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2. SOCIAL GROUPS
• I CHOSE TO REPRESENT TEENAGE BULLYING AS THIS IS A BIG THING THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN BRITAIN
TODAY. I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD THEME TO WORK WITH AS THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FILMED. I WANTED THE AUDIENCE TOFEEL LIKE THERE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT GROUPS. THE NICE TEENAGERS AND THEN THE SLIGHTLY MORESTROPPY ONES. I ALSO WANT
THEM TO FEEL LIKE TEENAGERS GET ON WITH THEIR LIFE'S AND THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT THEY
WILL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH. (E.G. THE BULLYING)

3. SOCIAL GROUPS - LIGHTING
• I REPRESENTED TEENS AS BEING VERY CASUAL. I TRIED TO DO THIS WITH NATURAL LIGHTING OUTSIDE
AND AS MUCH NATURAL LIGHTING AS I COULD ON THE INSIDE. I FELT LIKE NATURAL LIGHTING WOULD BE
THE BEST AS IF WE HAS LIGHTING ON THE FACE, THEN IT WOULD MAKE THE CHARACTERS LOOK PRECIOUS
OR FRAGILE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A PRETTY DULL DAY OUTSIDE ANDTHIS WORKED GOOD AS IT
MAKES IT PEOPLE THINK THAT MAYBE THEY ARE NOT THE BRIGHTEST PEOPLE EVER AND THAT THEY HAVE
A DARK AND DULL MIND. I FELT LIKE IF I ADDED MORE LIGHTING, IT JUST WOULDN’T WORK.

4. SOCIAL GROUPS – CAMERA ANGLES
• WHEN FILMING, I USED A VARIETY OF CAMERA SHOTS AND ANGLES. I USED A LOT OF PAN SHOTS WITHIN
THIS OPENING SEQUENCE TO TRY AND SHOW THE BORING SIDE OF TEENAGERS. I DIDN’T WANT ANY
HANDHELD SHOTS AS THIS MIGHT MAKE TEENS LOOK INTERESTING AND INVOLVED. I DIDN’T WANT THIS, I
WANTED PEOPLE TO LOOK AT TEENS LIKE THEY ARE JUST TYPICAL PEOPLETHAT GO AROUND, GET BORED
AND START FIGHTS. I FELT LIKE BY ADDING HANDHELD SHOTS IN THE FIGHT SCENE AT THE END, IT WOULD
HAVE MADE IT LOOK MUCH MORE INTERESTING BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT WOULD FIT. IT WOULD DEFINITELY
MAKE THE BULLIES SEEM STRONG WHICH WOULD BE GOOD AS TEENAGERS ARE MOSTLY STRONG AND
GOOD WITH FITNESS. BUT I DIDN’T WANT THIS SIDE OF THEM TO BE SHOWN THIS EARLY ON.

5. SOCIAL GROUPS - COLOUR
• WITH COLOUR, I MADE THE BEGINNING TITLES BLACK AND WHITE. THIS IS TO DRAW THE ATTENTION TO
THE WHITE OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND TEXT ON SCREEN. BUT THEN, I LEFT ALL THE CLIPS IN
NATURAL LIGHTING WITH NO FILTERS ON TOP. I DID THIS TO CREATE THE AFFECT THAT TEENAGERS JUST
GO ALONG WITH IT. IF A FILTER WAS ADDED, IT MAY MAKE THEM SEEM LIKE THEY ARE NOT THE EVIL ONES
OR THAT IT TOWARDS NIGHT TIME IF A BLACK AND WHITE FILTER WAS ADDED. I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE
IT WAS THE MORNING. VERY DULL BUT STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE.

6. SOCIAL GROUPS - SOUND
• SOUND WAS VERY INTERESTING WITHIN THIS. TRYING TO FIND THE CORRECT SONGS AND BLOCK AND
WIND WAS HARD. IN THE END, I THINK I DID A GOOD JOB. AT THE BEGINNING, IT HAS VERY FUNKY AND
BUBBLY MUSIC WHICH WILL APPEAL TO TEENAGERS IN THE AUDIENCE. THEMUSIC ALSO MAKES THE BOY
IN BLUE SEEM HARMLESS. BUT WHEN THE BULLIES COME ONTO THE SCREEN, A VERY DULL SOUNDTRACK
STARTS TO PLAY. THIS WILL MAKES THE AUDIENCE THINK THAT THERE ISSOMETHING WRONG WITH
THESE CHARACTERS.

7. SOCIAL GROUPS - MISE EN SCENE
• MISE EN SCENE WAS INTERESTING. I KNEW WHAT I WANTED WITH THIS ALL ALONG. THE BULLIES WERE
DRESSED UP IN DARK HOODIES AND COATS WITH BAGS ON. THIS WAS TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THEY
WERE IN SCHOOL/COLLEGE YEARS BUT TO ALSO MAKE THEM LOOK DARK LIKE THEY ARE THE BULLIES. THE
BOY IS DRESSED UP ALL IN BLUE IN BAGGY AND OLD CLOTHES. THIS ISWHY THE BULLIES START PICKING
ON HIM. I GOT THE NAME OF THE FILM FROM THE BOY, “THE BOY IN BLUE.” THIS MAKES HIM SEEM LIKE THE
MAIN CHARACTER AND THE STORY IS BASED AROUND HIM.

8. SOCIAL GROUPS - EDITING
• WHEN EDITING, IT WAS HARD. I DIDN’T WANT IT ALL TO BE STRAIGHT CUTS. BUT LOOKING AT IT NOW, I
COULD MAKE A SLIGHT JUMP CUT AT THE END WHEN BULLYING. THIS WILLMAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEY WERE
THERE FOR LONGER THAN THEY WERE. I ADDED IN A FEW FADE CUTS TOWARDS THE START AS I FELT LIKE
IF IT WAS JUST JUMP CUTS. THIS WOULD MAKE THE VIEWERS FEEL LIKETEENAGERS LIKE TO FINISH A JOB
THEY STARTED AS THEY WERE NOT THERE FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS. BUTIF THE SCENES FADED
TOGETHER, IT WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SCENE TO THE VIEWERS.