The two films, The Day it Ended and Murder by Numbers, are similar in that the main characters are popular teenagers from middle-class backgrounds. However, they differ in their camerawork, mise-en-scene, and editing. Specifically, the camerawork establishes the school setting, the mise-en-scene shows the characters' differing mental states, and the editing uses different pacing and music to elicit different emotions from viewers. These similarities and differences provide insights into the social groups portrayed in each film.

1. By Alice Cameron

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The Day it Ended is a film that is based on this
girl that accidently makes the biggest mistake of
her life. When she posts private pictures up of
her self up on Facebook. These turn of events
then leads too all sort of problems at school. But
the film is set in for a big dark twist.
Whereas the film Murder by Numbers is a film
where two students set out a perfect murder but
end up getting involved in a contest with a
homicide detective.

3. The social groups of the two films are very similar. This is because
both of the films the main characters are from middle class. And
are/ were popular at school. This reflects that that they have the
same personalities and could share the same interests.
 But the characters have different IQ’s this is because ‘Murder by
Numbers’ both the main characters are too clever for this age.
Where as the main character in our film generally all the
characters in our opening sequence have an average IQ.
 When addressing social groups in these films neither of them
address the older people. This might be for the reason that both
films are set around school and school children. So when targeting
the audience they thought it would be useless addressing the
older market because they probably wont bother in watch either
one of these films.
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4. The Day it Ended
Murder by Numbers
Similarities: clothing
The similarities of the two movies; The Day it Ended and Murder by Numbers. Are that although
they were made in different decades the actors play roles that are popular people.
We know that they are popular because of their clothing they are wearing is up to date fashion.
This symbolises that you cant trust anyone. Both of these films have not got a typical psycho films.
This is because typically you would see the main character/s as shady people that don’t really care
about life.
But in both of these psycho thriller films they are similar because on of the way that they are
dresses causal for school. But the clothing is on trend. We did this because we wanted to give clues
to the audience about the dark twist our story still had to offer.
This shows that the social groups are the average teenager and do the same sort of thing.

5. The Day it Ended
Murder by Numbers
Similarities: camerawork
Another similarities of these two movies are the camerawork. This is because though out the film
(especially in the class scenes) we use the same sort of camera work. This is because the camera
work we show where the film is set. This is because when both of these films when setting the
scene you can easily see that they are set at school. This then means that the films are both more
likely to appeal to young adults. This is because they are more likely to understand the film. This
tells us that the social groups they belong from is middle class because they are clever enough to
go to further education,
Both films also have similar camera work. This is because the camera displays where the characters
are in the social ladder. For The Day it Ended you can see that the girl is clearly is now a social
outcast and is not liked very much because of what she did. Whereas in Murder by Numbers you
can see that the main characters are very popular but seem too be too big for their boots. This is for
the main reason that they know they can out smart the majority of people.

6. The Day it Ended
Murder by Numbers
Differences : mise-en-scene
Another differences of these two movies are mise-en-scene. This is because The Day it Ended is about how her
life is crumbling. So the Mise-en-scene to show this is that she is very depressed. This is shown in her clothing,
hair, make-up, and how she carries her self. Whereas Murder by Numbers you can see that the Mise-en-scene is
different this is because we can tell the characters feelings towards their faces. This is because their faces display
that they are happy with them self and that they are rather smug. Although both feelings that the Mise-en-scene
is displaying in both films are that they both portray that they are starting to slowly turn into typical psychopaths,
but both in different ways.
The Mise-en-scene is very different the majority of the lighting in the films are also different. This is because in
The Day it Ended the lighting is dark. This is because it portrays that the character has something to hide and not
everything is going well. However in Murder by Numbers the majority of the lighting is very light this is because
of what happens in the scenes is in favour of the characters and they get want they want. Although there are
some dark scenes in these films which portrays that the characters shouldn’t be doing what they are fulfilling and
that they might be a little messed up. This shows that they are hiding something which is something that
psychopaths would do.

7. The Day it Ended
Murder by Numbers
Differences : editing
Another differences of these two movies are editing. This is because it The Day it Ended the editing that is done on this film is that
the transitions are slow. We did this because we wanted the audience to feel what is happening. Although the film Murder by
Numbers the transitions that the editor made was that they were fast. This is because this is a past paced film that nothing good
happens though out the film. They used this technique because it makes the audience feel more tense because they don’t know
what could happen next. This shows different representations of social groups this is because in The Day it Ended the main character
makes very fast decisions but they don’t think about it in great detail which shows that they think about themselves in much respect.
Where as in Murder by Numbers the characters make fast decisions but they are clever decisions. This indicates that the characters
are smart but are also very confident.
Other editing that we did differently is that in The Day it Ended is that we have music playing though out the whole of our opening
sequence. We did this because it can heighten peoples emotions and how they feel towards the character. Whereas Murder by
Numbers only plays music in small sections in some scenes they also did it for the same reasons as The Day it Ended. But they play
different sort of music. This is because each music is suited more to what is going on in the films. So The Day it Ended music is
produced to try to make people feel sad but also make them think on what is going to happen. Whereas Murder by Numbers edited
music in their film because they wanted to make their audience scared.