The structure of the scenes where made very discrete. Reality TV shows like “faking it” is mostly viewed by the younger generation of today. When watching TV programs, one hardly notices how each and every aspect of the programme was put together to appeal to a certain type of audience.
The watchers and makers of the TV show in the film are focused entirely on George.
The main areas I will focus on are when: the scene opens, George is baffled, the symbols are used, George changes his style, George is tested and the scene ends.
The scene opens with George walking into a walk into space shot. He is walking over the bridge and in the background you can hear classical music and this immediately made me stereotype him as a posh person. The music in the background actually describes him. Then the shot instantly changes to a garage night club with mc creed in a close up shot. The music in the background is very loud and fast and a lot of people are jumping up and down. George deals with different experiences in being a Mc. The use of music throughout the scenes are to show how George and other people are feeling and how the music can create an atmosphere of happiness, sadness, excitement, amazement, joy and disbelief etc.
I can tell that these two lifestyles are very different. Mc creed is one of the big Mc in London and has been one for many years. To turn George into a mc in a couple of weeks was going to be a real challenge. George enters Mc creed rooms where he is with 2 friends. As George entered the room all their attention turned to him. The shot switched to a close up shot of Georges face to show how embarrassed he was because he was wearing a suit. After this Mc creed got a chance to talk to George one on one. Mc creed asked George what kind of music he liked. George said he liked classical music. I don’t think that Mc creed actually understood that he lived a different lifestyle from George because he started laughing at him. This made George more embarrassed. At the sight of this it makes the audience feel sorry for George and feel sympathy for him. This makes the audience feel how it is to be in his shoes.
In the middle of the show the “pay as you go cartel”, met with George to give him a different style so he could adapt to being a mc. At first George had a shape up and later decided to shave his head to show that his attitude was changing and he was getting to another stage so that he could succeed. George was even given a new style in which to dress so that he himself thought and felt like a mc. George was dressed in iceberg clothing (ice berg is a name brand clothing that is very expensive) to show that just because he was an Mc it didn’t mean he didn’t have the money. This illustrates the difference between many jobs. Mc creeds job is just being an Mc and producing music. George’s job is a corporate lawyer. This makes George feel a bit awkward because he isn’t used to the clothes that are bought for him. This shows that to him stereotype is very important.
After George passed his tasks it was then time for him to return home. After 1 week he was shown again going into his house with trainers and a hat and he came out with a suit and black work boots. This suggests that even though he had changed for a few weeks he has learned many things from the role of being a Mc but he is still the same person and will always go back to his normal ways.
“Faking it” has a sponsor advert, which is Smirnoff ice. When I first saw it at the beginning I didn’t know what it meant but now I do. The advert showed a glass with ice in it and orange juice being poured into it then taken out again. This showed that even though he was out to know and explore how it was to be a mc he can never change from the way he dressed and behaved before.
