Monday, 3 October 2011
Change of Idea
Due to a few problems we have encountered in our film, we have been told it is in our interest to change the genre of the film and story-line as there is a possibility it may cross over with a horror.
Narrative Structure
Narrative chain of cause and effect- the plotlines in a story that are triggered by action and enigma codes (something that happens that causes something else to happen). Below is the two theories by Propp and Todorov that show the two typical structures to storylines in films and television.
Propp Todorov
1)Preparation 1)Equilibrium
2)Complication 2)Disruption
3)Transference 3)Recognition of Disruption
4)Struggle 4)Attempt to repair disruption
5)Return 5)A return or restoration of NEW equilibrium
6)Recognition
Propp Todorov
1)Preparation 1)Equilibrium
2)Complication 2)Disruption
3)Transference 3)Recognition of Disruption
4)Struggle 4)Attempt to repair disruption
5)Return 5)A return or restoration of NEW equilibrium
6)Recognition
Richard Dyer
Richard Dyer 1993 argues that representation is a political tool:
Social groups are treated in cultural representation is part and parcel of how they are treated in life, that poverty, harassment, self-hate and discrimination (in housing, jobs eduacational opportunity and so on) are shored up and instituted by representation.
He also highlights the complications in theories which focus on negative, representations of calss, race and sexuality.
Social groups are treated in cultural representation is part and parcel of how they are treated in life, that poverty, harassment, self-hate and discrimination (in housing, jobs eduacational opportunity and so on) are shored up and instituted by representation.
He also highlights the complications in theories which focus on negative, representations of calss, race and sexuality.
Media Theorist
Representation
The media have
"The power to represent the world in certain ways. And because there are so many different and conflicting ways in which meaning about the world can be constructed, it matters profoundly what and who gets left out, and how things, people, events and relationships and represented".
(Stuart Hall 1986)
This means the media controls what people think, because the audience will believe whatever the media portrays. They control the way people think about social/racial groups as well.
The media have
"The power to represent the world in certain ways. And because there are so many different and conflicting ways in which meaning about the world can be constructed, it matters profoundly what and who gets left out, and how things, people, events and relationships and represented".
(Stuart Hall 1986)
This means the media controls what people think, because the audience will believe whatever the media portrays. They control the way people think about social/racial groups as well.
Psychological Thrillers
We decided to research the top 10 psychological thrillers, we got the information of this website: http://www.flickchart.com/charts?genre=Psychological+Thriller
1. Black Swan
2. Silence Of The Lambs
3. Rear Window
4. The Prestige
5. Psycho
6. Vertigo
7. The Third man
8. The Sixth Sense
9. Donnie Darko
10. The Night Of The Hunter
After researching this, it has become apparent that there is no particular genre that these psychological thrillers fit into. However none of these films are documentary, therefore this makes our trailer an original idea.
1. Black Swan
2. Silence Of The Lambs
3. Rear Window
4. The Prestige
5. Psycho
6. Vertigo
7. The Third man
8. The Sixth Sense
9. Donnie Darko
10. The Night Of The Hunter
After researching this, it has become apparent that there is no particular genre that these psychological thrillers fit into. However none of these films are documentary, therefore this makes our trailer an original idea.
Our Trailer
Our film is going to be a psycholgical thriller. We got the idea from a movie that has recently been released called 'Grave Encounters'. However this film is classed as a psychological horror. Never the less, we have decided to go with the idea, but we will have to be careful of what we put into it and make sure we use the codes and conventions of a thriller instead of a horror. We haven't thought of a name as of yet, but the idea is coming together, as we have got a actors who aren't working with us for help in the trailer. Also we have strung together a lot of ideas for a locations i.e, a graveyard, abandoned buildings, open fields.
First Day.
On our first day of starting our project, we made a moodboard about our target audience and did some audience research on what their hobbies/interests are. We have decided that our trailer will appeal more to females ages between 16-24. We decided on this because through research, we have found that young female adults would prefer to watch a psychological thriller than a gory thriller.
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