Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Codes and conventions are a recognizable system of analysis. It is similar to Genre in the sense that there are certain rules (or CODES) that must be followed in order for the audience to assign a common reading or meaning of what is happening.

The classic codes and conventions of British/American teen films come from the widely used conventions of stereotypes and social groups. The wide range stereotypes most commonly used include:

• The Jock/Cheerleader
• School Diva
• The Geek/Nerd
• The Rebel
• The Misfit, or The Outcast
• The Boy/Girl next door)
• The New Girl/Boy
• The Loner
• The Band Geek
• Class Hottie
• Class Clown

      Binary Oppositions                   
                                                   Good                                             Bad

    We have used the stereotypical good and bad character such as seen in mean girls, however we have developed it by adding islamic context. This is also the main binary opposition we have used.

     Codes and conventions of teen films are:

         Titles are a key convention in any film teen or not:

 

These are the titles which show the characters from our film on the right and mean girls on the left. Both titles are written very clearly, however the fonts are different due to the style/theme of the film.

 

 These screen shots show the titles from mean girls and our film (2 lives) as you can see they are very similar and both have a black background.

Setting and Geographical Location

      This screenshot shows the outside and inside of the home area where our opening is set.

Theme Song Starring

Mise-en-sene related to genre or context of film

 The quran shown right at the start of the opening indicates it is an Islamic film.

     We have changed the codes and conventions our teen film because of the cultural context of the film for example in our opening you would expect elements of Islam such as praying scenes and topics to do with the Quran etc. whereas in an American teen movie you would expect themes and topics such as proms, alcohol, drugs, high school, parties etc.