evaluation questions 1 & 2- Phil

1)     1) I feel that our media project mimics popular film culture reasonably well to a certain extent as the vast majority of the shots in our opening are derived from other movie intros we have watched for example the back to the future opening inspired the character description that we tried to put into the sequence. The aim was to show the audience what sort of person the main character is and what will happen to him later on in the film. We have also put hints into what will happen to other characters that will influence the story line and what happens to the main character. I also think that the film sequence keeps its individuality in the way that the main character (Albert) seems reasonably anonymous for the first few scenes and his personality and physical features are then revealed. I think that putting the titles and credits into the films physical environment (credits on books and title on the resignation letter) was effective and makes the sequence more interesting. This was inspired by the opening of Nacho Libre. The sequence appears to have the right balance of original and derived ideas.

2)Our media product represents particular social groups in the way that the audience learns that the main character is a school boy. I think that this will help younger people relate to the main character the other character in the opening is the teacher (Phil) the teacher is portrayed negatively in the way that he looks grumpy and is making snappy movements at his white board and looks strict. This will result in our audience not liking this character and will make the film appeal to school kids as it is largely assumed that they do not perhaps particularly like some of their teachers