Rekki

During one of our lessons we were taken down into a place called the void under neath the school. ME and my group think this would be a really good place to possibly do some filming. It looks like the perfect place for our lead character. Dr Sager to be searching for more clues about the spirits and the patients at the Asylum.

Character Study

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Synopsis

Inspector Sager is an ordinary man who lives in London with his wife and child and works as an insprector. He is currently investigating why there has been so many unexplained deaths of pupils at the Brooke House School Which was once an Asylum . Inspector Sager decides to reside at the school for a week in order to research thoroughly. Strange occurances start happening to him such as lights flicking on and off and doors slamming shut behind him. He decides to interview students in order to find out information about why this is happening. Students alert him to the fact that 'Grace' (a former pupil murdered years ago) is warning him to leave and should, immediately. He ignores their advice and carries on investigating. Grace starts torturing him and becoming increasingly violent due to the fact that he won't leave the school. Eventually Inspector Sager starts obsessing over Grace and finally comes face to face with her. Will he survive to tell the tale or will he surrender and end up like every investigator- a helpless man tortured by the ghost of Grace? 

Target Audience

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Gothika

I am in a group with two other girls, Phoebe and Hayley. The film Gothika was a big inspiration when trying to come up with an idea for our movie.

Film Title, Tagline & Description

Working Title : The Asylum

Tag line : How far would you go to discover the truth?

Emotional Hook : Curiosity & Revenge

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Applying Todorovs Theory

I chose to apply this latest theory to a film i recently watched. Let me in. 

In this clip the state of equlibrium is the setting ( a school ) at 00:09 - 00:12 seconds

the disruption is the meeting of the two children from 00:22 - 00:29 seconds.

The recognition occurs from 00:52 - 00:53 seconds when is listening through the wall.

The attempt to repair occurs from 01:42 - 01:43 where there is the of introduction the police.

We do not see if there is a resolution during the trailer however there is a resolution in the film where in the end the girl stays around to look after and care for the boy. 

Todorovs Theory

Narrative is defined as: "a chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occurring in time" - Bordwell & Thompson

Todorovs theory suggests that there are 5 stages to every film:

• There is a state of Equilibrium - this happens at the very beginning of the film. It is where all is balanced and normal. 
• A Disruption - This follows the Equilibrium. It is where something/someone disrupts the previously calm/normal atmosphere to the film.
• The Recognition - This is where there is a recognition that there was a disruption 
• An attempt to Repair - This is trying to repair the disruption and resolving the conflict or whatever has gone wrong
• The Resolution - When everything has been restored. 

Laura Mulvey

Mulvey Argued that the only way to change and ''annihilate'' the patriarchal hollywood was to incorporate feminist methods into the filming process.

Mulvey suggested three ''looks'' or perspectives in films the directly objectify women:

• First 'look' - Male character and how he reacts to/judges the female character
• second 'look' - The audience and how they see the female character on screen
• Third 'look' - The first two 'looks' together. This allows the male audience members to see the female               characters through the eyes of other male characters on screen by relating to them, further objectifying the female character.

For example In this poster for jennifers body you as the viewer are looking at this through the eyes of a heterosexual male.

Bloodshed High Pitch

To really understand the key conventions of trailers our class split up into pairs and we each came up with a trailer for a film called Bloodshed high.

We first discussed initial ideas about what our film should be about and coming up with a basic story line. Our discussion included:

• Coming up with an unique selling point.
• Relevant actors and directors 
• Most important features. 
• How our trailer would look (creating a story board)

What we learnt from doing this was that trailers are extremely important in the promotion of films. That they must include a basic outline of the story with out giving clues and plot lines away.

Trailers are designed to excite us as the general public and keep us on the edge of our seats, and in the case of horror films, to frighten us into running off to the cinema to see the latest horror. We learnt how to engage the audience through camera angles and thinking about the style of music to use at different points i the trailer. This leads to the realisation that the production is vital. Nobody wants to go to the cinema expecting a hair raising horror and find themselves disappointed by the production of the film.