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How does your product use, develop and challenge the conventions of real media texts?

Characters, Pops and Locations

Grimmers – The Drug DealerSam’s role in the play was to play the drug dealer who tries to force his girlfriend (Mon) into taking drugs. In the soap trailer he is easily aggravated and we had to think carefully when choosing his costume to portray his “shifty” character.

When characterising Sam into “Grimmers the drug dealer” we had to carefully choose his costume as this was extremely important.

We dressed him in a black coat with a big hood and a baseball cap to hide his face. The colour black connotes the image of a “bad person” as black is a symbol of darkness and evil. Combined with the hat this immediately created Grimmers’ “drug dealer” stereotype and this would help the audience to understand Sam’s characterThe main clue for the audience to guess Sam’s

character was the bag of pills which was our only prop used to film his scene

Drug Prop: Safety

Shadia has made a quick flowchart to make sue that the precautions we took when making the soap opera are understood. We used ibuprofen tablets in a sealy button bag to make the drugs look legitimate and the screen shot to the left is how we used them in our trailer

Mon – The Drug Dealer’s Girlfriend

Monica’s role in the group was to play the innocent naive girlfriend of Grimmers the drug dealer. Grimmers tries to force Mon into taking drugs and she walks away.

To get Monica into her character we just had her dressed in a costume that portrayed a “normal teenage girl”Her costume consisted of jeans, a vest top and a leather jacket which is casual dress day-to-day dress for a girl of he age. Her white vest top emphasises innocence as white symbolises purity and innocence.Monica’s minimal make-up and hair style allows her facial expressions to stand out and shows her innocence towards her not so innocent boyfriend