Single camera analysis essay unit 22

1. Single Camera Analysis Essay | Unit 22
This essay is to analyse a scene from three different single camera dramas. I
chose Doctor Who, See No Evil: The Moors Murders and Cyberbully.
Doctor Who https://youtu.be/epc-Z974eiQ
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series, which originally began
in 1963. The programme airs once a week and is broadcasted by the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on BBC One. The series focuses on the
protagonist called ‘The Doctor' who explores the universe in his Tardis, a
time-travelling blue British police box space ship and visits earth in order to
save humanity from the villains. He is helped by his assistant. For example in
this episode, his assistants are Amy Pond and Rory Williams. Sometimes the
assistant's friends and family members are also involved. Each episode may
have some of the re-accruing villains such as the Cyberman and Daleks. The
programme won an award at the 2006 British Academy Television Awards for
Best Drama Series and five consecutive awards from 2005 to 2010 at the
National Television Awards.
Doctor Who is a series because it consists of a story that is separated into
thirteen, one hour episodes, aired on a weekly basis. Doctor Who is in its
ninth series from 2005 but it has had twenty six series from 1963 to 1989 and
a total of eight hundred and twenty six episodes. Each series has had
approximately seven to eight million viewers. They always use the ‘Doctor
Who’ name but each episode usually has its own title. They have the same
main characters involved each week in the main storyline but they also have
supporting characters and subplots to allow a new story for each episode.
Both the storyline of the main characters and the subplot storylines told each
week are successful because the audience has been able to build a
connection with all the characters on a weekly basis. This allows the audience
to feel like they are experiencing the story alongside the characters and are
able to choose their favourite character and become invested in that character
and storyline. My clip above is taken from series seven, episode one ‘Asylum
of the Daleks’.
Doctor Who falls into the genre of drama and science fiction because it is

2. about the Doctor travelling through time and space in his space ship which fits
the science fiction genre. The storyline also contains dramatic themes taken
from intense real life situations such as when Oswin was kidnapped and her
internal conflict as she discovers what happened to her are under the genre of
drama.
The narrative structure of Doctor Who is that there are two main stories, The
Doctors and Oswin’s, and one sub story which are the relationship between
Amy and Rory. The main focus of this episode is the story between the Doctor
and the Daleks and the kidnap that has taken place, alongside the story of
Oswin and how she was kidnapped and became a Dalek. The sub narrative,
which is the relationship between Amy and Rory, appears in the episode at
random times, which adds a realistic element to the drama. My clip focuses
solely on Oswin and discovering she is a Dalek.
Doctor Who is a non- linear drama as the events are not shown in order of
sequence. The drama includes flashbacks of past events; this is to give
insight into the characters past and to tell a story of how the character got to
where they are now. In this episode we see two flashbacks, one at the
beginning showing the doctors defeat and one near the end telling the
audience the story of Oswin and how she got turned into a Dalek. My clip
shows the end of the episode where The Doctor is in the present time talking
to Oswin as a Dalek, then a flashback of Oswin’s story and how she became
a Dalek, before returning back to the present again showing Amy, Rory and
The Doctor escaping. This is a typical example of non-linear drama.
Doctor Who is an anti-realist drama, based on an alien time lord whom visits
earth in a mission to save mankind. The events and situations shown in
Doctor Who do not relate to real life as they are fictional. They include a
mixture of human characters and fictional characters because they relate to
the situations that take place in the drama. Even though it is an anti-realist
drama it does hold some elements of realism through the use of relationships
i.e. Rory and Amy’s relationship on earth away from The Doctor. In my clip it
shows lots of Daleks trying to kill The Doctor and it shows Oswin ‘inside a
Dalek’. Both these demonstrate anti-realist drama as Daleks are fictional

