2. In media terms, narrative is the coherence/
organisation given to a series of facts.
The human mind needs narrative to make
sense of things. We connect events and make
interpretations based on those connections.
In everything we seek a begining,a middle
and an end to events.
3. Todorov’s argues that narrative involves a transformation. The characters or the situations are
transformed through the progress of the disruption. Todorov proposed the theory that conventional
narrative are structured in five stages.
First stage:
A state of equilibrium at the outset- all as it should be/ normal
and calm.
Second stage:
A disruption of the equilibrium- an event or action that
changes our ruins the normality and calmness.
Third stage:
Disequilibrium/ recognition of the disruption- it is established
that something is wrong (disorder has accord) an needs to be
corrected before the equilibrium can be reinstated.
Fourth stage:
An attempt to repair the disruption- the characters try to fix
or solve the problem in order to regain the equilibrium or to
create a new equilibrium.
Fifth stage:
A reinstatement of the equilibrium or an new equilibrium-
reinstatement of the equilibrium is complete or a new one is
formed.
4. Ideas for Characters
Protagonist (main character)- female, popular outgoing
teenager 16+ stereotypical young teenaged girl is began to
realise she is being stalked.
Antagonist- male, unpopular school teenager has become a
victim of bulling, and turns into a psychotic killer
friends of main character- help in the aid of there friend and
become a victim or target of the antagonist
5. Maniac
The unknown
Silent killing
The happening
You’re next
Cold prey
7. Our target audience for our film are male and female 15-21
as the characters in the movie are in that age region. Also
audience can relate to the mind sets of the characters due to
similar age groups. The certificate for this movie would be
15.
After collecting ideas from our group members, the genre
we will be focusing on is a slasher/ psychological thriller. We
concluded that a combination of the excitement of a slasher
and the sophistication of psychological movie would be a
ideal. We also knew that making a psychological movie
would be difficult but combining it with another sun genre
would make it an interesting story line.
8. A normal cozy evening with warm lamp lights lit on the
sitting room Whilst the teenage girl is eating her dinner
TV starts having interruptions and she gets annoyed and
jumps in bed- (close up of TV interruptions and her
uneasy facial expressions), (scene showing stairs and
opening of her bedroom door- camera would be
positioned behind the character making the audience
feel they are present.)She feels uneasy and shuts her
eyes intensely. (Wide shot of her sleeping on the bed
followed by a close up of her eyes intensely shutting.)
9. She has a bad dream of a stalker that has been
following her and watching her from the window
and suddenly wakes up with sweat. She’s huffing
and puffing and the next thing she see’s is the
stalkers filthy face with many cuts.
10. As she just suddenly got up from her bed the
stalkers face is right in the girls face (close-up), she
screams and screeches and the screen goes black
wit utter silence. (This would get the audience
thinking what is going to happen next..) After a few
seconds she runs out her bed as half her body leans
against the cold wooden floor and legs which are
grabbed powerfully by the stalkers cold blooded
hands.
11. She tries to free herself from his hold and runs down to
call the police, but the phone has been disconnected. The
windows have been locked and there is no way out to
escape. (Thereafter you can only see the stalkers legs
heavily walking towards her.)
She feels the stalkers presence being behind her and she
slowly turns her head around. She screams and screams
and fails to escape and gets brutally murdered.
Screen goes black and all you can hear is the
screaming, non-digetic sounds off knife stabbing and
splattered blood. The scene finishes off with non-digetic
sound of the stalkers heavy boots walking away.
12. As the parents return home from their holiday they
find the daughter’s severed body which reeks of
rotten flesh. The police sirens go off and the whole
neighborhood is terrified by this event. (Close up of
sirens and parents emotions.) (BIV of the dead
body.)
13. This whole event happen again with another girl
however it starts off with a door knock and as she
opens the door there is nobody to be seen outside.
THE END
SCREEN GOES BLACK!
14. Slow normal music will be used to represent the
equilibrium.
The pace is increase to show the disruption.
Heavy loud and upbeat music is played to represent
the attempt to repair and reinstate the equilibrium
The pace decreases to show signs of a new
equilibrium
