Assignment 33: Representation of

Social Groups

Male Teenagers aged 17-18

• The age of our character in our OTS will be 17-18 years old, so they will be a male teenager approaching young adult. We will portray him to the audience as an ordinary male teenager, casual clothing, short hair etc. This will be a stereotypical representation of the social group because they not be doing any unusual activities.

• They will just be doing their daily morning routine; getting food, shaving, freshening up etc. This representation of the character is a positive stereotype because they will be acting as normal, they won’t be doing anything out of the ordinary.

Character Representation and how it collides with the

plot• However, once the character starts to hallucinate, then the

representation of this social group turns into a challenging stereotype and a challenging representation as it is not normal for teenage boys of 17-18 years old to be hallucinating such graphic images such as the character in the OTS.

• This then turns into a counter-stereotypical representation of the character because you don’t usually see people of this age to be going insane due to their hallucinations.

• The fact they are now going insane is itself unusual and unnatural because teenagers are meant to be living freely, going out with friends and being so called @rebels@ to the adults.

• However, unbeknown to everyone else, we are seeing a very sensitive teenager who is clearly suffering badly from madness and paranoia.

Technical Codes:

• Camera

• We will use high angles to belittle the character, making him appear vulnerable to the hallucinations as they slowly become more intense and more physical. This represents the character as inferior compared to the madness side of him which eventually has superiority and gets the better of the character. The camera shots at the start will be balanced to connote that everything is stable and normal.

• Editing

• Editing - When the events happen, the camera will use fast cuts to emphasise that the character is in danger and he's vulnerable to what is attacking. This is a stereotypical representation of teenagers as it connotes that when they're in danger or in the way of

harm they are considered to be unable to control the situation.

Technical Codes: MES and Sound

• Mise-en-scene:

• MES - The character decides not to get dressed for the day and walks around in his dressing gown and clothing he slept in. This is a stereotypical representation of teenagers as it connotes that they're lazy and they don't get dressed as soon as they wake up for the day ahead.

• Sound:

• Sound - The use of the mobile phone alarm going off is a stereotypical representation for teenagers to rely on since they need an alarm or a loud annoying noise on repeat in order to get them up in the morning.