3. characters.
With Doctor Who each episode has a closed ending but some of the episodes
may be left open as they are ‘to be continued’; this means that they require
two episodes to conclude the storyline to a closed ending rather than the story
closing after one episode. In this clip a resolution is reached because the
viewer discovers what happened to Oswin and so this is an example of a
closed ending.
Vladimir Propp identified seven different characters necessary to make up a
narrative. His theory does apply in Doctor Who, as in this clip we are able to
see that the Villain are the Daleks, as they are causing the situation. The Hero
is The Doctor, as he is the one who always saves people and resolves the
problem. The Helper is both his assistants Rory and Amy, as they help him in
difficult situations. The Donor is the Tardis, (phone box) as it helps him travel
through time and space. The Dispatcher is the Prime Minister, who informs
them of the situation (although not seen in this clip, but it is in the episode)
and the Damsel in distress/princess is Oswin as she is the one that requires
rescuing. Oswin can also be seen as the Helper as she removes the force
field to allow them to escape in this particular clip. She can also be seen as
the false hero because she appears good and wants to help the doctor but in
actual fact we learn that she is ‘the enemy’ as she is a Dalek.
Tvetzan Todorov’s believed that narratives have a clear three part structure.
This is present in Doctor Who as it includes his theory of a storyline having
equilibrium, disruption that causes the disequilibrium, recognition and then
this is followed by a new state of peace and harmony to allow the new
equilibrium to bring the chaos to an end. Doctor Who begins its equilibrium
with a flashback of Amy in a photo shoot and where she lives. All is calm. The
disruption that causes the disequilibrium when Rory, Amy and the Doctor are
all kidnapped. The recognition for the Doctor is when he talks to the Prime
Minster and recognises the situation they are in. The chaos ends when Oswin
removes the force field so that they can return home to safety. My clip shows
the story from after the recognition stage when Rory, Amy and The Doctor are

4. all trying to escape the Daleks, the Doctor finding Oswin and discovering what
happened to her, before Oswin removing the force field so that Rory, Amy and
The Doctor can escape.
This clip shows different camera shots and camera angles. For example in the
beginning of the clip it shows a ‘close up shot’ of Oswin, then an ‘extreme
close up shot’, so that the audience can see her facial expressions and the
shock, pain and horror she is feeling, as she is being told she is a Dalek. To
emphasise the build up to this, the camera moves from Oswin to a ‘close up
shot’ of The Doctor before the camera moves slowly from the side of The
Doctor to behind The Doctor in a ‘behind the shoulder shot’ to reveal to the
audience that Oswin is a Dalek. This causes more of a climax and a shock to
the audience as the scene was built up slowly to cause more effect before the
big reveal, than if the camera had just gone back and forth in a ‘shot reverse
shot’. The camera then shows the Doctor in an ‘extreme close up shot’ to
highlight the dramatic point as he speaks to Oswin and tells her “You are a
Dalek.” The camera then shows a ‘reaction shot’ of Oswin so that the
audience can discover what Oswin thinks about the situation. In this case she
is in disbelief. Each camera angle is shown at eye level so that the audience
can connect with both characters – The Doctor and Oswin as they understand
the situation they are in. It is important for the audience to connect with Oswin
so that they can feel her emotions as they learn that she is a Dalek instead of
being trapped in a room somewhere.
The beginning of this clip also uses continuity editing because the scene flows
smoothly and slowly from one shot to another to accentuate what is
happening in the story regarding Oswin. Each shot is also edited in a clear
sequence so that the audience can follow the scene to highlight again Oswin’s
situation.
The script and scene are clear and basic between The Doctor and Oswin and
allows the viewer to learn the situation without adding unnecessary dialogue
or interference to distort the dramatic build of the story. This is also shown
through the room that they are standing in to be white and clutter free, so that
all the emphasis is on the two characters and the audience are not distracted.
The lighting is bright in the room where The Doctor is standing but when the

