Freddie
He seems like quite a genuine person who is trying to make friends with the 'pretty' girl. He tries to make himself seem cooler to her by saying that his friends aren't really friends with him. But as soon as she says that she knows they are his best friends then he agrees with her. He seems to be very desperate to get to know the girl because when she gives him the list of doing things which break the school rules he agrees to doing them straight away.
Costume- The clothes that he is wearing are casual and comfy looking. They don't look expensive, which suggests that he comes from a lower class family. He is also holding a cap with a flat peak which, if it was on, could be stereotyped as 'chavy'.
Effy
She comes across as a stubborn person who does whatever she wants to do. With one of the first things she says is "You can have anything if you want it enough". This suggests that she will do anything until she gets what she wants. When Freddie is trying to make friends with her, she seems quite reluctant to doing so, and seems as though many people have asked to get to know her before hand. She is also willing to get other people in trouble and tries to create rivalry between the friends by doing so. We know already that she is a 'bad girl' by the list that she gave Freddie to do.
Costume- She also is wearing casual comfy looking clothes and again show that she may come from a lower class family. She is wearing heavy eye lake up and has big bags under her eyes, which could suggest that she has problems at home so can't sleep so is trying to cover it up.
Narrative- We can tell that the narrative is going to be the friends competing to get the list done first so they are able to get to know Effy. This clips almost leaves a cliff hanger because we want to know how they complete the list and who completes it first.
Editing- There doesn't seem to be much editing in the scene as it is set in a school and there is nothing you can really do to the school.
Sound- The sound is digetic as all we can hear are natural sounds, like people walking a long the corridor and mumbling of other people's conversations in the back ground to create the atmosphere of the school environment.
Throughout the scene there are many over the shoulder shots. The picture on the right is an example. By doing this it shows that the characters are having a conversation. A reaction shot would take place when the camera is changing from one person to the other.
There are mid shots as well in the scene. This is to show both characters in the conversation. A mid shot is when we can only see the top half of the character's body in the shot.
There is also a point of view shot when Effy tells Freddie to look at his friends. A point of view shot is when the audience see something in the eyes of the character
Emily, did you look at a third drama? You make some good observations, but more needed on the use of 'unconventional' codes. Are you saying that Beaver Falls uses conventional or unconvetiional methods to attract the teen audience? More focus on the question please. (=)
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