DATED 

Problems with first Narrative:

 

Most of our planning was written down in note form as it was simple and easy to brainstorm and chuck ideas on to paper. It also meant that we could keep adding to our ideas with no trouble at all. Me and Natalie were key to this area as we were the ones who were keen to be creative and analyse what shots we could use to create different effects. I was more involved with how to create enigma codes using mise-en-scene, such as using props, costume, colours and makeup to portray the characters in certain ways (to create suspense). 

 

However, as we started to construct our narrative onto storyboards, we realised that our ideas were confusing for the audience; and too many shots were required; meaning that we wouldn't be able to keep our production in to the time limit. 

 

For this reason, we changed our ideas quite dramatically; which made our production more effective, and a success at the end. 

 

Final Narrative: 

 

One of the biggest changes we decided to make were that we cut out the entire section of the car scene. This was done so that the length was cut down, and so that there were only two characters in our piece; to not confuse the reader. This was a sad decision for our group as I had made a radio edit using Audacity; sing the tracks we originally brainstormed, and also sound effects such as 'distortion', 'reverb' and 'static'. This decreased the risk of our film confusing the readers; which was necessary.

 

However, this allowed us to add more conext to our party scene; as it was able to become extended. This meant that instead of overlaying the party and wood scenes, we could cross-cut between them; creating the desired effect of the woodland scene being a psychological/mental state of the protagonist. 

 

We also then decided to swap our ideas for the narrative around so hat instead of hallucinating the party scenes, the protagonist was hallucinating the woodland scenes. We thought that this would be easier to understand; as it created a sense of realism to the events occuring. This also meant that our idea became more alternative, and that of a radicalised narrative. This is because instead of the stereotypical 'vulnerable, damsel in distress' character being chased in a woods, she is being preyed upon at a party scene and by a girl; which goes against the preffered reading of a thriller. We did this to make our piece stand out and become alternative. 

 

Lastly, we changed the hallucination from being the protagonist's 'darker side', to it being her subconscious mind warning her/foreseeng the events that the reader doesn't know about yet. This creates tension and suspense; typical of a Thriller.