CCR Question #1 Draft

Conventions and Social Groups

We challenged the convention of having artificial lighting, instead of having artificial lighting in of scenes, that would have made the action in the movie more visible. However, we decided to challenge this convention by using only natural light. This choice meant that some scenes were difficult to see, but this was done on purpose, because it gave the movie a more realistic feel that we wanted. We also felt that it gave a more gritty and intense feel to the scenes that we thought would fit the movie well. 

A convention we used, that I saw in the film Pulp Fiction, was beginning the movie in the midst of a conversation. Specifically, the movie starts with our actor, Shawn Biza, stating, "Alright and there's no cops, you sure this place is safe?". This causes the viewer to be in the action as soon as the movie starts, and engages them as soon as possible. It also helps set up the plot without wasting any time.

A simple convention used in all films, but a vital one that we essential to our film was dialogue. This is how our film progresses and moves, without dialogue our film would not have worked. This is true for many films, dialogue is a vital part of most films and nearly all films in our genre. Therefore it was very conventional for us to use this in our film, but it was needed in order for us to have a successful film. 

There are two main social groups in our project, the candy seller and the buyer. The actor and actress Shawn Biza, and Tyanna Denord, represent the sellers, in our film they both illegally sell candy, I played the role of a buyer, someone who buys the candy from the sellers. However in our film the social group of the sellers can be separated into two types, one with experience and one without. Shawn Biza plays the seller with no experience, he is represented as being nervous and vulnerable. Whereas the seller with experience was portrayed by Tyanna Denord, who did a great job representing the experienced seller as being intimidating and in-control. The buyer was portrayed by me, I represented the character as being care-free and only caring about himself. These were the social groups of our film and them and their occupations drive the film.