Facebook Profiles

Ade:
As bullying is a prominent theme, within our storyline, we wanted 'cyber-bullying' to be an example of bullying, this consequently resulted into our decision to create a 'Facebook' profile for Anna's character. 'Facebook' is only an example of a social networking site where young people have experienced bullying, others include' twitter' and 'myspace'. However, as the three of us all have a  'Facebook' account and know how to work  'Facebook'  very well, we knew it would be easier using  'Facebook' as the main site Anna is bullied. Below, is the process of forming Anna and another character's  'Facebook' account.

Clare:
For one of the scenes in our trailer, we wanted to show Anna being cyber bullied by her old friends. For this to work, we had to create two Facebook profiles, one for Anna and another for her 'friend' Lottie. This would enable us to transfer a hateful comment/message to the laptop screen on Anna's Facebook chat which we will catch in our clip.

Firstly, I created a Gmail account for Anna's character, which would then allow me to create the Facebook profile.

I then registered Anna's Gmail account on Facebook, thus creating her profile.

Once this was done, I then logged onto Amanda Thompson's (the actor playing Anna) Facebook and saved her profile picture to then use for Anna's profile. This was to increase the realism of our trailer.

After creating Anna's profile, I then had to create Lottie's profile (played by Emma Williams).

I then changed Lottie's Facebook profile picture to the same as Emma's (actor playing Lottie) as I had previously done to Anna's profile, to make the story as realistic as possible.

Afterwards, I added Lottie as a friend on Anna's Facebook profile so that we were able to send messages between them.

I tested this method of communication and it worked really well because the chat box pops open as soon as the message is sent from another device on Lottie's profile, which will be a great effect when we film the laptop screen for it to suddenly appear from nowhere with such mean verbal abuse.

Amanda: 

We used the current profile pictures of the girls casting in our film because they are recent and real. We used simple yet girly names to again show the feminine, "townie" girls. Emma (the girl who plays Lottie) has a picture with lots of make up and a big golden chain. This shows that she has the drama-queen element to her personality. We can also see she likes attention. However, the hidden message is that Lottie is insecure and feels the need to wear lots of make up to feel better about herself. This is also another reason why she picks on Anna.