5. audience sees ‘inside the Dalek’ to see a close up of Oswin, it is darker and
the background is blurred so that all the focus is on Oswin. The music builds
and builds getting higher and louder as The Doctor explains that she is a
Dalek to cause more dramatic tension in the build up to the reveal. To show
disbelief from Oswin, the audience sees Oswin ‘inside the Dalek’ saying in her
human voice “I am not a Dalek” before the camera shows the Dalek in the
room and it finishing off her sentence as a robot talking. The scene then flicks
back and forth from human voice to robotic voice to emphasise that Oswin is
indeed a Dalek.
See No Evil: The Moors
Murders https://youtu.be/Q8z5vpsta4k
This is a British true story drama that follows the horrific crimes of child killers
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, from the view of Myra and Ian, as well as from
Myra Hindley's sister, Maureen Smith and her husband David. These crimes
took place in the 1960s on Saddleworth Moor, located on the outskirts of
Manchester, England. It was made in 2006 and shown on ITV. It was
produced to mark the 40th anniversary of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady's trial
and was made with the full backing of the victims' families. This drama was
based on two years of research including interviews with relatives of the
murdered children, the detectives and Myra Hindley's brother-in-law, David
Smith. This drama won four awards, one in 2006 and three in 2007. The first
award was in 2006 from the Royal Television Society Television Award for
Lighting, Photography and Camera. In 2007 this drama won three awards
namely, the BAFTA TV Award for the best drama serial, the Banff Rockie
Award for the best mini-series and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award
for original drama (TV).
See No Evil: The Moors Murders is a serial because it was shown in two
parts, with each one being aired for 90 minutes (including commercial
breaks). This is consistent with serials as they are usually a couple of
episodes and based on a book or specific event. Similar to a series, they air
under the same name and are only broadcast once. They do not end at each

6. hour like a series. The same characters and locations are used in each part of
the story. Stories are left unfinished after the first part and continue on over
one or two more episodes until they reach their conclusion. My clip shows the
first part of the story up until the police investigation and Ian Brady being
arrested.
This story clearly sits in the true crime, drama and thriller genre because a
drama genre contains dramatic scenes taken from real life situations and this
story shows that through the killings of the children and the interaction of the
killers and how they are discovered. It is also a true crime genre because the
topic of the drama is crime, as it shows a police investigation and murders in
the storyline and is based on one of the most shocking crimes Britain has
faced in the 20th century. And lastly it is in the thriller genre because the
tone/mood of the drama portrays a storyline that builds throughout, until the
discovery of the child killers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
This drama is set in a linear style which means that events happen in the
order to which the characters experience them. Because everything is seen in
order, it is easier for the viewer to understand the storyline. This drama shows
the lives of the four main characters; Myra, Ian, Myra’s sister Maureen and
her husband David, which were based on real people that have experienced
the real events. The story is told from the perspective of both Ian and Myra
and from Maureen and her husband David. The first part of the drama follows
Ian and Myra’s killing spree which resulted in the deaths of five children,
before concluding with their arrest and imprisonment.
See No Evil: The Moors Murders is a realistic drama because it reflects a real
life situation such as the two family’s lives (Myra/Ian and Maureen/David) and
the murder that one family actioned. It then shows the investigation, capture
and conviction of Myra and Ian. These are real life topics that have happened
worldwide, which confirms that its narrative structure type is a realistic drama.
This first part of the drama has an open ending because the story has not
concluded until the second part is shown, as it follows on from the first part.

