Film development starts with audience preparation, genre and theme identification, psychographic and demographic analysis, character and social hierarchy analysis, and basic elements such as composition, set design, props, tone, colors, camerawork, and the film's time and location. In our mockumentary, nearly every one of the kids at Piper High is shown to be in a zombie-like state due to mind control brought on by drugs, videos, and morning announcements. Signs of this control are displayed, highlighting the protagonists' battle to resist it and try to warn others. Even though they are biased, the villains represent a larger social problem by reflecting the more subtly biased attitudes embedded in the controlled people. The main protagonists, who provide a story full of societal commentary and character development, work to free people from this pervasive mind control through compassion, creativity, nonconformity, wisdom, and influence
Identifying Genre | |
Identify the genre of your movie: Drama | |
Hybrid/subgenre (s): Dramedy/Mockumentary | |
Identify the iconography of your film based on your genre: Common elements of drama are exaggerated plots and situations, typically have happy/satisfactory endings, the main characters navigate the highs and lows of life while having an ardent desire to do good and overcome adversity, incorporating relatable issues, elements of sensitive struggles/topics are explored and are meant to share a lesson about a universal theme that all can possibly identify with. |
Identifying Audience | |
Identify the audience type and their demographics and psychographics. | |
Type of audience (Mainstream or Niche Audience) | |
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Market Segmentation Analysis | |
Demographics (In the US) | Psychographics |
Age(s):
Race/Ethnicity(s): Majority White, Black, and Hispanic population
Class(es): (lower middle class to upper middle class/wealthy)
Sexuality: (Heterosexuality and Bisexuality)
Religion: (Agnostic and Christian)
| Goals: Gen Alpha- to forge connections, build communities, and shape their identities Gen Z- to have purpose and accountability Millennials- time, money and energy all at once.
Fashion style: Gen Alpha- bright colors, graphic tees Gen Z- baggy jeans, crop tops, oversized Millennials- skinny jeans, high waisted
Personality Traits: Gen Alpha- socially aware, technology connected, growing up fast Gen Z- competitive, financially focused, self-reliant Millennials- ethical, creative, connected
Values: Gen Alpha- honesty, egalitarianism, personal responsibility, and innovation Gen Z- experiences and purposeful purchases Millennials- authority, achievement, and influence
Favorite Genre (in film): Gen Alpha- Singing and Dancing (i.e. musicals) Gen Z- Comedy (an example is The Office) Millennials- True Crime and Drama
Mental Issues: Gen Alpha- Anxiety and Depression Gen Z- Stress, Anxiety, and Loneliness (higher than other generations) Millennials- Depression (higher than other living generations) and Anxiety
Habits: Gen Alpha- Technologically wired and savvy Gen Z- Social media consumption and meditation Millennials- Convenience, shopping, paying bills, taking trips, eating out, online shopping. |
Film Idea Theme |
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience. |
What does the audience should expect from your film’s opening? | ||
Key Media Studies Concepts | Representation invites audiences to understand your media text and agree with the message in preferred ways. Depending on the audience, different interpretations are to some extent possible. As a group identify the following: | |
Ideology What ideas/ issues do you find important to your audience, to illustrate in your film? Provide 3 specific examples. | -Our film is meant to reflect societal issues that are very real and are important to discuss for any hope/effort of change in the future. Three specific examples that are prevalent, and commonly seen issues that we will explore in our film are:
-Racism -Sexism -Abuse of Power (while authority, law, and order are responsible for the function of our society, at times those in high position of power may have their own agendas, ideologies, and misuse their position to control others)
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Who are the individuals/characters that you would like to highlight in your film? Think of positive or negative stereotypes ………. | Positive The main characters in the film are the ones who are warning everyone else of this controlled and horrible society. They are rebellious and are often hated and discriminated against for being different. Types of character types are: The Dreamer, The Rebel, The Peacemaker. | Negative The rest of society are the discriminators. They are the ones that are hating on the main characters for being “different”. They are prejudiced, and are racist, sexist but in a subtle way. They believe that being mind-controlled is the “norm”. |
What social groups will you be focusing on? Think of the demographics and psychographics of your characters. | Demographics: gender, age, ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability/ability, etc. Diverse ethnicity, teenagers, feminism, ranging from lower middle class-upper middle class.
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Psychographics: Attitude, interests, lifestyles, beliefs/values, and personality. Mind control, everybody is the same,
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Identifying Mise en scene in your film | ||
Where is the setting of your story? Think of a courtyard, classroom, grocery store, cafeteria, home, etc. |
The setting is in a school; school hallway, school classroom.
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When is the story told? Think of the period, past/ present/ future. Day/afternoon/evening/night | The story is told in the Present, most likely in the morning and the afternoon.
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Props |
TV, weapons, phone, backpack, chairs, desks
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Set Design |
Very plain and empty school/classroom with desks and chairs aligned up perfectly.
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Colors (Add the meanings associated with the colors.) |
Everybody that is controlled is in black and white while the main characters are in normal colors.
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Composition
| An unsettling atmosphere is created in the setting with monotone colors and a unified set design. | |
Tone of Film (Describe in full sentences and why would you use them.)
| The tone of the film would be eerie. This is meant to subconsciously unsettle viewers to take the issues discussed in the film (such as a mind control, sexism, and racism) more seriously, adding a | |
Camerawork (Shot size, angles, framing and camera movement.
| Shot sizes: Establishing shot, master shot, wide shot, full shot, medium shot, medium close up Angles: Low angle, high angle, Dutch angle, eye level, shoulder level, knee level Framing: point, lines, shapes, space, balance, deep focus, shallow focus Camera movement: Static, Dolly in, dolly push out, zoom out, zoom out, tracking, | |
Reflection
Work Cited
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Generation Z and the Transformation of American Adolescence: How Gen Z’s Formative Experiences Shape Its Politics, Priorities, and Future - The Survey Center on American Life. (2023, November 14). The Survey Center on American Life. https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/generation-z-and-the-transformation-of-american-adolescence-how-gen-zs-formative-experiences-shape-its-politics-priorities-and-future/#:~:text=Almost%20one%20in%20four%20(23,%2C%20bisexual%2C%20or%20something%20else.
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Events, A. M. (2023, September 12). Lights, Camera, Generations: How Gen-Zs & Millennials Differ in Consuming Film & TV — AUDACITY Magazine & Events. AUDACITY Magazine & Events. https://www.audacitymagazine.org/the-zine/lights-camera-generation#:~:text=The%20millennials%20had%20something%20different,%2C%20each%20at%2032%25%20percent.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
Film Idea Theme
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
Film Idea Theme
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
Film Idea Theme
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
Film Idea Theme
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
Film Idea Theme
List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be specific. Think about your audience.
Coming of age story about Love vs. social control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults (drama element).
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
Film Idea Theme
List at least 3 themes for your f and why. Be specific. Think about your audienc
Coming of age story about Le vs. social control empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life, because our group not only intendsto communicate these universal themes to our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and adults (drama element
In drama, it is common to incorporate themes such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has, because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance.
Social themes/sensitive societal topics such as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/ current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones) that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world around them.
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