Question

1: In what way does your products use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
 Alcohol: Fish Tank Social Realism

Alcohol is a key element of any Teen Drama and
Social Realism narrative, it is used in the lm
Fish Tank to display the theme of adulthood.
We have similarly used alcohol in our rst shot
(picture 1) to display the theme of domestic
abuse, as this is what augments the abuse.

Domestic Abuse:
The Perks of Being a Wallower Teen Drama

It is not exactly explored, but we become privy to the
inappropriate relationship between Charlie and his Aunt
Helen.

We have similarly presented this theme with low angles
on the mother and a wide shot of Ryder, (picture 2)
showing a sense of isolation
 Avery Keller: A Girl Like Her Teen Drama

Avery is initially seen as a dominant character through the use of low
angle close ups in the trailer. Additionally the shift of non-diegetic
music presented a sense on intimidation.
This then changes as wide shots are used presenting a sense of isolation
and vulnerability for Avery, aligning with her emotions as she realises
her actions to Jessica were mean.

We replicated this with our character of Riley-Mae by using low angle
close up shots (picture 4), but then also using a close up when she dees
her mother, (picture 7) showing her dominance and developing control
In a similar way we have also presented a shift of dominance by using a
wide shot, with transitional cross-fade to expose a sense of alienation
for Riley-Mae towards the end of the trailer. (picture 8)

This use of the troubled dualism eectively allows us to implement the
Redemption Plot into our narrative
 The Edge of Seventeen Teen Drama

The transitions use movement to add a more jovial impact for the trailer. It added a simplistic modern
creative twist which aligned with the youth and modern issues of the lm.

In a similar way we replicated this through our titles by allowing slow movement of the heading to the
right, whilst the directorial names to the left (picture 5), as well as moving the the eye of the to the
left, and bully to the right for the ending title (picture 9)

By doing so we were able to ironically contrast the dreary mood against the calming movement of the
titles.

The Perks of Being a Wallower Teen Drama

Once again the use of titles added a jovial impact for the trailer. They were edited to appear one word
at a time asynchronous with the beat of the non-diegetic music.
Although this enabled a jovial impact, we thought it would contrast too much to the atmosphere we
were trying to create in our trailer, thus deciding not to replicate it
 Saturation: A Girl Like Her Teen Drama

Within the editing process it is clear to see that the editors have
reduced the saturation of the video footage to create a clear
dierentiation between that and the professional quality of lming. In
a way this also demonises Avery Keller as she is presented in a colder
way. This has been included in the trailer as well as a sudden
saturation reduction is used in order to expose and heighten the cruel
intentions of Averys actions.

In a similar way, we have also reduced the saturation (picture 6)

compared to the original left this allowed us to implement a
colder atmosphere, which ultimately will allow the audience to feel
nervous about Ryders actions he is taking.
Most commonly, settings are limited to _ locations for Within our trailer we have also replicated the
either Teen Drama or Social Realism genres, these settings used in the majority of Teen Drama and
include:
Social Realism lms. We have used all three
- School locations.
- Home
- Park (of some sort)

The Perks of
Film / Diary of a This Is The Edge of A Girl Like The Eye of
Being a
Location Teenage Girl England Seventeen Her the Bully
Wallflower

School Picture 3

Home Picture 2

Park N/A Picture 8

 The Edge of Seventeen Teen Drama
Although the character of Nadine is seen as a unpopular socially awkward
character, she still is seen as a fashionable character.

We have challenged this by making our unsociable character dress in
unfashionable attire. We told Carmen (Nancy) to wear a large jumper and
glasses, with no makeup. This instantly challenged the fashionable character.
However with our character of Riley-Mae we conformed to this as we made
sure Ariana was in

The Perks of Being a Wallower Teen Drama

In order to attain a realistic narrative, props were those commonly found within the scene (there was a lack
of absurd props). However there was a repetitive use of music tapes, through this reoccurring prop, they
were able to create a sense of comfort for Charlie, symbolising his happiness as they were always used at
moments he was most content.

We have continued this by using props that are commonly found within the setting, for example, within the
rst scene at home, we used props of an alcoholic drink and glass (picture 1) whilst in the scene in which
Ryder leaves, we have used a chest of draws and clothes (picture 6) to enable again a realistic scene.
However, we have not used a recurring prop in order to constant undulating emotions of Riley-Mae
There are limited unusual props used for many of the Teen
Drama and Social Realism lms we have looked into due to
the fact that are naturalistic narratives, that are made to allow
the audience to relate to from the emotional issues, it is
uncommon for the lms of this genre to have absurd uses of
props, unlike those of a horror or thriller which might use
knives, guns or specic historical book.

We have continued this by using props that are commonly
found within the setting, for example, within the rst scene at
home, we used props of an alcoholic drink and glass (picture 1)
whilst in the school scenes we used pencil cases and textbooks
to align to the naturalistic school aesthetic. And in the scene in
which Ryder leaves, we have used a chest of draws and clothes
(picture 6) to enable again a realistic scene.