Synopsis

We where given a task as a group to come up with some ideas for our horror narrative using what we have learnt from our research to inform our suggestions to each other. These are some of the ideas we came up with:

Trailer idea:

(a news flash appears, you can hear a voice over whilst clips play)

(In a modern society we as humans are faced with many pressures. Religion, public pressures and the constant adaption of the world progressing around us. With a growing population, we are at higher risk of spreading contagious infections. The latest outbreak to hit London is yet to be pin pointed, side effects causing youths to become violent and lose all sense of sanity. As the bridge between generations is growing, those older than adolescence fail to see the true effects of this outbreak and are completely unaware of their behaviour. BEWARE! They have been known to carry weapons and are extremely violent. Fire’s are breaking out all over London here....) cuts out

Main synopsis:

In the local Croydon area, there have been many upsets in the past. However, it is currently in a state of what they know to be equilibrium. The rise in crimes is becoming even more noticeable. Danni lives in Norbury, South London. Her mum is a single parent, and Danni lives with her alone in a small council flat on the edge of an estate. Recent events within have caused major up raw within communities and several people have been killed. The source of what has caused these events in unclear, but what Danni does know is that this extreme violence is heading towards where she lives.

 After seeing such events on the news, the government has looked further into the case and have found that a violent virus has out broken and can only affect the bodies of those that are not fully matured. The infection has found to be contracted through the use of technology and appears to be a whole new type of technology bug which can penetrate the human body through broadcasts.

As this wave of violence gets closer, we start to see the effects in Danni herself. Danni owns a blackberry and is completely obsessed with it like most teenagers her age. What she does not know is that a broadcast through the BBM system is causing this violence to escalate through a cross bred technological/human virus; in turn effecting both technology and the human behaviour. We see a shot of Danni in her room looking out of the window. Her phone starts to vibrate violently as she receives the broadcast. The sender comes up as unknown and Danni is unaware of the effect given by opening the broadcast.  As she gets the message her mum is in the living room next to her bedroom watching the news.  This is what is said:

The government has tried to shut the technology services down to avoid further spreading of the virus. However the virus is too strong and the technology can’t be shut down. Instead the TV’s may go due to this interruption to signals.

She leaves the house to get away from all the talk of what is coming, unknown to her she has been effected by this virus but as the government where attempting to shut down the blackberry system, the virus was not able to fully penetrate her body. However, some effects may still be present in her behaviour.

 As she fights against the virus which is trying to take over her, she encounters many youths effected who want her to become sucked in. She is constantly on the run from people affected by the virus and people living around her are becoming infected. Unaware of her actions, she becomes violent back to these unhumanised beings

 She encounters an affected teenage girl. As she tries to attack her, she hits one of them down to the ground and runs away. The shot focuses on the attackers face on the floor with Danni running away in the background (the back of the shot is unfocused so is blurred).

Danni and her mum have an argument leading to Danni pushing her up against the wall in a violent outburst. Once she realises how she is behaving she backs away, she then runs and locks herself in the bathroom. Here she runs water and splashes it on her face to calm her down. As she looks up from the water basin she catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror. She is visibly paler and has rather dark circles around her eyes. The coloured part of her eyes has become darker. The shot ends and she looks deeper into her newly darkened eyes and the camera focuses in on the darkness. As she looks into her eyes she see’s flashes of her violent acts that she has not realised has happened.

Theorys

We have used theories that we have studied in our media lessons to shape and form our narrative. The main theory which is obvious when reading the synopsis is the use of Todrov's Basic narrative theory. Our narrative starts with an equilibrium and then conflict is caused by a change. However, we are not following the theory entirely as we do not have a equilibrium at the end of our narrative. Our storyline ends with a cliff hanger.

We also use "the male gaze" subconciously throughout the narrative, this is done through the shots we use. An example of the voyeuristic shots which we are using are those which are taken from a high angle in a tree as if the character is being watched.

We are using the final girl theory heavily throughout our narrative as we feel that it is an important aspect of the horror genre. Our character Danni is the protagonist and final remaining character left in the story line to fight against the infection.