Task 2- How does your product represent particular social groups?

A blind twelve year old girl name Lucinda has been held by the Government to help save the global phenomenon. Her in normality has been heavily influenced by the devil and her once disadvantage give by the devil has now become a unique gift that will save lives. She naturally starts to draw the pentagram that answers all questions. A governor sits over her observing and waiting. She finishes her drawing and the members of authority now are completely aware of what they must do.

We decided to chose a young English girl to fit the stereotype of horror films. This stereotype follows the scene of young girls that are vulnerable and scared. Normally, they are intimidated by other characters. Just like our film, Lou was asked to play a vulnerable girl that was held back of her ‘talent’ because of Russell. Eventually, she overcomes her fear and produces answers for the Government. Creating stereotypical characters helps audiences to understand the plot far better and allows the story to flow. With Russell, he played the character of an intimidating man that controls the situation.


Our film, FIVE was influence by two films in particular; Sixth Sense and Girl Interrupted. Both of these films incorporate a younger generation to portray the story. In particular, Sixth Sense uses a very young boy who can ‘see dead people.’ Extremely similar to FIVE, Lou was perceived as being able to read and understand the devil, in which she could then answer many questions. This is a great example for our film and it clearly shows how we found ideas and were heavily influenced by this film.

Girl Interrupted is not an extreme horror, yet is heavily set in tension and anticipation. Once again, the younger generation is used as the main character. We thought for our film that using a young girl as the main character really increases the ‘horror factor.’ The fact that such a young girl is forced to be independent only increases her vulnerability and further more adds tension. Using a younger audience as actors will bring in the younger viewers and only increase the audiences’ quality and in return make a larger gross profit.


















Relevant News Stories

In the stage of creating and developing our idea we thought that we should relate it to real life stories, or at least near to. Obviously, our films plot would never be true of the real life, but an element of the truth increases the films tension. All of these articles below are similar stories that we started with. We researched true stories of murder, children and claims of understanding the spirit. From there we were able to develop an idea that had an underlying truth that could then be adapted to a thriller film.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3423777.stm
The judges said Mrs Cannings's case had broad implications for other cases involving parents accused of harming their children. The Cannings case followed a decision earlier last year to overturn solicitor Sally Clarke's conviction of murdering her two young sons, and the acquittal of pharmacist Trupti Patel on charges of murdering her three babies. The Crown Prosecution Service was also asked by Lord Goldsmith to review 15 ongoing cases involving an unexplained infant death. The Criminal Case Review Commission is now waiting to receive cases to review.









http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/629269.stm

Social service leaders in Leicester have admitted making errors in the case of a four-year-old child who was murdered by his mother's boyfriend. Gary Davis, 33, was described in court as "a monster" and jailed for life on Thursday for killing his girlfriend's son. The child died last February after contracting hypothermia when he was repeatedly thrown into an ice-cold bath as a punishment. On the day the four-year-old was murdered, he had more than 60 injuries on his body, including a ruptured liver.
The child's mother, Samantha Jane Tuff, was sentenced to two-and-a half years for cruelty. She was found not guilty of manslaughter. Two months before the boy died, his head teacher Chris Hassell warned Leicester social services and the police that he suspected the boy and his eight-year-old brother were being abused. The chair of the local Area Child Protection Committee (ACPC), which released its report on Thursday, criticized the police and social services for not interviewing the boy.

The representational factor of child mental health disorders are relevant to our film. These stories, together, are similar to our film. They’ve helped us to develop the films plot. The honest and realistic stories from the News help to produce a more realistic film. Just like how our stereotypes have increased realism to the film, so has the plot. The media represented these people as ‘monsters’ but we wanted to portray them as strict and horrible characters. We portrayed Russell, the policemen as a kind yet forceful character. Unlike the news stories where lawful roles of society are portrayed and work as Samaritans and helpers.