Filming

We have finally managed to do the filming and it went well. We are able to use the footage to edit and are now on that process.

Roland Barthes

Action- a narrative device by a resolution is produced through action e.g. a shoot out.
Enigma- a narrative device that teases the audience by presenting a puzzle, wants to delay storys endings
Symbolic- (connotation)
Semic- (denotation)
Cultural- a narrative device which the audience can recognise as being part of a culture e.g. 'made man' in a gangstar film is part of a media culture.

Tzvetan Todorov

Tzvetan Todorov was a Bulgarian literacy theorist, he suggested that most narratives start with a state of equilibrium in which life is normal. This state of normality is then disrupted by an outside force which has to be fought against in order to retuurn to a state of equilibrium. This model can easily be applied to a wide range of film/tv.

Equilibrium
· a state of normality

->

Disequilibrium
· Disruption

->

New equilibrium
· A result of the disruption different to the initial equilibrium (new state of normality)



I applied this theory to Sex and the City the movie:

Equilibrium
· Carrie and Big looking for a place to live together, happy. Big proposes to Carrie they plan their wedding day

->

Disequilibrium
· Big leaves Carrie on their wedding day and doesn't turn up, they break up

->

New Equilibrium
· Big and Carrie finally get marries and City Hall

Propp

Propp belived in having 8 characater roles: Hero, Villain, The Donor, The Dispatcher, The False Hero, The Helper, The Princess, Her Father.

This is what i got when I applied Star Wars to these rolses:
· Hero- Luke Skywalker
· Villain- Darth Vader
· The Donor- Yoda
· The Dispatcher- Obe One
· The False Hero-
· The Helper- C3PO
· The Princess- Princess Leah
· Her Father-

This is what i got when I applied Hannah Montana the movie to these roles:
· The Hero- Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart
· Villain - Oswold(reporter), The man trying to build over the town
· The Donor- Hannah's publisist, Lily, Bobby Rae(Miley's Dad)
· The Dispatcher- Bobby Rae(Miley's Dad)
· False Hero- Hannah Montana
· Helper- Lily
· Princess- Travis, Crowley Meadows(town)
· Father- Her Grandmother

Claude Levi-Strauss

Claude Levi-Strauss was a social anthrapologist who studied myths of social cultures. He examined how stories unconciously reflect the values, beliefs and myths of a culture. These are usually expressed in the farm of binary oppositions.

For example:

Police
· Good
· Smartly dressed
· Well spoken
· Polite
· Calm

Criminal
· Bad
· Scruffy
· Common
· Impolite
· Stressed


Harry Potter:

Harry, Ron, Hermione
· Good
· Wear casual clothes/school uniform
· Friendly/polite
· Use magic for good
· Popular for good reasons

Death Eaters
· Bad
· Wear all black
· Rude
· Use magic for bad
· Popular for bad reasons

Music

I've been looking round different copywright free music sites, and i've found some music on soundcloud that would fit well with our film genre; horror.

Here are some tracks from soundcloud that i liked:
Horror Music by gangstersnick

Horror by ChernobylArist

Lurking - Dark Horror Ambience by Joe Griffith

Classic Horror 1 by user8855158

Someone Else's Horror by cbledsoejr

Horror Ambiance by LoudCore

Our film name

Because of help from our peers, we have decided to call out film 'Blackout' :)

We think this is a catchy name for a horror film because it links to when one of the girls get taken there is a blackout before this happens.