story board for video

The different types of clothing for our different stereotype groups.

For our short video we are going to have different types of stereotypes in groups round the school for our video we will be looking into these different groups and portray them as most people would normally think of them.

Rugby Team

For our stereotype of a rugby team we will have them as well muscled men

Different types of stereotypes that are commonly used in films for men and women.

In the world the use of stereotypes is commonly used in the film industry to act as a easily identifiable person, almost like it being a code that the audience can recognise.

Male stereotypes

The Jokers
In the film need for speed some of the characters would be classed as a Joker which is a very popular character with boys, this could be because laughter is part of "mask of masculinity." which makes the character seem more masculine. A potential negative side effect of this stereotype is the assumption that boys and men should not be serious or emotional. This makes boys watching this film want to be more like that character and can lead to problems in the future with letting pent up emotion's out.

The Jocks
This stereotype is more commonly used in American based films when usually there is some form of sports team involved for example a American football team will always have its players playing the part of "The Jocks". Jocks are always up to compromise there own health over a form of small importance e.g. if there is a girl involved. This usually entails a fight with other men and must avoid being seen as "soft" and must be aggressive. By demonstrating his power and strength, the jock usually wins the approval of other men and the love of women.

The Strong Silent Type
This type of male stereotype focuses on "being in charge, acting decisively, containing emotion, and succeeding with women." This stereotype reinforces the assumption that men and boys should always be in control, and that talking about feelings is a sign of weakness. A bad point to this stereotype is that it is highly sexist and will make women feel inferior and will always portray men as Superior which is not always correct.

The Action Hero
He is "strong, but not necessarily silent. He is often angry, and he is excessively aggressive in the extreme and, increasingly over the past several decades, he engages in violent behavior", for example in the film series James Bond where he destroys massive bases and kills hundreds of people.

Women Stereotypes
Female stereotypes in the media are mostly seen as negative ones, this is a demeaning and wrong thing to do as today women and men are seen as equals. But in the media today have not yet achieved this level of civilised nature.

The Cheerleader

Cheerleaders are seen as the group of girls or young adults that are obsessed with the way that they look, also have huge egos which are fragile that can be broken by the slightest remark from other people which the cheerleaders see as "lesser" people. This usually entails a "bitch fight" that will probably use the ability to hair pull and scratch. This shows a totaly wrong way to portray women as it shows them as a group of "air heads"

Different types of studio to consider to make our film.

for our film if it were to get professionally made, there would be the problem of which studio to use for the main shooting of the film. Because choosing the right studio is a serious issue to do with making a film it is critical that the writer chooses the right one because different studios have different fourtays in different areas of film, for example Warner Bros are famous for their more "dark" films that are not conventionaly for children

Target market for our intro into our film.

For our film we are doing a musical. This type of film at the moment is a very popular type of genre film that is being made at the moment, this will make it more suitable for our audiences. The main target market for musicals are girls from the ages from about the age of 8 to about the age of 16. This plus other people that break this trend are the target market/ target audience.

Our film will be mostly based around music that is almost soft rock this could mean that we put some of our main target market off because they will be more into pop music and not soft rock this could mean that if this movie was made in real life that it could fail to produce as much sales revenue as a musical like High School musical could make.

A way that our short film could attract a bigger target market could be to make the costumes for our characters to be more stereotypical of that of "popular" kids or that when they are not singing they conform to a certain form of personality which could be classed as almost "American sounding which over the last couple of years seems to make a powerful mix when it comes to its popularity.

Ways in which to cover continuity

Ways in which my group are thinking about covering the jump created by the cutting of film before showing a different type of stereotype could be cover the jump with a flash of light, almost like a camera does when it takes a picture this would cover the shot and would keep the audience watching because they would not be expecting it. Also because of the flash it would hide any flaws in the position of the groups of stereotypes this would make filming the video much easier because we would not have this factor to worry about.

Another continuity error that could occur could be that when we are doing the transition between the different locations because if we took one take of the entire transition there are bound to be errors in the transition between the locations. A way to counteract this could be to make multiple shots of these transitions this would mean that we could effectively "mix and match" the different shots via editing the different videos together this would mean that we could make the video more smooth and easier to watch with less continuity errors.

Age Rating on movies.

The BBFC rates theatrically-released films, and rated videos and video games that forfeited exemption from the Video Recordings Act 1984, which was discovered in August 2009 to be unenforceable. Legally, local authorities have the power to decide under what circumstances films are shown in cinemas, but they nearly always choose to follow the advice of the BBFC.

The different types of age ratings that the BBFC, these range from R18's which are classed as the most adult to U's which are suitable for minors.

U's are the most suitable for a audience of minors due to the fact that they do not have any form of discrimination or any other form of insult, this makes it more appropriate for younger viewers.

PG stands for Parental guidance, this means that it is suitable for general viewing but some scenes could be unsuitable for children under the age of 8.

12 films are suitable for people that are 12 and over this means that no one can go and see a 12 age rating film at the cinema or rent or buy a video DVD, VHS or Blue ray from a shop.

This age rating can be unsuitable for under 12's. Those aged under 12 are only admitted if accompanied by an adult at all times during the performance. this age rating was only passed in recent years due to parents being distressed that they have to leave their children at home due to them wanting to see a film, 12a films allowed parents to bring siblings if they so desired.

This form of age rating is suitable only for those aged 15 and over. Nobody younger than 15 can see a 15 film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15 rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. Most adult films that are made today are 15 age rated films this allows most older teenagers to view them, this target market is usually into this form of age rated film due to it not being too "babyish" and also it is appropriate for their age.

This film is only suitable only for adults, and nobody younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema, also no-one younger than 18 can rent or buy an 18 rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game from a shop. The only older film rating that there is above this is R18's which are usually inappropriate for most audiences due to it usually being about some form of intercourse, and can only be sold at licenced cinemas and sex shops.