7. The second part is the final part and has a closed ending. This is shown in the
second part of the drama with the imprisonment of Ian and Myra which ends
their killing spree. The story also shows what happened to Maureen and
David after Ian and Myra were imprisoned. This is revealed by showing the
story five years later. Maureen and David split up and Maureen visits Myra in
prison to see she has changed. Maureen and David reconcile for their
children’s sake. In the last scene, Maureen leaves the house and stands on
the doorstep, fighting back tears, and then she walks away from the house.
Maureen is last seen walking down a street as the screen fades to black. An
epilogue follows, revealing the fates of the four main protagonists; Maureen,
David, Myra and Ian to completely close the ending of the story. The creators
of the serial chose to finish the drama with a tribute to the five victims.
The first thing the audience sees in the first thirty seconds of part one is a
range of different shots of the moors. This hints to the audience that this
location is important and something is going to happen here. The first camera
shot is an extreme long shot of the flatness of the moors used as an
establishing shot. By using an establishing shot of the moors it gives the
audience a look at the area to which the main focus of the drama will be on.
This is confirmed by the camera then panning towards the right to show how
vast, flat, open and lonely the moors are. This gives the illusion of the moors
being a large area where there is no escape. Using text to write ‘This is a true
story’ after six seconds of footage on the establishing shot at the beginning of
the drama, also informs the audience that this story has actually happened to
someone. Therefore from the very beginning the audience are aware that this
has happened in real life and so the drama clutches at the audiences heart.
The cutaway shot in the opening scenes sets the scene for the whole serial.
After the establishing shot, the camera cuts away to three different scenes of
the moors; a close up shot at eye level of a dark rock with the moors behind it,
a long shot of a steep hilly scenic picture of the moors sped up and a close up
shot of a rocky, steep hill at a low-angle shot to emphasise that the rocky hill
is powerful, high and vast and impossible to climb. The last two shots are
sped up to show the quick cloud movement, and even after filming over a
period of time, the moors still look the same. The shots show shadows and

8. areas of darkness. No-one is in any of the shots. Again through the use of
these shots, angles and seeing no-one on camera emphasises how bleak,
dark, lonely, empty, ruthless and soulless, the moors are. This can be seen by
the audience to reflect the personalities of Myra and Ian. Because the shots
cover a vast area of landscape it can be seen as haunting, as if some
characters may be haunted by what has happened. The shot then goes back
to where the first shot had previously finished, before continuing on with the
camera panning to the right, as in the first shot. This again underlines the vast
open space and loneliness of the moors, as it seems to go on forever.
At this point text is used to inform the audience as to what is about to happen
in the story. This is shown by the text “They buried four of them on the moors
outside Manchester.” This again shows the personalities of Ian and Myra as
cold, uncaring and heartless, before we have even met them.
This whole opening scene is foreshadowing. This is when the shot hints at
events that are going to happen in the future storyline. It is a dramatic device
used to pinpoint an important part of the story which will be returned to in a
more significant way. A flash-forward (also known as prolepsis) is a scene
that takes the story forward in time from the current point of the story.
Overall the dark mood and tone of the drama is represented through the
establishing shot, the three cutaway shots and the establishing shot, all in the
opening scene of the serial.
The time of day the footage was filmed, the lighting and the weather also set
the dark mood of the storyline. Natural lighting is used in the opening shots of
the moors. This helps to give a realistic natural feeling to the moors by only
using the sun, or lack of the sun. This increases the tension and keeps the
mood dark, with an air of mystery.
The weather is shown through brutal wind moving the little plantation there is.
The clouds moving quickly also portray a powerful force in the landscape. It is
seen as a cold, dark and miserable place. This theme of Ian and Myra’s
personality reflected in the landscape is a key point in order to set the mood
from the very start of this serial. Sound plays a key role in this storyline to help
build tension to the drama. In the thirty second opening scene described
above, there is no sound except the diegetic sound of the raging wind as the
camera pans across the moor. The editor has used sound perspective of the

