In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
ACTIVITY 2
In the film. Bullet boy and my Film, Slums ...Infamous J and Ricky are in similar as they are both of an ethnic origin, they are grammatically alike as they both tend to speak in slang using words like 'blood, and cuz' They also both play a brotherly role in their own different way, Infamous J plays the role of an older role model to Paul, whether its a bad role model or a negative one he still has the power to influence Paul's actions as shown in the film; this is similar to the character Ricky from Bullet Boy as he tries to guide his little brother through the rough area which they grew up in. The difference between the two characters is that Ricky had possitive intentions for his brother but these positive intentions where all being distroyed by he's gang affiliated lifestyle, whilst Infamous J did not truely have any love for Paul and was only manipulating him to do his dirty work.
As shown in the images above, both Ricky and Infamous J are seen in hooded sporting clothing, this reinforces the general stereotypical views that all male ethnic are running from the law, using hooded tops to keep their identity hidden.
ACTIVITY 4
My film will mainly be targeted at youths withing the African/Caribbean origin but will also be translatable to any youth within an ethnic background. The target age for this product will be to teenagers between the ages of 13 - 19, i chose this age due to the fact that the genre is crime/drama , this is something to definitely get the youths excited, however the other reason i chose to support this age group is because due to my general knowledge and statistics from http://www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/ i was able to select the delicate ages which are being affected by crime.
My target group would have the taste for the finer things in life, designer clothing, the lastest computer games.They'll be intrested in going out, having a laugh and simply living life. Theyre likely to be shopping in regular local sites such as shown below.
The type of music my target would listen to would probably be Bashment, hip hop, rap, r&b, funky house anything current, m pretty sure they would rather go to a theater, prior to a cinema.
Their favourite tv programs will be
Looking back my preliminary task, i feel i have developed as a media student in many ways, i am now more aware on the importance of the equipments used in filming a media text such as a Tripod, this is an essential that my preliminary task lacked which made it look unbalanced and amature. Also since my preliminary task my editing knowledge has increased as i am now able to make freeze frames and synchronise cuts within the scene.
I have also been introduced to the importance of the 180 degree rule and i'm now more confident and certain in terms of when and where it should be used and how it can be broken but effectively.
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