated with today’s youth. In the opening the character ‘Rakim’ can be seen playing a violent video game known as ‘Grand Theft Auto’ which has been criticised for its violent nature and explicit content. We believe that this suggests that the youth of today are constantly being exposed to violence in and around them every day and in turn is leading to a much more dangerous society e obvious to the audience that the character has a large television, game consoles and a high tech phone. This suggests that teenagers have almost unlimited use of technology and have almost become unattached to society as a whole choosing to stay in their own home rather than socialising outside, signalling that times are changing, almost as if today’s teenagers are becoming anti-social. Regarding Rakim’s costume we believed it was best if we captured the stereotype that urban youths are most likely to be dressed in tracksuits and dark clothing. We did this in order to reinforce common stereotypes for our audience before they had an opportunity to form their own, because as the opening carries on the audience are made aware of Rakim’s true character, leading to our audience having to reconsider their own stereotypes, in all suggesting a misrepresentation of urban youths in our society. We believe that our thriller opening addresses the issue of peer pressure among teenagers today, as in one particular scene where Rakim and Ahmed are conversing it is apparent that Rakim is having second thoughts about carrying out the favour that Ahmed asked of which leads to Ahmed pressuring regarding a possible payment, it is also apparent that Rakim is slightly afraid of Ahmed. This scene suggests that among teenagers there is a social issue of peer pressure and fear of other opinions regarding their own character. As a result this leads to many teenagers being forced into situations that they shouldn't be involved in; often leading to issues which could have been avoided. We believe that this shows that our youth have self-confidence issues which lead to them being unable to stand up for themselves in certain situations, such as the issue that Rakim encountered in London’s Burning.
 

Regarding social groups we tried to make sure that the costumes we used were able to portray the image we were trying to put across to our audience. Both Ahmed and Saeed were dressed in suits. We wanted this to connote that the two characters were both of great wealth and intelligence, representing the upper class and almost elite like in wealth.  It is quite obvious from the opening that both Saeed and Ahmed command some sort of power over Rakim who is not as fiscally secure as the other two, with Ahmed even offering him money to do a job for him with Rakim willing to do it.  We wanted this to denote that the upper class/ the 1% have greater influence in society today rather than the general public. This is evident as Ahmed and Saeed were able to do their bidding, suggesting that the upper class profit from the work that the middle and lower class do

We believed idiolect to be a pivotal part of our thriller opening. The various use of slang helped us to represent and cater to a much younger and urban audience. Throughout the opening it is apparent that all characters use type of urban slang as the following video is likely to identify.

Storyboard

Treatment

Our thriller outline:

• Rakim receives call from Ahmed to come and do a favor for him
• All of which occurs whilst Rakim is playing a game that involves blowing objects up (foreshadowing)
• Rakim makes his way to Ahmed's home where he picks up the goods from Ahmed
• Ahmed gives him instructions to deliver the goods to his close friend Saeed
• Rakim takes the goods to Saeed outside an empty station exit whilst being watched by a mysterious figure 
• Camera cuts to a groggy POV shot from Rakim who has been hurt whilst being kidnapped by the mysterious figure 
• The mysterious man questions Rakim on prior events that led to a bombing
• The figure gives Rakim an ultimatum
• Cuts to typography 

What resources we will need

• Camera 
• Stand
• Video editing software
• Spare bedroom
• A black bag
• Access to a home
• Mobile Phone
• Games Console
• Television
• Access to a formal room

Locations:

Jordan's bedroom

Kasper's driveway and living room

Clockhouse train station

Harris Academy Beckenham's conference room 

Sound:

Batman Soundtrack 

Justification of ideas:

Our editing which creates the sense that our opening consists of a set of flashbacks that refers back to the interrogation scene. The soundtrack that we used only adds to the suspense of the thriller as they dynamics and instrumentation only begins to increase throughout the piece only adding to the drama. We used a combination of lighting in order to show the personalities of different characters. We believe that the frequent changing of scenes helped us to also achieve the aim of showing flashbacks.

Shortened Edit of London's Burning

Camera Shots/ Angles

Here we used a shot on the television of the character Saeed playing a violent console game where the character can be seen to be blowing up various different objects, a foreshadowing scene of what is to come.

In this shot we used a medium long shot from behind one of the characters when he was opening the door. We believe that this was effective as the window on the door slightly blurred the audiences vision of what the character may look like and also his features, we believe that this and the combination of the dark lighting helped us to achieve the ideal atmosphere needed for a thriller film, also helping us to follow the mise en scene. When editing this scene we used blurred some of the images within the scene to make the scene feel as if it was a flash back.

In this shot we used a medium close up to identify a new character. We filmed the character behind bars, as if almost this also a foreshadowing event as it is later found that this character and two other were involved in criminal activity. The contrast was also tinted lighter as when researching how different colours affect people, we found that colours such as amber, red and yellow suggest danger, thus we took the initiative to tint the scene orange to suggest fore coming danger.

Here we used a medium close up of the side of the mysterious hooded figure, to conceal the identity of the character so the audience are not completely aware of who this character may be or what his alter motives may be.

Here we utilised a point of view shot of the mysterious detective who has his head on the table, during this shot the camera was swaying to indicate that something was wrong with the character, suggesting that he may have been attacked. On the far right we had some natural lighting coming in through the window but not completely. Here we wanted to suggest that the character may already feel as if he is in prison during his interrogation. The mysterious detective once again has his face planted downwards, as he is trying to conceal his identity .

In this shot we attempted a low angle shot to partially show the detectives face, whilst also managing to partly keep his identity concealed.

This shot utilised a close up shot of the character Saeed, as he is given a proposition on whether or not to work for a secret service to conspire against his own associates. We wanted to capture the character's facial expressions and emotions when given this information.

 In order to keep the audience constantly involved within the opening we also decided to use a fast paced panning shot which followed the phone as it was passed along the desk, as the character Saeed becomes aware of what his actions have led to.

Mise-en-scene

Lighting