Question 2 – how does your title and

Question 2 – how does your title and

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  Question 2 –How does your title and opening sequence represent particular social groups? Niall Armstrong
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  • In mytitle opening sequence, throughout the sequence the audience can clearly see the male social group and also the teenage social group. In my title opening sequence, I have represented teenagers in a positive fashion. Teenagers are my target audience and my main character is a teenager to make it more relatable. I have presented teenagers to be physically fit as in my video the protagonist is going on a jog on a nice spring afternoon, but instantly we see him in sports gear [1]. Not only this but at the start of the video, we see him stretching which illustrates how stretching is a routine thing and reinforces that he does regular exercise. I chose this specific costume of Adidas shoes, joggers and Admiral jacket as it fits the exercise which he will be conducting later in the video and to also relate to my target audience as these are brands which teenagers would aim to have in their closet as they are fashionable.
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  • Furthermore, Ihave presented teenagers to be fairly materialistic. In my opening sequence, my protagonist is wearing popular clothing brands, such as Adidas [2] and Admiral [3]. This conforms to the stereotype that teenagers and young adults thrive to be stylish and that they are very brand orientated in order to impress their peers and everyone else in society.
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  • I havepresented teenagers to be technologically abled, as in my title opening sequence he uses a phone[4]– which, nowadays is very ordinary for a teenager to be operating a phone. In general this reinforces the idea that teenagers of today were brought up in the technological era and therefore are able to use technology confidently. Furthermore, my main character is able to handle a camera which he has never seen be for with ease, as he uses the playback function and this illustrates a digital native.
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  • In mytitle opening sequence, instead of using dark lighting to present teenagers to be moody, as they’re going through a stage of adolescence, I have opted to use natural, bright lighting [5]. It’s not a true representation of teenagers as I haven’t used dark lighting. For example, in my opening sequence, at the start it is clear that the sun is shining radiantly and my protagonist is clearly enjoying the sun as he has decided to go for a run. The lighting became darker after finding the camera to represent the mood of the opening sequence and how it will progress into the film.
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  • I havepresented teenagers to be adventurous as he jogs through a forest instead of sticking to the roads. Teenagers will try discovering new places as there are curious because they are young and in general they want to experience everything so they go further afield to try and accomplish seeing new thing and I have tried to present this adventurousness and curiosity by my protagonist taking an alternative route to what a jogger would usually take.
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  • The cameraangles I have used, portrays teenagers to be equal as there are no high angles which show superiority or low angles which show that teenagers are inferior. Teenagers are in between adults, so this means they do not possess complete power and are superior in society, and they are not children, who are always told what to do. Therefore teenagers can do a lot more than children but not as much as adults. In order to get this balance of power that teenagers possess, I have used mid angles which show that teenagers are equal to everyone else. For example, in my opening sequence when he is exiting his garden, the framing means that he is at a level angle.
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  • I havepresented teenagers to be rather confident through the use of body language, this conforms to the stereotype that teenagers are prone to being more outgoing and self-assured, and I have represented this through the simple fact that he is going on a run as he has the confidence to change into some gym clothes and legitimately go running for the sake of running and improving his body image.
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  • Furthermore, Ihave presented teenagers to have a moderately careless behaviour because teenagers generally have a care free attitude and have a tendency to do what they want. This, in my opening sequence, is presented when he is running down a muddy track and challenging himself to jump over the large puddles as it entertains him. But also, curiosity and youthfulness behaviour is prevalent in my opening sequence as he goes on a little adventure instead of going on pavements. The fact he is going on a run represents his youthfulness as this creates the sense that my protagonist is physically fit and evokes the idea that he is young.
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