Tuesday 18 March 2014

Evaluation Question 2

Earlier in the year, we learned about the representation of stereotypes. Every teen character from a teen film has a stereotype that is shown in a particular way so that the audience knows the type of character they are (pictured) 
In our teen film, we only have one character, therefore there's only one stereotype - the 'skater'. This slidely shows how we achieved portraying the skater stereotype.

The skater stereotype by Slidely Slideshow


The skater stereotype has both a positive and negative stereotype:
  • Positive:
    • our character is seeing rushing to get to school on time (which she unfortunately doesn't)
  • Negative (to parents, teachers and other adults):
    • purposely sleeps through alarm
    • puts on dirty clothes for school
The four key areas (camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene) also helps us to achieve this stereotype:
  • Camerawork
    • the camera is at an eye-level which tells us she is not shown as being dominant (normally shown at a low angle) or being belittled (normally shown at a high angle)
    • the camera also pans across the character's room, showing the things that she is interested in
    • there is a close up of the skateboard she rides to school, and a skateboard is the key to portraying the stereotype
  • Editing
    • most of the film is shown in fast-motion, which shows the frantic state her laziness has left her in
    • the match cut shows the audience how she travels to school
  • Sound
    • the pop-punk rock soundtrack is what first gives away her skater stereotype
  • Mise-en-scene
    • the skateboard prop (see camerawork)
    • the clothes also tells the audience that she is a skater

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