Representation is the stereotypical things that we would assume that are usually happen in films which often involve gender, age, race etc. Some films that include representation would be Kidulthood where we see black teenagers involved with gangs. This representation would be race where black people are represented as villains.
The types of social groups that we expect to see in title sequences of teen dramas depend on whether it's high school or youth drama. High school would have social groups of squad in their title sequence. A squad is a small group of 3-15 people who work as a team to achieve their goals.
Youth drama would have social groups of gangs in their title sequence. Gangs would usually be an urban group that gathers in a particular area and also have a negative influence.
The title sequence we made for Street Love involved teenage stereotypes that we have seen in other films. The stereotypes that we included of teenagers would be how we see a teenage black boy with the costume of a hoody and also with the props of a bike. This brings out the stereotype of black teenage boys being in gangs and always being in trouble. The other films that we have seen this in would be the youth dramas Kidulthood and as well as Attack The Block. We thought this should be included in the title sequences because it's representation of black teenagers and the audience would understand the main character more if we put him in the costume we did. We thought this would act as a short cut to communicate meaning to our character to the audience.
The title sequence for Street Love.
The title sequence for Kidulthood.
The title sequence for Attack The Block.
In the representation of our main character, we decided to show him to the audience as a negative representation. In our title sequence we support the general stereotypes with the main character rather than challenge the general stereotype.
Another way we have supported common stereotypes would be by how the main character is getting his hair done by his girlfriend. This shows the common stereotype of that women are there to take care of the man.
Yes, lighting affected the way we have represented the main character. During the title sequence, you see the main character who is representing the stereotype of young black teenagers being dressed up as a thug and during the title sequence you see him when there is natural lighting which tells the audience about his character falsely. If I could go back to film again, I would make the lighting of the scene more darker like in Attack The Block title sequence (above) as it gives more information to the audience about the character.
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