Own version of "Zammo Busted" with Analysis/ Explanation

Analysis/ Explanation
When we created the clip, we wanted it to be practically the same as the original, so we did as complete a shot-to-shot copy as we could.   We wanted to keep many of the same themes as the original clip- the idea of stupidity being valued over maturity in the younger generation, as well as the problems of drugs and girls being less valued than boys.

Although we weren't able to recreate the entire clip, we still managed to do a large majority of the clip and still included many important parts.   For example, in the establishing shot, Jackie (played by me) is behind Kevin (played by Andrei).   This implies that girls are less important than boys in the younger generation from the beginning, since Jackie is behind Kev and Kev and Zammo are the ones who speak.   This is also seen in the idea that Kev feels he has to protect Jackie from Zammo later on when he starts attacking her, trying to get his calculator, or in this clip Media Studies book, back.   However, the idea of Kev trying to protect someone could just be a further development of his maturity as a character- he feels it is his duty to protect his friend.   We could also see the whole representation of Jackie as being one to demonstrate that girls are not violent or confrontational.

Zammo is the protagonist of the clip, and I feel Hamzah did an excellent job of portraying Zammo as they way I felt he should of been portrayed.   Though perhaps unintentional on Hamza's part, and despite Zammo's violence, Zammo does become a character we pity.   Although his friends are trying to do what's best of him, through the use of the chair to divide them, it can come across as Jackie and Kev are ganging up on Zammo as it is two against one.   This further enforces the idea that even if Zammo wasn't guilty, people would still blame him for things that weren't his fault.   Hamzah's portrayal of the character does invoke pity, due to the fact that he genuinely seems upset at moments that his friends think so badly of him, even though he has done wrong.

Overall, I think we did quite a good job at recreating the clip, despite the fact we didn't finish it.   Some of the shots positioning could have been improved, but overall, the clip is quite similar to the original.