Cyberbully - Powerpoint

1. Cyberbully
Writer/Director – Ben Chanan

2. Format/Genre
• The format for this is One off/Single Drama.
• The genre for this is a docu-drama thriller as it
is a dramatised reenactment of real life
events.

3. Narrative structures
The narrative of Cyber bully is a linear structure
as it starts with Casey talking to her friend from
her bedroom with the action unfolding in
chronological order as the story progresses
through out.

4. Technical
• Camera: a close up was used in the scene of Cyberbully when Casey was on Skype talking to
the hacker. This extreme close up shows her reaction and emotions to what is being said; that
Casey is getting scared because of all the blackmail and threats and her realisation that she is
partly responsible for Jennifer Li’s death. The shallow focus is on her face, this draws the
audience attention to focus on just her face and makes it feel more intense.
• Lighting: Low key lighting is also used in this scene to shows the mood set in this scene, the
lighting is quite dark, this is to represent a sad depressing mood.

5. Technical
• Sound: a varies of different sounds is used in this to represents the mood, for an
example in one of the scene where Casey is being forced to swallows the pills, you
can hear a non-diegetic sound of rushing sound, this is to tense up the audience
excitement for what to comes next. Another non-diegetic sound is used when
Casey was about to be sick, the sound was a slow sad melody tune, this is to tell
the audience that something bad is about to happens next.
• Editing: quick pace editing was used to show Casey’s reaction towards her
messages from the hacker, it was used to show how she feels about them
messages.

6. Story Arc
This story arc shows how the scripting is used to help develop the plot at key points in this
drama.
• Exposition – Megan tells Casey her ex boyfriend has tweeted an offensive tweet about
her.
• Inciting Incident – Casey chats with someone online but then realises that they are
faking their identity, she also realises that they has pictures of her.
• Rising Action – Her father left the house which results of the audience feeling that
Casey is now vulnerable. Hacker calls Casey a cyberbully, Casey says they’re a hypocrite
for saying this. Casey also realises that it was the hacker who sent the initial tweet, not
her ex boyfriend.
• Climax – Hacker gets Casey to confess that she was a bully, he also blackmailed her in
taking her medication. As Casey takes pills the hacker posted her and her friend pictures
online even though they said they wouldn’t.
• Falling action – Casey realises the language used links to a tweet she had seen earlier.
Her father shouts that Megan is on the phone, she has a realisation that her real
identity is more important than her online identity. She breaks free from the hacker
then open the door to calls for help from her father.