This document discusses the setting, characters, and conventions used in a comedy film about a teenage YouTube star named Rufus Parker. The main setting is Rufus's bedroom, where he films YouTube videos for his 3 million subscribers who are mostly aged 16-26. Rufus is portrayed as a hardcore gamer who owns expensive gaming equipment. Sounds and music are edited into his YouTube videos in a way meant to seem like Rufus did it himself, and he is characterized as socially awkward but aware of his weirdness, which he plays up for his audience. The film draws on conventions of teen comedies and YouTube vloggers while introducing themes around gaming and online celebrity.

1. H O S S A M E L D I N E L R A Y E S
In what way does my media product use,
develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real life media product?

2. What codes and conventions have I used that other comedy films
have also used?
Use:
 Set - school (or subject still goes to school) as are
most teen comedies
 Editing sounds used to add humour
 Characterisation – person can be socially awkward
Introduce:
 Theme based around YouTube

3. Set – Age Group
 The character, Rufus Parker is 18 years of age and has a YouTube channel. He has about 3 million
subscribers and a lot of fans. He is also watched by different age groups as the audience consists of
people mainly aged 16 to 26.
 As many YouTube vlogers film most of their footage at home in their bedroom, we thought that it
would be a great idea to film the YouTube part of the film opening in a bedroom with posters in the
background of all the games that Rufus Parker would play and would like.
 However, due to recasting, and a set change, this was not included in the final footage as the new set
did not have enough space for these posters.
 We also decided that Rufus Parker would be a huge gamer as are most teens at his age.
 This is not a convention of comedy films, however, one convention was that the film needed to show
early signs of it being funny, and it has, as my audience feedback says. This is a similar concept to
“Wayne’s World”
Skyrim
Batman
Halo
Minecraft
Red Dead Redemption
Alienware
I though that he would own an Alienware
(the most expensive type of gaming PC)
because he is such an intense gamer.
Xbox 360
PS3
T.V. In his
bedroom
Foam swords for
playing sword fighting
Sofa
Laptop

4. Sounds used to add humour and Characterisation
 The sounds used in the YouTube video are meant to be put in by Rufus Parker himself. Since I am
trying to portray the image that Rufus Parker is a YouTube vloger into the audience’s head, I made the
video to make it look like it was produced, edited and uploaded by the character Rufus Parker himself.
 The character, Rufus Parker, knows he is weird and uses this to his advantage. Although the whole
idea of the film started as him not knowing this and posting this “Advise” on YouTube and becoming
famous without actually knowing why he is famous. We have managed to move away form that idea
and make him more aware that his is quite weird, but still think that the advise that he gives is right.
This change was due to the research that I have done on other YouTubers and how they have been
acting towards their audience in contrast to how they act in reality. “Pewdiepie” is a good example of
this.
 Some of the more comedic sounds used are the famous suspense music. I also used music that would
match every part of the scene, but since every scene in a YouTube vlog is normally a couple of seconds
long, then the music used was always cut of. This added a lot more comedic elements to the scenes of
the Rufus Parker video.
 Characters who have similar characterisation as Rufus Parker are; Fogell (McLovin) in 'Superbad'
(2007), Garth Algar in 'Wayne's World' series, Augie Farks in 'Role Models' (2008) etc...