9. wind howling across the moor to betray a harsh, lonely, lifeless and cold
environment.
From thirty one seconds onwards continuity editing is used to follow Maureen
pushing her daughter in her pram past the factory, houses, cars and people
as she walks to Myra and Ian’s work. A range of different shots are edited
together to show Maureen's seamless journey. The mood of the drama
changes to a more upbeat, happier drama to suggest that Maureen was once
happy and this was a brighter time in Maureen’s life. This is shown through
the use of upbeat dance music of the 1960’s, actor’s names appearing on the
screen, busier and noisier shots with lots of activity in them, Maureen herself
bouncing along and smiling as she walks and the lighting is generally brighter.
This allows the audience to see what Maureen was once like and to inform
the audience that whatever is going to happen hasn’t happened yet. The
audience also sees Maureen walk past boarded windows and derelict
buildings to show a depressing and poverty area before leading to the two
main characters, Ian and Myra. This depressing area may have some bearing
on the main characters actions. This is a huge contrast from the opening thirty
seconds of the shots on the moors as they were all dark and dull with no
sound or life except for the harsh wind.
What the character wears is just as important as what they say in a drama
because their clothes portray the personality and traits of the character, so the
audience can think about what the character is like. For example, Ian Brady is
first shown in a suit and in a managerial position. He is dressed in better
quality clothing than the other characters. This indicates to the audience that
he is more important than the other characters or he thinks he is more
important. The audience first meet Myra, working in an office, dressed in
smart clothing. This gives the impression that both are sensible, well-dressed
and responsible adults that care about their appearance and what other
people think of them. However in a later scene, when she is at her house, she
is dressed in black. This is almost telling the audience that this character has
a darker, hidden side to her and maybe she is not as innocent as she would
first appear to be.

10. Cyberbully
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-people-next-door/on-
demand/58485-001
This is a British television film that was broadcasted by Channel 4 in January
2015. It stars Maisie Williams as Casey Jacobs, a typical teenage girl who
lives her life through social media. Whilst Skyping her friend Megan,
seventeen year old Casey sees an upsetting tweet from ex-boyfriend Nathan
and decides to get revenge by hacking into his Twitter account, helped by her
new online friend, computer geek Alex, an anonymous hacker. However it
soon becomes evident that Alex is not her friend and is not only much older
than he claims, but accuses Casey of starting online messages which resulted
in the suicide of another girl Jennifer Li. Unless Casey atones for her own
cyber-bullying he will post embarrassing photos of her on the internet and
harm her father and Megan. Casey now has to find a way to outwit him before
he seeks his revenge.
This is a good example of a stand-alone drama as it was shown in one story
of sixty two minutes and based on a real life situation. Single dramas have the
whole story in one episode and do not need a number of episodes to
complete the story. They are generally aired once and are based on a real life
event. They can sometimes be controversial like this film because it centres
on bullying online. They are commonly more appropriate for television rather
than the cinema.
Cyberbully is under the docu-drama, mystery and thriller genre because it is a
drama that is based on reality, as it highlights a real topic. It also has a sense
of mystery because the villain is an unknown hacker called Alex. It is in the
thriller genre because it has an element of ‘edge of your seat’ suspense to it,
when Casey is forced to complete tasks in order for her pictures not to be
posted online. Throughout the story, the audience are trying to predict what
happens to Casey and Alex and this builds suspense and mystery to the
storyline.

11. Cyberbully is set in a linear style as the storyline is clear from the beginning,
which means that events happen in the order to which the characters
experience them. This film takes place entirely in the bedroom of Casey and
happens in real time. The story follows Casey whom is always on the internet.
However, this soon becomes her enemy as she is hacked by Alex, and the
hacker then becomes a new unknown character that in a way becomes the
focus of the film. The message behind this story is very clear from the
moment the hacker starts to threaten Casey that technology can be very
dangerous, as you don’t always know whom you are talking to. The story
starts to pick up pace because of a tweet that Casey’s ex-boyfriend wrote
about her. Later on in the story we discover that it was the hacker who sent
the tweet tricking Casey into bullying her ex. The film ends when Casey
realises that she still has a life to live after the whole event and in turn closes
the laptop before calling for her dad.
Cyberbully is a realistic drama because it reflects a real life situation. Casey is
trapped in her bedroom by the hacker where she once felt safe. She just feels
trapped in the world with no way out. Bullying can be scary and often occurs
in the home environment with their parents at home. This is shown through
the story by Casey's dad calling up to her and trying to talk to her throughout
the film. But Casey is too scared to ask her Dad for help as she knows that
the hacker is watching and could destroy her life.
This story is not a clear closed ending as the audience never finds out who
the hacker was, but the story is resolved as Casey learns to walk away from
the bullying. In a sense this is a message to the audience that there are
people who would bully other people on the internet and not all of them will
show themselves, instead they hide behind a computer screen to bully
people. The moral of the story is to not bully and if you are bullied, switch the
laptop off and walk away, so the bullies can’t hurt you, if you don’t respond to
them.
In this clip, right from the beginning it shows the camera is at eye level; it

