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CCR Task 1:How my product uses and challenges conventions and how it represent social groups or issues? https://youtu.be/3eJEKcCjSR0 Name : Solitude Genre : Psychological thriller Age certificate : Summary : A boy abused by his mother and then kills her. He is sent to a psychiatric ward where he receives counselling. Our target audience: Adult fans of thrillers, male or female.
Our characters : Characters Female cast shown as stronger in comparison to the male characters who are weakened by the female characters. Main character Male character shown in a vulnerable state The psychologist A female character with a higher status than the male character The mother of the main character Childhood version of the main character Young and vulnerable Only shown for for a couple of seconds at a time
Challenging character stereotypes Female abuser challenging stereotypes Stereotypical character of an abuse father in the film IT Is a male character but is weakened and in a fragile state
Camerawork Low angle of the psychologist making her look larger and more important We presented the psychologist as important and with higher in status than the other characters. We used a graphic match cut of the psychologist’s hands to the mothers bruised hands with the same nail polish to show the audience that is what triggered a memory for the patient Graphic match cut- Extreme close-up and close-up of our main character In this shot there is a large amount of space between the psychologist and the main character ’American psycho’ used graphic match cuts to connect aspects of the sequence
Mise en scene The costume of the main character consists of a white t-shirt, white baggy trousers and white socks that I made very dirty to indicate poor hygiene that an institution may cause. The set was very important to create an impression of the location and how the main character has lived. Cracks, tally's and hand prints all imply a badly cared for area (not a home) that the main character wishes to leave Lighting is cold and fluorescent
Sound Section 4 - Sound - use of / subversion of typical dialogue, diegetic sound, non diegetic music, sound effects / foley etc
Editing - Reverse overlap of the same shot - Shaking of the shot shows distortion and an unstable mind Fade in and fade out of all the characters shows that the main characters thoughts are overlapping and jumbled. The blurring of the overlapped shots connotes the lack of clarity of his thoughts and feelings.