Representation - Our Film

Locations

We have chosen to represent our locations in the usual glamorous, idealistic way that romantic films always represent locations, so that we present the characters life and the world they live in as desirable. To do this we have chosen pretty, suburban locations which will be made to look even more glamorous with the use of high key lighting.




Events

We have also chosen to stick with the over dramatisation of events seen in romantic films, and make everything that happens in our film seem like it is the most important thing in our characters lives, e.g. the most amazing party, a long lasting relationship. We are going to do this with the help of editing, by building up suspense before the boy and girl meet with the use of inter-cutting  we can create the effect that it is a very important moment in their lives.





Characters - Gender Stereotypes

We have decided to stick with the change in trends of the girl being the one that is sought after and represent her as a confident, independent, beautiful woman to be desired. We are going to do this by firstly building up the suspense of not knowing what she looks like until the reveal at the party which will help to represent her as a stunningly beautiful, desirable woman; also by making the character walk to the party alone we are representing her as confident and independent girl, this is also helped with the bright red colour of her dress. However, we had decided to stick to the stereotypical image of the girly girl and represent her as a feminine, mainstream, young woman with the help of gender colours such as pink and purple, flowers, dresses and makeup.