The Resistance-
Theme: Horror/ thriller
Plot: A group of friends go to stay at a log cabin in the middle of nowhere to have a birthday party. They are chatting and eating around a fire and one of the friends goes outside to get more firewood. Soon after the group inside hear screams and chopping noises. The remaining three friends all look at each other in horror and go to peer outside the door to investigate. One girl’s leg gets grabbed and a hood is put over her head which muffles her screams. One of the friends tries to pull her back inside but fails.
Narrative: Classical narrative structure (Todorov) incorporating binary opposites- good v. evil (Strauss)
Characters: Primary characters- two boys, two girl (the survivors/ one girl who is taken)
First victim (boy)
Takers (1 person)
Setting: Cabin at Box hill (Betchworth)
Mise-En-Scene: Dark, shadows- fire lit. Costume- for takers= all black+ masks.
Trigger point-
Theme: Obsession
Plot: A mentally
unstable male cannot overcome the challenge of losing his pervious life after a
car crash he was in. Inanimate objects trigger memories of his past,
particularly his girlfriend. He becomes obsessional about gaining her and his
past life back.
Narrative: Breaks
the classical narrative pattern by the use of flashbacks/ dreams. There is no
dialogue only music and a narrator.
Characters: Male-
OCD, unstable, obsessional.
Past girlfriend- brunette, pretty, girly.
Group of girls- 4 mixed girls.
Setting: Males
home/flat- ordered, tidy, clinical.
Cafe where he sees the group/ supposed past girlfriend
(trigger point) –Cheam park cafe.
Epsom downs view point- trigger point
Mise-En-Scene: Colours-
in home= muted/ clinical.
Dress code- Male= tidy, maintained.
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