MIGRAIN Analysis of Line Game Scene

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u8cQusMBOMU

Media Language (M)
what techniques are being used to make meaning in the text?
Erin is dressed smart and stereotyped as the typical respect seeking teacher in the classroom. Each character represents their ethnic image through the way they dress. The black boys (Andre and Jamal) are wearing baggy loose clothing and the Girls are all wearing every day casual clothes.
There are many Zoom in the scene as well as a pan type shot with BCU’s to express emotion on the facial expression on each characters face. The Zoom of the students feet and the line made of tape is consistent as this scene is focusing on how much times the student step on the line.
Each time the students move towards the line we hear a repetive sound of footsteps and voices in a hurry towards the line, which anchors the meaning of how the questions Erin is asking relate to everyone.
The scene finishes with a fade, and there are many reversal shots whn the camera moves towards and through each students comments as well as Erin‘s.

Institution (I)
who produces, distributes, regulates the text?
A huge Hollywood production. A well known instittuion Paramount pictures in Association with MTV films. Mainstream distribution as well as publicity.
Perhaps say how there has been ethnical exploitation throug the way they have handed these 13 year olds with issues such as gang violence to deal with. As in they had to witness things like Erin questions on the line game..Prison..loosing friends etc.
Dumbing down of students. They don’t think they will make it any where because of the stereotype they have given them selves, they think their type of people will not make it far in life.

Genre
(G)what type of text is it?
hybrid genre..Drama and Crime,Drama due to the way each students stories have so much mayhem in them. Someones mother is a drug addict whilst some one is dealing drugs. Another persons father is shot in front of her very eyes whilst another student is shooting another student from another ethnic background. This also enhances the crime dram because of the use of violence.
Based on reality so a non-fiction story line, which enhances on the authenticity and realism which is created in the scene and movie overall.

Representation (R)
who or what is being represented in the text? how?
White boy - Ben - seen in a negative/ afraid type of way who is over shadowed and over powered by every member of the class room.
Eva - Latino - shown as strong and independent, stands up and speaks her mind yet against the blacks and Cambodians strictly and will protect ‘her own kind’ no matter what. Stereotypes are negative at the beginning of the narrative and by the time the story line progresses we see these stereotypes change over time and the characters do not met them any more. They are reinforced and challenged.Audience (A)who consumes the text?primary audience of students who come from these backgrounds. Secondary is generally students any way as well as teachers and adults. The tect is their to relate to similar issues going on and to show how you should never give up.

Ideology & Values (I)
what are the belief systems/messages/values underpinning the text?dominant ideology. Eva is attacked by a group of boys when she is running and is attacked as she may testify against her own type ‘of people’
The text is here to educate and inform the audience.

Narrative (N)
how is the narrative in the text organized and structured?
non-linear narrative: flashback. We see Eva telling her story in the beginning narrating it almost at once about her childhood. Even between scenes there are past moments mentioned and even in the line game scene we see Erin talk about the past which shows a non linear narrative. This gives the audience a wide range of info to deal with an knowledge and understanding of past situations the students were faced with.