CCR TIME!!! (Question 1)

     Finally, It's time to focus on the CCR! This is getting real, It's the final stretch of this project! First things first, I need to come up with an idea for the video of this and another question. Right now, I think a good way to set up the questions in a fun way that would also showcase my personality would be a Billy On The Street style video. Basically, the way that would work is I run around interviewing random people (obviously, this would be staged and the would all know about the video) and I ask the questions that I'm meant to answer. Usually on the show, when someone gets the answer wrong he tells them the actual answer in a funny manner. I think this would be a super fun and entertaining way to do one of my CCR videos. I could even include my actors as special guests since that's often done in Billy On The Street. 

    Now for answering the first question, how does my product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

    First let's discuss genre conventions. My film had utilized a multitude of genre conventions considering Psychological Dramas. First of all, all of the films I have seen in this genre also take the approach of specific color schemes to make the main character specifically stand out. A good example of this (Like I had mentioned before) would be The Joker. I had also taken a lot of inspiration from the opening credits of films like these (ex. Whiplash). Though, I had challenged some conventions, too. The main thing I had challenged was the main character being the protagonist. In my film, the main character is actually the antagonist of the film, even though that isn't specifically brought up in the opening. I had also made the psychological issue of the main character something a lot more abstract (I mean, I don't think films usually have a clown that only one person can see putting tape over people mouths...) But in all seriousness, I think I stuck to the genre pretty well, even though I took a bunch of my own creative liberties with it too.

    The next part of this question is representation, and that is a big one for me and this film. I had specifically planned out for the two main characters to represent a new oppressive government and revolution. Though, it's a bit hard to make that clear within the opening. The whole concept of the film itself is representing how some countries take away freedom of speech for their citizens. The whole point of the silencing is how Charles, the 'new government', doesn't listen to things he doesn't want to hear. There is slightly more to it than that though. While that description is baseline, I could honestly argue instead of it showing Charles not listening, it shows Charles genuinely not allowing that person to express that idea anymore after they speak out against him.  This is why within the opening I show Jackson, the revolution, rip his tape off. Some people will put their lives, or in the case of the film friendships, on the line to actually be able to voice their opinion. While the film itself may have a less serious tone, it represents a much larger issue.