Representation and Ideology
The social group represented in this media text is mainly teenage girls. They are seen to be having a sleepover and gossiping about boys, which is how teenage girls are stereotypically seen.
When talking about the phone call and scary film, they show that diversity of Japanese myths and legends which are not apparent in our British culture.
Narrative
The narrative is a structured conversation between the two teenage girls at what appears to be a sleepover. They are gossiping and chatting like you would expect most teenage girls to.
The audience are positioned as an outsider and are listening in to the conversation, however due to the priority camera shots we are positioned more with the girl who claims to have seen a weird film.
This text uses identification by using the teenage girls, because a large proportion of the target audience will be young/teenage girls. However it is slightly alienated, but this is because i am a british teenager, which is obviously very different from the life of a japanese teenager.
The theme of the narrative seems to be around the "weird film" one of the girls claims to have seen. This is a good way to introduce the story line as both girls are aware of the story and say that "everyone is talking about it".
Tension is created an maintained by having medium close ups on the girls face so we, as the audience can see her reactions and non verbal communications to see that she is scared and that she is the character of primary concern. The ringing of the phone also creates a shock, which helps to keep the audience interested.
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