Blog Post #61- CCR #1

 

1. CCR #1- How do your products use or challenge conventions and how do they represent social groups or issues.  

  My creative approach was a radio talk show.

 

    Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! We are back with another episode starring Fernando Mesa, the producer of an upcoming film titled “The arrest of D.L: James’s justice”. So, Fernando, would you like to greet our audience? 

Hello everyone! Today I will be answering some questions on the crime channel's radio station.  

Yes, after I viewed your opening scene to the film, I did have some questions that I would like to be answered. 

Well, ask away! 

How did your opening scene challenge conventions within the crime genre? 

That is an amazing question that I do have the answer to! 

So, in my opening scene, after D.L successfully robs James’s house it is shown that James wakes up and witnesses D.L and his partner driving away. Now, in my film James is portrayed as a middle-class individual with a normal 9-5 job. Usually when you’re watching a film in the crime genre you would think that the main protagonist that takes down the criminal usually has some sort of advantage over ordinary people, but in my opening scene this is not the case. James is just an ordinary person and in my opening scene he is shown wanting revenge against these criminals, ignoring the fact that D.L is the mastermind criminal. 

Oh, ok that makes this film seem way more interesting because it's not every day you see a crime film that doesn't portray the protagonist as having some sort of advantage like high intelligence when compared to other people. Now I do have another question. How are social groups represented in this opening scene? 

In my opening scene, D.L is driven by the fact that robbing houses can earn him money because I wanted to represent the stereotype that criminals are lower class individuals who want to steal valuables from higher class individuals. I did this by showing a scene of him and his partner scouting around a neighborhood for the perfect house to rob that would provide him with an amount of money that he would consider successful for a robbery. This isn't the only stereotype that is represented. In my opening scene I portrayed the stereotype that criminals are menacing by filming D.L exiting out of his vehicle using a camera angle called a low angle. The final stereotype that I will speak about is regarding D.L’s partner in crime. I wanted to portray the stereotype that criminals have “sidekicks” so to do this I made a character in my film who assists D.L in committing all his crimes. His partner is shown at the start of my opening scene and is shown again near the end. His partner in this scene acts as a driver for D.L in order for D.L to successfully enter James’s house and leave after he has secured the valuables within his house.  

Ok well that's all the questions I had for you today! Thank you for coming on to the crime channels radio station and have a wonderful rest of your day! 

Same to you!