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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.

SCRIPT:

LOUISE: Can you believe Tessa and Wyyat are going to be husband and wife, and we’ve been through nearly everything with them now the rest of the world can see what an amazing couple they are

MAC: (Bluntley) Yeah (Phone rings, Mac looks down at his phone but doesnt answer)

LOUISE: (Looking confused) You okay?

MAC: Yeah im just tried (phone rings again, zooms to see whose calling, he looks up at Louise)

LOUISE: Pick up then (Mac picks up the phone)

MAC: Hello?

TESSA: (Worried) Dont hang up, I need to talk to you, PLEASE?

MAC: Sorry im a bit busy at the moment, i’ll get back to you soon (hangs up phone)

LOUISE: Who was that?

MAC: (Hesitant) Ermm.. Phone company.. Stupid adverts

LOUISE: Okay.. I should be getting off now, got to go and get ready (kisses Mac and leaves)

NEXT SCENE:

LOUISE: Tessa? Everything okay?

TESSA: (sniffing) Yeah...

LOUISE: Anything you want to tell me? We’ve been best friends since we were little babies, if you’ve got anything to tell me, i’ll understand, you’ve just got to be honest with me

TESSA: Ermm.. No, its nothing

LOUISE: (Angrily) Fine (walks away)

NEXT SCENE:  

Tessa sends text saying “We need to talk, please meet me and hear me out”

WYYAT: Whats wrong? Your not having second thoughts about us getting married are you?

TESSA: (Slowly and scared) No, I erm n-need to tell you something

WYYAT: Yes?

 TESSA: Louise, you know how you said i can tell you anything, i have to tell you something

LOUISE: what?

TESSA: We need to tell them what happened!

MAC: NO! ARE YOU INSANE

TESSA: (sobbing) Please dont be angry

MAC: We dont need to tell them, we can run away and be happy together

TESSA: A few weeks ago when we had that argument, i went and spoke to Mac about it..

WYYAT: Yeah I know

LOUSIE: AND?

TESSA: Then.. we... erm... ended up...

LOUISE: YOU SLAG!

WYYAT: MY OWN BROTHER?! YOU DISGUST ME!

TESSA: I DONT WANT YOU! I LOVE WYYAT

MAC: If you love Wyyat so much why did you sleep with me

TESSA: IT WAS A MISTAKE, IT DIDNT MEAN ANYTHING, IT JUST HAPPENED

  You were like a sister to me! We’ve grown up together, we went through everything together and you do this to me? You know how i feel about Mac

TESSA: I am so sorry! Please forgive me!

WYYAT: You sleep with my own brother and expect me to forgive you on the day we’re suppose to get married?! You are dead to me!

MAC: Your just a silly girl, the only reason we ended up sleeping together is because i knew you where easy

LOUISE: I want nothing more to do with you!

WYYAT: Me and you will never happen again and its all your fault

TESSA: You don't mean that. Dont leave, please!!!!

POSTER ANALYSIS (2): Cannibals And Carpet Fitters

This short film grabbed my attention because of the hand grabbing the characters mouth, almost like the other person is trying to keep them quiet or stop them from shouting for help. 
In contast to the other poster (Romantic Hideaway) the colours on this poster are all the same, the background colour is purple and red, which is the same colout as the shirt the character is wearing.

The audience may be able to recognise that this is a comdey horror film. The comdey is coming across from the characters facial expression, he doesn't look scared, rather comedic and the horror is coming across from the bloody hand that has grabbed his mouth. 

POSTER ANALYSIS (1): Romantic Hideaway

Romantic Hideaway was the first poster that grabbed my attention that I can get ideas from for my short film poster. The key lock is in a heart shape with splatters of blood, this suggests to the audience that there may have been pain/hurt or even murder in a relationship due to secrets being kept between the couple. The most interesting thing I found was that the poster does not use any characters but still sends across a message and the audience can easily recognise and predict what might happen which allows the genre to get across which is very important in a film poster. 

The poster has a light grey background which fades into white. Even though the background is plain; because of the image being so powerful, it doesn’t make it look boring or unappealing because the image is suppose to be the centre of attention and if there was anything happening in the background the image might not have been as powerful. 

The text colour is in black and red. This could symbolise many things: the colour red usually symbolises rage, anger, passion or love and the colour black could symbolise death, hatred, pain or suffering. One the poster, the title and the actor's names is in black and red. One word is in black and one word is in red. This could suggest that one person in the relationship was in love (red) and the other person was suffering (black) which may have caused death in the relationship.

The layout of the poster allows the audience to focus their attention on the image which in its self makes the audience instantly interested and curious about the film. The title is right below it and the name of the actors is above the image on each side, which may reinforce the idea that each character was in different positions in the relationship.

FIRST DRAFT - PITCH: