The document analyzes how the film title and opening sequence represent teenagers and criminals as social groups. For teenagers, the costumes, dark lighting, cracked phone prop, swearing dialogue, equal camera angles, slouched body language and avoidance of eye contact are described as true representations of stereotypical teenager behavior. However, the equal treatment of all teenagers is criticized as not reflecting their varying maturity levels. For criminals, the casual clothing meant for blending in and dark lighting are seen as true representations, but the cracked phone prop is not, and the equal camera angles do not reflect differences in criminal types and seriousness of crimes.

1. A LEVEL MEDIA
Question 2
Caden Sherrard

2. Question Two: HOW DOES YOUR FILM
TITLE AND OPENING SEQUENCE
REPRESENT PATICULAR SOCIAL
GROUPS?
In my opening sequence, we see the following social
groups;
Teenagers
Criminals

3. Teenagers
• Teenagers are represented through their costumes, for
example one of the characters is wearing a band promo t
shirt. This is a stereotypical style of torso for a teenager to
wear as this is how some teenagers express themselves
and to demonstrate the music they love. However to
oppose this, one of the teenagers is dressed formally in a
black shirt and black pants with brogue shoes. This goes
against the stereotype that all teenagers dress casually
which in this film, demonstrates that teenagers are in
charge and appear as authoritive in this opening
sequence. This is a true representation of teenagers
because it demonstrates that not all teenagers wear
casual clothing, demonstrating a range in the characters
costumes.

4. Teenagers
• The social group of teenagers are also represented
through the lighting of the sequence. The lighting is dark
and low key; this resembles the stereotypical assumption
that teenagers are negative and dark. I do believe this to
be a true representation of teenagers because teenagers
are presented as dark and moody in the media.
• In addition, the prop of a cracked iPhone further
demonstrates the social group of teenagers because most
teenagers stereotypically own an expensive mobile
phone. Furthermore, the fact that the screen is cracked
follows the stereotype that teenagers are reckless and
irresponsible as they do not take care of their belongings.
In terms of dialogue, the characters swear at one another
consistently throughout the sequence. This follows the
typecast that teenagers are rude and ill mannered. I
believe this to be a true representation of teenagers
because most teenagers are described as irresponsible
and rude, which the majority of teenagers stereotypically
are.

5. Teenagers
• The camera angles used in my opening sequence all
portray the actors as the same level of authority because
there are no high angles or low angles to make one
character seem any more authorative than the other. This
further implies that they are all teenagers because they
are all the same age as well as height, showing every
character is a teenager, we know this because the
camera angles are even to manipulate the audiences
view to believe the teenagers are even. I believe this to be
a bad representation of teenagers as some teenagers can
be more mature than others; however the camera angles
used suggests that each teenager is equal in immaturity.

6. Teenagers
• In terms of body language, all of the actors are slouched
over. This is the stereotypical stance that teenagers
perform which gives the impression they don’t show much
enthusiasm and are not very formal. All of the characters
at some point have their hands in their pockets also. This
gives the same impression that teenagers are slack and
do not care about what could happen to them.
Furthermore, each of the characters also keeps their head
down to avoid eye contact as eye contact represents
confidence which teenagers stereotypically have a lack of.
I believe this to be a true representation of teenagers
because each of these types of body language is
performed by the average teenager.

7. Teenagers
• To expand on eye contact, it is stereotypical that adults keep
eye contact to show they are confident and in charge of the
situation. However the characters in the opening sequence are
teenagers, hence why they spend most of their time avoiding
eye contact, unless two of the characters are arguing at any
one time. However at the end of the opening sequence there is
a tense scene where each of the teenagers stare at each other
over a long period of time, this could demonstrate that now that
each of the teenagers have control of the situation since they
are now confident enough to maintain eye contact with one
another. I believe throughout most of the sequence the eye
contact is a true representation of teenagers because they
spend their time avoiding it, as opposed to the end, where they
maintain eye contact which shows they are more mature than
the average teenagers.

8. Criminals
• Modern criminals, especially hit men, wear clothes to allow
them to blend in; such as casual wear and formal wear
depending on the occasion. In my opening sequence, the
criminals in my film are wearing clothes to blend in to a night
club, hence why none of the cast wears trainers because
trainers are barred from night clubs. Furthermore, one of the
characters is dressed in a black shirt and black pants, this
demonstrates that the criminal is a professional, rather than a
criminal involved in petty crime, who would be wearing baggy,
dirty clothes as part of their costume. I believe this is a true
representation of professional criminals, but I haven’t
demonstrated the stereotypes of other types of criminals, such
as petty thieves and serial killers, both whose costumes would
be different to the ones demonstrated in my opening sequence.

9. Criminals
• In terms of lighting, criminals are usually seen as shady
characters, therefore the dark lighting is perfect to reinforce the
idea that the criminals are skulking around in the shadows,
which are also consistent throughout the sequence. I believe
this is a true representation of criminals as the dark lighting
represents the fact that they hide in the dark from the law.
• Criminals use phones to communicate with one another, and
usually look after their belonging if they are professionals.
Criminals are also known to swear a lot considering their anti-
social behaviour; therefore this is a true representation of
criminals. To oppose this however, professional criminals look
after their belongings, therefore owning a cracked phone as
prop suites the side of the character that is a teenager, not a
criminal. Because of this, I don’t believe that the prop
resembles a true representation of a criminal in my opening
sequence.

10. Criminals
• In my opening sequence, all of my camera angles portray
the characters, criminals, as equal as there are no high or
low angle shots. I believe this isn’t a true representation of
criminals because not all criminals are equal. For example
some criminals are involved in petty crime to take small
amounts of money at one time and are considered scum,
whilst the criminals in my film are hit men and are paid
large amounts for their criminal activities because they
are professionals, this is why the camera angles in my
sequence do not portray criminals as a true
representation.

11. Criminals
• Because the criminals in my film are professionals, some
of the characters body language is confident and well
postured towards the end of the opening sequence. As
much as this is a true representation of the criminals I am
trying to portray, they don’t always stick to their confident
stance considering the characters are criminals just as
much as they are teenagers, therefore their immature
body language also shows at times as well, meaning their
body language isn’t over all a true representation of a
criminal until the end of the scene.

12. Criminals
• Similarly to body language, the character demonstration
of eye contact is at the end of the sequence does
represent the criminal type I am trying to portray as they
maintain eye contact which demonstrates that they are
professionals. However throughout the rest of the
sequence the characters avoid characters, which again
demonstrate the behaviour of a teenager rather than a
criminal. It is for this reason I believe the eye contact in
my opening sequence does not truly demonstrate the
characteristics of a criminal, but rather a teenager.