12. doesn’t move and is centred from her camera, as if the camera is looking at
her. This hints at what the film is about. Next the audience see a ‘close up
shot’ of Casey before she is bullied. In this shot she looks happy and carefree
and this is portrayed with her casually sitting at her computer, drinking out of
her bottle. From twenty five seconds onwards diegetic music starts playing in
her room and she sings along to an upbeat song. Again this portrays that she
is happy and has no worries or concerns and the cheerful music fits the mood
and appearance of the character before she is hacked. From twenty eight
seconds to forty four seconds, it shows an elliptical edit used in the film, when
Casey changes from her school uniform to her normal clothes. This scene
was cut to miss out the time it took her to change as it wasn't needed in the
film and allows the action of the film to happen sooner. The camera shows
Casey moving away from the camera and out of shot in order to change her
clothes, before walking back towards the camera in a ‘mid shot’ before using
a ‘close up shot’ when she is at her computer, checking it for messages. This
shows that her life is focused around the internet, as she can’t walk away from
her computer for very long, before she has to check it. At fifty seconds, all of a
sudden the music is changed to a more depressing song, which Casey
doesn't listen too. This starts to annoy her as she is not changing the music.
This music change happens twice over a twenty second timeframe and each
time it changes, she is not seen in the full frame or near her computer. This is
the first sign in the storyline that something is wrong with her computer and
the first appearance of the hacker.
The next shot starts from one minute twenty two seconds and shows the
camera at eye level for a ‘point of view’ shot looking at the computer, as her
friend, Megan skypes her for a chat. The sound of the skype arriving on her
computer is seen as happy thoughts, as Megan has messaged her to ask her
something. Megan is seen as the main focus and Casey is in the bottom right
hand corner of the screen. Throughout the conversation Megan is seen
getting ready to go out, and again the scene portrays Casey to not be
Megan’s main focus. Whilst they are talking it is discovered that a boy called
Alex, has previously hacked them, so this sets the scene that Casey is
vulnerable to being hacked and Alex may have done this. The conversation is

13. also about all the social media sites that Casey uses, such as Spotify, Twitter,
Skype, Snapchat etc. in the space of forty seconds. This again emphasises
how much Casey uses her computer, which could be seen as an addiction to
some. At approximately two minutes the shot cuts away to a ‘close up’ of her
computer screen, to portray Casey using the internet, whilst Megan is talking.
This is further highlighted by Megan asking what she was doing, and Casey
confirms she is looking on websites. At two minutes twelve seconds, the
camera angle then cuts back to the original shot, of Megan on screen and
Casey in the bottom right hand corner. At two minutes twenty, the camera
moves to a ‘close up’ shot of Megan looking on her phone, it then pans down
to Casey, so that the audience can see her facial expressions as her friend
tells her that her ex-boyfriend has posted a tweet about her online. The
camera then moves from Casey’s face to her computer screen to show the
tweet, before using another ‘close up’ shot of Casey’s face. With the ‘close up’
shots it allows the audience to understand how she is feeling and it portrays
her emotions more clearly, so that the audience can relate to Casey.
Lighting has been used very clearly in this film to add tension and to create
the correct mood for the film. Low key lighting has been used in Casey’s room
as she has little lights on, across the room, at the opposite end to her
computer. This makes the audience feel like the lights are very far away and
out of reach, and they are trapped in her bedroom like Casey.
In the next scene everything changes because the hacker makes himself
known to Casey. The sounds of the messages arriving are like little mini
threats by the hacker because she doesn’t know what the hacker shall want
her to complete next. The messages are sound perspective and become a
sense of dread to Casey and the audience as each time she hears a new
message arrive it fills her with fear, as she does not know what to expect and
it becomes more dangerous for her. Each camera angle is show at eyelevel
so that the audience can connect with Casey's emotions, to what is
happening in the film with the hacker. The eyelevel of the camera angle is
centred on the camera at the top of the laptop or on the screen. However this
begs the question, why doesn't Casey just close the laptop when the hacker

