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IDEOLOGY:

An ideology is a world view, a system of values, attitudes and beliefs which an individual, group or society holds to be true or important; these are shared by a culture or society about how that society should function.

It is the idea behind a media text, the secret (sometimes obvious) agenda of its producers. It is important to identify the different ideological discourses that may be present in even an apparently simple photograph.

Is change portrayed as necessary, desirable or even possible? In my A2 short film, it is society that has to change, it is because of the way people treat one another and speak to another is the reason there are crimes such as suicide. Because of other people, that person feels completely useless and alone, like they don’t deserve a life, but they are totally depressed that they don’t realise they deserve to live their life just as much as everyone else.

Are binaries or oppositions important? The binary opposites within my short film is in the two relationships, where in one relationship, the female is completely head over heels for the guy but the guy is in love with another girl. This reinforces the idea that it is the society that needs to change as the male in the relationship is being unfaithful to his partner, whereas the female will do anything to keep her partner happy.

Who is the ideal audience for this film? My message that I want to get across is defiantly being shown in this film. I want to show people that words may only be words but it still hurts and be careful what you say to someone because it may be the last words you say to them. In the film the girl tells her best friend Tessa that she’s dead to her, even though Tessa did a bad thing, they were best friends so it would still hurt when she died.

Who is powerful and who is powerless? At the beginning it looks like Tessa is powerful as she may get away with making a mistake, but at the end it shows that she is powerless that why she chose to commit suicide, because she felt completely powerless and disgusted in herself that she could do something like that. 

NARRATIVE THEORY:

Todorov's theory is used in World War Z. In the first 10-15 minutes everything is going normally, then the zombies attack, and most of the movie after that is them trying to escape and find a cure to get rid of the zombies. In the last 10-15 minutes they show how they escaped from the zombies and Brad Pitt returning to his family, safely. I think this is an appropriate theory to use in my short film as it gives the audience a sense of closure. If the new equilibrium is for a short amount of time the audience might feel they want to know what happens, how the happy ending comes to a close.

I think using Propp's theory, proposing that it was possible to classify the characters and their actions into clearly defined roles and functions would be useful to use as the audience will clearly recognise which role each character plays instead of getting confused, which could lead to the audience not understanding the film and not enjoying it. A good example of a film which used Propp's theory is Harry Potter. The audience could instantly recognise the hero, false hero, the dispatcher, the helper and the villian.