Photo Story- Treatment Production Project.

A Dead End
For this weeks homework we were asked to create a photo story on a 'teen issue', in this case- teen deaths on the road. One structuralist theory that applies to the above photo story is 'Barthes' as it definitely has some symbolic code. For example, the last shot is a black screen. I've used this as a metaphor for 'death'. This would evoke enigma because the audience would have to work out what the symbolism in the last slide means, taking into account the previous shots. My photo story also has symbolic code because this is the type of advert the media would make because sadly teenagers are stereotyped to be the obvious victims of road related accidents supposedly because of carelessness and obsessive use of technology - which is why I've pictured the main character turning her music up to full volume and getting distracted by a text when crossing the road. So here I've tried to portray the typical representation of teenagers in the media.
The other structuralist theory that I would say applies is 'Todorov' because I've tried to create a structured narrative ie: a beginning, middle(climax) and end. The beginning or equilibrium would be the main character leaving her house and walking down the road and the middle climax or dis-equilibrium is her turning up her music to full and reading a text while crossing the road.