Question 3

Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Stereotypes act as codes that give the audience a quick common understanding of the person, usually based of their class, ethnicity, race, sexuality, gender or occupation. Within our opening sequence we used some stereotypes, however we did also challenge them. 

Enid Akuffo played our victim role within 'Just Friends' which I feel fitted the representation of a victim well. We wanted her to portray a vulnerable girl, easily lead and slightly 'dorky'. Often these are the victims in thriller films, the girls are often gullible in picking their friends, which is what we really wanted to zoom into because that is the main plot our film revolves around. She is also easily absorbed into Claire's encouragement of drinking, which is often a circumstance that victims get themselves into, in thrillers, as it makes them a lot more vulnerable.

We also never hear her speak, which contrasts greatly with the character that I played, Claire. Claire has a voice over throughout the opening sequence, talking about her love for control. In one part she even addresses the audience, asking them for reassurance. I think this represents her character because she is trying to convince herself that what she did was acceptable. I think this shows the type of person she is, we wanted to show her as an 'unstable psychopathic teen'. Though Claire doesn't fully fit Propp's theory that in all films there is an apparent villain, victim, donor etc. As normally the villain is a man however her voice over and dark clothing makes its obvious that she is the villain, along with the content of what she says in the voice over.

I think Enid's character is quite a stereotypical victim however often we think of victims being white females with long blonde heir etc. However her clothing of a skirt and beige scarf and mac coat gave her the girly aspect that we often see victims in. Along with the close ups of her face that show her scared expressions and the impact Claire has on her. 

Question 1

Distribution

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

DreamWorks Studios was originally founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen. It is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films. There highest grossing film is Shrek 2 which's worldwide gross was $919,838,758. Dreamwork produces and distributes animations films such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shark Tale. 

The company was founded in 1904 in New York City by William Fox, who sold his business to buy a 'common show'. A common show is the legal phrase for the exhibition of motion pictures in a store remodeled for that purpose and containing less than 299 seats. It distributes and produces films but Pathe and MGM also aid in production of their films. Their highest grossing film is Avatar which had a worldwide gross of $1,858,562,198. They produce and distribute many films from all genres, some popular films include Big Mommas House, The Omen and Ice Age.

Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London. The company was founded by Tim Bevn and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. The produce films only and are not involved in the distribution of films. Its highest grossing film being the British rom-com, Four weddings and a Funeral. It was an unexpected success, that brought them forward in the industry.

Warp Films was established by founders Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett. It is backed by £4.5 million funding from the National Lottery, Film Four and regional screen agencies and by using the latest digital production methods. It produces and distributes low budget films, one of their most popular films being This Is England. 

Equipment List

Equipment List

Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Animatic

This is my groups animatic, which is photographs of our storyboard edited into one film. It is a good way to show our initial ideas for filming.