14. starts to make threats? This could be because she knows that she can't
escape from the internet.
This film is set in the modern age where technology runs the lives of most
people. For this film, the internet and technology is a character in itself as it
becomes the main threat to the main character of Casey. The dialogue
between Casey and Megan when they speak to each other clearly indicates
their age from what words they use to each other. The hacker used dialogue
that Casey and her friends don’t use, such as old phrases like‘BFF’ and ‘LOL’.
This was a clear indication to Casey and the audience that the person she
thought was her friend Alex wasn't Alex at all, but someone much older.
Throughout the short film, shallow focus is used very effectively to show the
emotion on Casey's face as she is threatened by the hacker. An extreme
close up shot is used to show Casey with tears in her eyes, before a close up
shot of Casey is shown to portray the fear that she is feeling, knowing that she
is being watched by the hacker. This is further emphasised by Casey standing
up and hitting her hands on the desk before shouting at her hacker “who are
you then?” This shows that she is frustrated and clearly afraid of the situation.
The bird's eye view of Casey's room shows the audience that Casey is
trapped in the one place, that she should feel safe in - her bedroom. This in a
way shows the audience that with internet bullying it can happen
anywhere. The cutaway shot from her computer to Casey allows the
audience to see how Casey communicates with the hacker. By cutting
between the two the audience can see two different characters in this story,
not just one. This is also shown by the way Casey talks to her computer
screen, as she is talking to the hacker and feels threatened by him. By
showing that Casey and the hacker are the two main characters it also gives
the hacker a human element. This is also emphasised in the end scene; the
hacker begs Casey to stay with him. This portrays the hacker as lonely and
just wants someone to talk to, but has gone about it the incorrect way.
Therefore Casey chooses to end the conversation and closes the laptop, to
effectively silence the hacker. In the end Casey works out that she will have a
life after the event and chooses to leave her bedroom. As she looks into the

15. hallway, it is flooded with light. By using high key lighting in the hall, it creates
a sense that she has finally broken away from the darkness of her hacker by
leaving the dark bedroom, thus leaving the situation and the world that once
consumed her behind. The light hall is also seen as a positive image against
the darker room that she was once in.
There are people who would harm others, for no particular reason via social
media sites. By the film not revealing who the hacker was, hints to the
audience that there are people in the World, like the hacker who might target
your social media sites. The underlining message is that if you use the
internet, then be careful as to what you say and do, because in reality, this
storyline could and does happen to anyone.
In conclusion, although Doctor Who is a series, See No Evil: The Moors
Murders is a serial and Cyberbully is a stand-alone drama, they are all single
camera dramas. Doctor Who followed the path of a non-linear storyline
because the narrative was not seen in sequence because it contained
flashbacks to add to the characters story. See No Evil: The Moors Murders
and Cyberbully both were a linear structure because the storyline was shown
in the same order that the character experienced them. Single camera
dramas can be both realist, like See No Evil: The Moors Murders and
Cyberbully, and they can be anti-realist like Doctor Who. All single camera
dramas can use different camera angles and shots to portray the story and
the characters turmoil or situation clearly. The script, scene, clothes, lighting
and music all add to the story to assist the viewer in understanding the
storyline and each character within the story.