1. Evaluation Question
The Tea Boy
By
Hamim Tak
Q: How do your product use or
challenge conventions and how do they
represent social groups?
My film is based on the conventional hybrid
genre of romantic drama. In this the
protagonist is shown living a regular but sad
and depressed life. But I challenged the
conventions by showing that the
protagonist has homo-sexual desires and
this way I challenged Laura Mulvey's Male
Gaze Theory. I also challenged the
2. conventions by using more mid shot and
close up shots in my movie than long shots.
Another way I challenged conventions is by
shooting my film's scene not according to
their appearences i.e. shooting the first
scene first. Another convention which I
challenged was showing the whole movie
first and then jumping back to title scene to
show the ending of the film. Another
convention I chellenged was delaying the
film's climax until the end. I challenged a lot
of conventions in my film in order to make
it more interesting and appealing.
My film represents the social groups of
homo sexual. It shows that not all married
couples are happy and neither does being
married insures that someone will not
become homo sexual. It also targets the
social groups of rich and poor as it shows
3. that a person at an managerial level fells in
love with a mere tea boy who works at his
office.
