Updated Aims and Intentions
Learner's Name: Michael
Quigley-Smith
Word Count: 425
I have decided to make a psychological thriller that utilises striking visuals and an unstable sense of reality channelled through the protagonist to create an unnerving drama that also contains the suspense and mystery elements of crime shows.
My programme will jump between reality and the protagonist’s dreamscapes, and the latter will be indicated with extreme mise-en-scene elements such as block-colour lighting and Dutch camera angles, which will act to disorient the audience, offering them a unique viewing experience. During a scene where the main character is running from an unknown entity, there will be rapid editing and handheld camerawork without a steadicam, creating tension, while in the next scene, the camera will move slowly on a dolly in binary opposition to the running scene, varying the pace and maintaining audience interest. Reality will be depicted in a more standard manner, with less extreme mise-en-scene. This visual contrast between the two worlds will allow audiences to know which world they’re in, although the separation may not always seem so obvious to create a restricted and enigmatic narrative, which will appeal to crime audiences who want to experience the mystery unravelling.
The main character of the show is haunted by his dreams, and is represented as someone experiencing residual trauma from both his past and his failure to catch the killer on the loose. This representation of an unstable mind adds to the narrative, but also increases awareness of mental issues. This is a familiar character archetype for crime genre fans, so will appeal to audiences of crime dramas. The protagonist will have a partner, which will also be recognisable in accordance with Steve Neale’s genre theory, but the reality-bending elements of the programme will serve as a unique selling point, appealing to crime drama audiences by being something different, and also appealing to fans of the psychological thriller genre with its visuals and distorted narrative. The show’s director is a woman, an underrepresented demographic for directors the representation of which is relevant to current celebrity culture
The show will be shown on ITV at the later prime-time slot of 9pm on Sundays, which is post-watershed, so the horror elements needn’t be censored by the network, but there is still a large viewership. ITV is a private broadcaster who had huge success with Broadchurch, a show that took the crime genre and used it to make something different. This show aims to do the same: take familiar elements of the crime drama genre and add a twist to them; in this case adding psychological horror elements.
Word Count: 425
I have decided to make a psychological thriller that utilises striking visuals and an unstable sense of reality channelled through the protagonist to create an unnerving drama that also contains the suspense and mystery elements of crime shows.
My programme will jump between reality and the protagonist’s dreamscapes, and the latter will be indicated with extreme mise-en-scene elements such as block-colour lighting and Dutch camera angles, which will act to disorient the audience, offering them a unique viewing experience. During a scene where the main character is running from an unknown entity, there will be rapid editing and handheld camerawork without a steadicam, creating tension, while in the next scene, the camera will move slowly on a dolly in binary opposition to the running scene, varying the pace and maintaining audience interest. Reality will be depicted in a more standard manner, with less extreme mise-en-scene. This visual contrast between the two worlds will allow audiences to know which world they’re in, although the separation may not always seem so obvious to create a restricted and enigmatic narrative, which will appeal to crime audiences who want to experience the mystery unravelling.
The main character of the show is haunted by his dreams, and is represented as someone experiencing residual trauma from both his past and his failure to catch the killer on the loose. This representation of an unstable mind adds to the narrative, but also increases awareness of mental issues. This is a familiar character archetype for crime genre fans, so will appeal to audiences of crime dramas. The protagonist will have a partner, which will also be recognisable in accordance with Steve Neale’s genre theory, but the reality-bending elements of the programme will serve as a unique selling point, appealing to crime drama audiences by being something different, and also appealing to fans of the psychological thriller genre with its visuals and distorted narrative. The show’s director is a woman, an underrepresented demographic for directors the representation of which is relevant to current celebrity culture
The show will be shown on ITV at the later prime-time slot of 9pm on Sundays, which is post-watershed, so the horror elements needn’t be censored by the network, but there is still a large viewership. ITV is a private broadcaster who had huge success with Broadchurch, a show that took the crime genre and used it to make something different. This show aims to do the same: take familiar elements of the crime drama genre and add a twist to them; in this case adding psychological horror elements.
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