Reflection on AS - Political Messages

Within our AS film opening, we did not knowingly add any political or cultural messages as we only focused on the main story line of the protagonist, therefore not focusing on a wider perspective and interpretation of the audience of a bigger social message or implication. However, we did conform to certain stereotypes of teenagers with the addiction of drugs, smoking and alcohol and the effect this has on their lives. This is a social message as we planned to continue the story line following the teenage protagonist and the effects that this life style had on her and her future.

If I were to re-create the film opening, I would interpret more social and political implications onto the life of the teenager. For example, we could have had her being affected into doing drugs, smoking and drinking from seeing the news. Although this is quite a direct approach, it does reflect how many people feel about the tragedies that take place in the news, especially during this year. The effect it can have could have lead to her taking drugs in order to forget, as we could have had her being directly affected by a tragic story that may have affected her family or friends, making our female protagonist take a direct hit to the news stories that were coming out.

We also could have used the feminist movement and its current affect on society as a basis to our female protagonist as we could have had her being included in protests or fighting for this cause, however she could have taken it to the next level to the point of it being dangerous, causing her to be kicked out of her house by her mum, as we included this as a main plot line to our opening.