Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Conventions of the genre crime and action are what we are stereotypically trying to portray. In crime and action films, there are many conventions which we have tried to meet and put into are film opening. These conventions consist of the props used and costumes. Stereotypically in crime and action films characters wear costumes that can be representative of working class teenagers such as hoodies, adidas clothing, and white trainers. The props used in our film opening is a convention of crime films as our props consist of the use of passing drugs and smoking. Also our film has relatively fast cutting between scenes which is also a feature of an action film.  Titles in  action films seem to be blocked capital as this makes the film look militarised and technological. This is why it may catch the eyes of young teenage boys as stereotypically these are the films they are interested in. We used ideas and conventions of the crime genre from the film 'Se7en'. we took ides from the enigmatic atmosphere in this film and tried to apply it to our film opening.

Evaluation Question 2.

How does your media project represent particular social groups?

Our media project represents the working social class in particular. this is because during the opening minutes of our film the main characters costumes are stereotypically associated with the working class. Our media project portray and represent the working class in a negative way. Also our film opening also has a stereotypical representation of the ages involved within the film opening.
 the characters are relatively young ranging within the teenage years and a young adults. they also fulfil the self fulfilling prophecy and live up to their stereotypes in which a young age is usually associated with getting up to mischeif, drugs alcohol and partying. The environment in which the characters are situated also helps to emphasise the conditions in which the working class stereotypically live in. The way in which the characters act can also be related to the actions of the working class and teenagers. The way the characters walk, talk, behave and put themselves across to the audience can play a big part in how the the social class and particular age are represented in the film.
We made a few technical choices to help us follow the conventions and stereotypes of the social class and age we were aiming to portray. The diagetic sound and speech is very stereotypical of the working class as the characters use words and catch phrases such as "Alright mate" which are usually related to the working class as you do not hear upper class people using such phrases. The diagetic sound above the the film opening is also very stereotypical of young adults and working class. the sound is usually associated with urban streets.The music is very grime like and R&B style. The lighting in the opening scene is external lighting and very dark as it is night time. This helps to create an atmosphere in which the opening fim scene is trying to emphasis and put across to the audience. The street lights also help to create the urban setting in which the scene is supposed to be set in.

Blurb

Blurb

Get ready for the action packed film of the year B.B.B. Jay (Antonio Hansotelli) faces a race against time as Leon (Christiano Tamaldo) soon uncovers a truth which could change everything on the streets of Great Gainsborough. Potentially the streets of Gainsborough will never be the same. Produced by Dench productions, this is an absolute must see for anybody with interests in thrillers, crime and action movies.

BBFC

BBFC:

BBFC stands for; The British Board of Film Classification. It is a privately owned business and has no association with the government. It is funded by the film industry and the BBFC is the organisation that is charged with the responsibility of censorship within the United Kingdom. It classifies films and puts them into categories that consist of these ratings, U (Universal - anybody may watch films rated U) PG (Parental Guidance - may need parental guidance to watch) 12A (people under the age of 12 may watch this film when they have a parent or carer with them) 12 (age of 12+ may watch this film) 15 (age of 15+ may watch this film) 18 (age of 18+ may watch this film) R18 (Restricted 18 - pornography).

Here is a table of the film classifications of BBFC.

Our film will contain strong violence and strong language. The film will contain themes of adult nature such as crime, action and thriller. However, our film shall not contain any sexual scenes, sexual references or any nudity. Therefore I would classify our film 'B.B.B.' a 15. This does not effect our target audience as we are aiming for any age from the age 15 and above. 

Shot List.

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Shooting Schedule

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Risk Assessment

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