How does your film represent certain groups of people?As you can see this teacher (Mr Jones, The Headteacher) is wearing a very smart suit and carrying a laptop briefcase in his hand. This represents that most experienced teachers are dressed in a smart way because most important teachers want respect so they dress smartly. We wanted the headteachers costume to be believable as possible, this is because we want the actor to feel the part but also have a deeper meaning to himself i.e. that he is plotting something sinister.
The school children are wearing a smart uniform and are well-behaved. This is a challenge to the representation that all teenagers are angry and rebellious, but the children, in the audience's eyes, come across as being good but they have another side which is evil, this makes them unsuspected an unsuspected criminal. The reason why they are evil inside is because of the stereotypical view that all teenagers are easily manipulative.
As you can see this is a teacher wearing a casual blouse and smart trousers (Miss Smith, new teacher). The reason why her costume is this, is plian and simple, she is a new teacher and wants to impress the headteacher and the students aswel because she wants to show them htat she is relaxed and easy going i.e. give off a relaxed atmosphere.
We wanted the film to be as realistic as possible, which is why we shot it in school becuase this would be as realistic and get our target audince to imagine a normal day at school, which turns into a nightmare for any teenager aged 15-21.
The costume aspect of the teachers is plain and simple becuase the headteacher is dressed in a smart suit becuase he is higher up in the social status of the school were-as the new teacher is wearing a relaxed smart casual suit which states that she is lower down in the social status of the school becuase she is new and wants to dress to impress. Some students are dressed quite smartly and other are not as well dressed, this is becuase some of the students are secreatly evil and the others are just normal students, but the difference is that the smartly dressed students are the evil ones, this is definatly a challenge to a convention, this is that all scruffy children are 'evil'.
For cast our group wanted the headteacher to have a friendly appearence, but have something deeper about his person, which is why we chosen Ryan Sault to play the character of Mr Jones. The reason for this was becuase Ryan has a professional look about him when he is in his costume, but he can quickly change his movments to make it appear that he is planning something (this is achived by his expresionless face). We wanted our new teacher to be as realistic as possible, which is why we chosen Amy Thompson to play the character know as Miss Smith. The reason for this is becuase she has a friendly atmosphere about her which help her in her portrale of the character becuase Miss Smith is new and wants to impress people by dressing in a smart casual appreance and have a bubbley, kind personality.
The lighting that we have used was naturall sunlight and occassionaly, when needed it we turned on the school classroom and corridor lights for added realisim to the scene.
The music we use is mainly Non-diegetic because we used soundtrack pro to find an eerie sound effect that we could use thoughout the film, which added to the atmosphere and the thriller factor of the film
