The main aim of our film is to challenge the representations of teenage pregnancies always being the result of careless acts of young girls and instead show the hardships some girls are forced to face. It shows young girls in a different light, being vulnerable and taken advantage of rather than willingly being sexually active. The amount of teenage pregnancies of recent years have caused many people to believe that all young people are irresponsible and are forced to think about abortion and adoption, as they are not ready for responsibility and are not in a position that they can support a baby.
The BSR archetypes we feature in our film are the failing man, seen later on in our media, Becca's single father struggles to take care of Becca and feels like he has failed raising her when he first finds out about the pregnancy. He often takes out his anger on Becca, and they do not have a positive relationship which he beats himself up about. This is not stereotypical as single parents are usually shown as the mother rather than the father. This is also differs in the fact that we portray a man as weak when weakness is often portrayed through a woman. Also later on in the film we see the archetype of the saviour, a boy who tries to aid Becca when she considers self harm at the result of her depression. This contrasts the character of the rapist as it shows a teenage boy to be sensitive rather than aggressive. We also see a follower, a girl who used to be Becca's best friend but follows a group of bullies who constantly pick on her for her pregnancy.
In our opening we see the archetype of the weak but aggressive man, which represents the character of the rapist. He is weak as he takes advantage of a girl who is vulnerable, but shows that he is aggressive through the acts of rape.
These shots show how the rapist is aggressive (linking to the archetype) as he takes up the majority of the screen. This shows him as the more dominant character whilst showing Becca as weak and vulnerable. The scenes of the rape are kept quite short in the way it is edited, as it emphasises the aggression in the rapist's movements in contrast to other scenes. The camera angles used on the character of the rapist are low portraying him as dominant. This represents young boys as aggressive, dangerous and may even show a stereotype of teenage boys being more likely to commit crimes. The high camera angles on Becca portray her as vulnerable. This represents women as weak, and shows the stereotype of women being weaker than men.
The shots showing the alley is stereotypical as it is where most people would expect something like this to occur. It is stereotypical that rough areas will have a higher crime rate. However using an alley way shows how we conformed to the BSR genre, otherwise it would not create the right atmosphere or look like a BSR location.
The costumes are stereotypical of the youth today, as it is what is currently fashionable. We were sure not to show wealth through branded clothes to conform to the BSR genre. It represents our characters to be of an average income for working class people, being able to afford fashionable clothes rather than tracksuits (often used in BSR films), which we did not think represented working class people or relate to our target audience well. Our lighting in most alley way scenes are quite stereotypical for BSR, quite dark natural lighting in the alley way scenes again representing the themes of the film, also representing the rapist as a dark character, a villain according to Propp's character types. The lighting in the scenes he is involved in is much more low key than scenes without his presence.
The sound is not stereotypical for a BSR. The songs used with similar themes are usually quite fast and aggressive, usually what is popular among young people today, as it is quite often dubstep. However we opted for a much slower, softer piece that makes the audience empathise with our protagonist. The anchorage in our opening is the music, as it represents the emotions of Becca, this is quite stereotypical as background music is a quite an effective way of portraying a character's emotions in a film.
You can listen to our music here:
http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow
In our film we use a black actor for the rapist which is stereotypical in British films as they often use old views on race. However, we also used a black actress for the role of Becca, who would be stereotypically white with a quite chavvy personality, especially considering the location we filmed in. This was not intended to have these characters to be of the same race as we did not realise the stereotypes existed and don't have themes of racial discrimination feature in our film.
Films like "The Selfish Giant" have an all white cast, yet Bradford is very multicultural, so it is not realistic to the area. Here, we show subversion and conformity to stereotypes established in other BSR films. Films like "The Selfish Giant" have an all white cast, yet Bradford is very multicultural, so it is not realistic to the area. Later on in the film, scenes were to be set at Becca's school, where we would see many different races and cultures, as we wanted to set it in modern times and not to focus on racial issues which is not common in the area we have set our film in.
The BSR archetypes we feature in our film are the failing man, seen later on in our media, Becca's single father struggles to take care of Becca and feels like he has failed raising her when he first finds out about the pregnancy. He often takes out his anger on Becca, and they do not have a positive relationship which he beats himself up about. This is not stereotypical as single parents are usually shown as the mother rather than the father. This is also differs in the fact that we portray a man as weak when weakness is often portrayed through a woman. Also later on in the film we see the archetype of the saviour, a boy who tries to aid Becca when she considers self harm at the result of her depression. This contrasts the character of the rapist as it shows a teenage boy to be sensitive rather than aggressive. We also see a follower, a girl who used to be Becca's best friend but follows a group of bullies who constantly pick on her for her pregnancy.
In our opening we see the archetype of the weak but aggressive man, which represents the character of the rapist. He is weak as he takes advantage of a girl who is vulnerable, but shows that he is aggressive through the acts of rape.
These shots show how the rapist is aggressive (linking to the archetype) as he takes up the majority of the screen. This shows him as the more dominant character whilst showing Becca as weak and vulnerable. The scenes of the rape are kept quite short in the way it is edited, as it emphasises the aggression in the rapist's movements in contrast to other scenes. The camera angles used on the character of the rapist are low portraying him as dominant. This represents young boys as aggressive, dangerous and may even show a stereotype of teenage boys being more likely to commit crimes. The high camera angles on Becca portray her as vulnerable. This represents women as weak, and shows the stereotype of women being weaker than men. The shots showing the alley is stereotypical as it is where most people would expect something like this to occur. It is stereotypical that rough areas will have a higher crime rate. However using an alley way shows how we conformed to the BSR genre, otherwise it would not create the right atmosphere or look like a BSR location. The costumes are stereotypical of the youth today, as it is what is currently fashionable. We were sure not to show wealth through branded clothes to conform to the BSR genre. It represents our characters to be of an average income for working class people, being able to afford fashionable clothes rather than tracksuits (often used in BSR films), which we did not think represented working class people or relate to our target audience well. Our lighting in most alley way scenes are quite stereotypical for BSR, quite dark natural lighting in the alley way scenes again representing the themes of the film, also representing the rapist as a dark character, a villain according to Propp's character types. The lighting in the scenes he is involved in is much more low key than scenes without his presence. The sound is not stereotypical for a BSR. The songs used with similar themes are usually quite fast and aggressive, usually what is popular among young people today, as it is quite often dubstep. However we opted for a much slower, softer piece that makes the audience empathise with our protagonist. The anchorage in our opening is the music, as it represents the emotions of Becca, this is quite stereotypical as background music is a quite an effective way of portraying a character's emotions in a film.
You can listen to our music here:
http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow
In our film we use a black actor for the rapist which is stereotypical in British films as they often use old views on race. However, we also used a black actress for the role of Becca, who would be stereotypically white with a quite chavvy personality, especially considering the location we filmed in. This was not intended to have these characters to be of the same race as we did not realise the stereotypes existed and don't have themes of racial discrimination feature in our film.
Films like "The Selfish Giant" have an all white cast, yet Bradford is very multicultural, so it is not realistic to the area. Here, we show subversion and conformity to stereotypes established in other BSR films. Films like "The Selfish Giant" have an all white cast, yet Bradford is very multicultural, so it is not realistic to the area. Later on in the film, scenes were to be set at Becca's school, where we would see many different races and cultures, as we wanted to set it in modern times and not to focus on racial issues which is not common in the area we have set our film in.
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