Media consumption

Our target audience will most likely be people who have consumed a lot of media, whether they have watch lots of films, similar to ours or not, read books, maybe books that have become films. They are active media consumers so therefore have the capacity for skepticism, judgement, free thinking, questioning, and understanding.

They consume other media through television and film. People that watch TV series that have multiple series and/or watch films that often have a sequel or more then that are the people who will be our main target audience. This is because we want to leave people questioning what is happening or make them try and predict whats going to occur next.

We also want keen film watchers who enjoy film/movie nights. Our target audience will mainly be the film fanatics who love films and love breaking down films and analysing them. 

Collective identity essay

In today's lesson we made improvements to our collective identity essay. We added Hebdiges theory to our essay because we did research on it for homework. His theory suggests that the representation of youths is very limited. He also suggests that the medias representation of youths is not reality. Our collective identity essay is structured by having the films we have watched and at the start and then the theories that they link to.

My Brother the Devil

In todays lesson we finished watching 'My Brother the Devil'. I enjoyed watching the film because it very well directed and gives a good view of youth culture and what it is like to be in a London gang, or any gang for that matter. It has a really good story line which you can follow, the story line also allows you to make relationships with the characters and you feel as if you are with them when dangerous things are taking place. The viewer gets the message of the film very easily.

Film composition

In today's lesson we looked at film composition within Wes Anderson films such as Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Having the main point of focus in the middle of the screen draws all of the audiences attention towards it.


Wes Anderson likes to do it a little bit different to everyone else because most directors have the main point of the shot in one of the corners using the rule of thirds. But Anderson prefers to have the main point of the shot in the middle of the shot.

My Brother the Devil 1

In today's lesson we began watching 'My brother the devil'. The film is a gang violence film which is based in London. It is also a Youth culture film that follows two brothers, one who is dealing drugs in order to escape gang life as quick as possible and one who wants to be like his brother and join the gang.


The film presents the youth characters in this film as thugs and rule breakers. This is because Rash and Mo aren't allowed to smoke or drink alcohol because of their religion but they do it most days and earn money through dealing drugs. Within the film there are many stereotypes to do with youth culture. Such as the gang members having tattoos at a young age. The film is set in London which is where the most well known gangs are from, or where most gangs are based/formed.


My brother the devil trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CcVvaGJYSE

Project planning

Over the last week we have been doing our project planning in our group. For project planning we have discussed genre of film we want to produce and the ideas of how our film. We have decided that we will make a thriller with the edginess of a horror. We will make the adjustments to our mood board because we previously planned to do a cryptic horror film.We have discussed locations and actors because we want to be as organised as possible in order to meet our deadlines with a high quality piece of work.



We decided to try a different genre at A2 compared to AS. At AS we chose an action genre so for A2 we thought we would try and make a thriller film.



Our rough film plot is a boy visiting a girls house when an unknown person confronts/abducts him. The unknown person then continues the text conversation the boy and girl were having. He lets himself into her house and goes up top her room to find her. It is a rough idea which we will experiment with and change/adds things to our film.



We will need to discover the best location for our film to be shot. We will most likely need to use many different locations.

Peer questions

In class, we peer assessed other members of the classes work by asking each other relevant questions to do with their AS production, the questions I got asked were:



1) What relevance does seeing the male get out of bed and get changed have to the story line?

- Seeing the male get out of bed and get changed when recieving a text is showing the audience that he lives a normal life, even though later in the production it shows him spying on people and hiding away.





2) Why does he receive a text and then leave the house?

- The male recieving a text then leaving his house is showing that his job is one that is dictated by people of a hierarchy, his position is one that requires him to be ready when called upon.





3) What's the point in the male using binoculars when on the bridge?

- The male using binoculars emphasises the point that he is spying on people or looking for information, it also puts a spotlight on what he is looking at, two other males who are in the middle of a field being overlooked by a train track.