2.How our media product represent particular social groups

Social groups we have used in our Media product are both teenage boys and girls. The stereotypes used within the sequence are the way in how young teenage boys and girls are a target by adults in the way boys and girls are believed to act. 
 The teenage youths shown in the clip are illustrated as young people who smoke and drink intending to be “cool.” The common stereotypes seen in today’s generation is the way “cool” youths take advantage of supremacy and bully those who are less trendy and able than them. This is a common masculine stereotype which is seen in the clip. 

 

However, Eric challenges these stereotypes because he’s young and doesn’t smoke or drink, but still being trendy and fashionable he is the victim of bullying.

  We also see the way the girls are very giggly and are influenced by the guys. The girls also seem to have an interest in impressing the boys. 

 

There are no adults in the scene because the clip is mainly trying to appeal to teenagers. Unique attitude and the use of props, for example the cigarettes and alcohol bottles within the scene illustrates the different, young and conventional attitudes we are depicting to those watching the clip.

 

Eric is a positive stereotype as he is young and responsible; however Drake is a negative stereotype because he plays the role in peer-pressuring Eric.

 

final cut Evaluation

For our Final cut we made minor changes. This included cleaning up the editing process and such as the initial title sequence so that the text did not overlap. We also adjusted the the final title sequence so that it was not too long and adjusted audio levels such as where there is high wind noise. However we could have improved in areas. This includes the editing, as there was still some cuts with dead spots such as a black split second where there is no footage. Possible reasons for this is that the footage we used was 20 Frames Per Second and as we were using a HD editing program we rendered in 1080p 60FPS, this might well have lead our editing program into believing that there were a few extra frames on the end of each of our cuts leading to dead spots. What we did well I believe that we shot our footage in way that when we came to editing it we has ease of creating flowing cuts.

Editing Process: Screenshots

This is our first imported footage and the start of the opening sequence graphics

The cutting of footage and arrangement to form smooth cuts

this screenshot takes place near the end of our final composition, as you can see the footage is in place and cut correctly.

This screenshot illustrates our final title sequence, with the development of the graphics and the animation of the text and smoking background behind it.

Rough Cut Analysis

This is an almost final cut of our opening sequence, there are some strong aspects about it aswell as weak ones.  An example of a strong aspect is the fact that we aquired a stereotypical teenage cast that suits our target audience, we also have a character that challenges the stereotype of the virtuous "final girl" which in this case is a boy, this makes it more interesting and appealing to the audience, it also creates originallity.Some Of the weak points includes the text malfunction in the opening credit sequence and some of the camera work is unclear especially in the shot where the cigarette is thrown.

Preliminary Exercise and Evaluation

I think we did a good job at keeping the shots steady, we didn't have to move the camera so everything was clear and smooth. The framing quality is also good throughout the clip, the only defect is at the beginning where the framing seems to be a little "jumpy".

For the editing process we had quite a few takes of the match on action, shot reverse shot and shots including dialogue, this enabled us to edit the clip exactly like we wanted the final product to look like. The editing in my opinion was nicely done because we included all the shots that were required and it looks professional.

There are however some minor sound defects, it seems that it degraded a little bit as we rendered it, but the dialogue is still understandable.

We worked together as a group, we had 2 actors and 1 camera man, this made it quick and easy to shoot without any disagreements or arguments

Preliminary Exercise Description

For our preliminary exercise, we need to shoot a short scene in which:

• We obey the rules of continuity:The 180 degree rule and the 30 degree rule.
• A match on action
• A shot reverse shot

We wil be shooting this in school