The idea of my film is that James Watson grew up in an abusive family with a drunk mother and violent father, making him and his younger sister go into care although they became very close and protective as a result. However a few years later she unfortunately dies in a car accident, which is just the beginning of James' flashbacks.. he remembers things from when he was younger, he remembers things that he didn't know before, and finally he remembers what happened to his sister in the accident. It was him, something had come over him and caused the accident although he blacked out at this stage and couldn't remember it until now.. we then later find out that he has a psychological disorder which has caused these black outs.
Looking at real media texts I think that James is fairly similar to Marshall Edward "teddy" Daniels in Shutter island.
His character is unaware of his past, he is completely oblivious and it is a result of a traumatic experience in his past, therefore making him similar to James in the way that they both do not know that they firstly have an illness and secondly that it has anything to do with them.. they immediately blame outside factors although both from a normal life making it follow the thriller convention.
One of the theorists that can apply to the characters is:
Vladimir Propp - Character Types (the seven spheres)
This is because they believe that they follow the character of the hero.. as they try to solve the case of what happened to James' sister or to what is happening at the "prison". although it comes to light that they are both the villain as opposed to the hero of the story.
During the course of this project I will be using a variety of technology such as; camera, lighting, premier pro, photo-shop, internet research, recording interviews with people, making radio trailers, conducting a pod-cast, using email to communicate with those helping me as well as trying to find out opinions of the target audience.
Finally; the plot applies to many theories although the main one being Barthes - Enigma Code, this theory suggests that films make the audience ask questions, as they do not fully tell the story until essentially the end, for example this is used in "sin city" in the opening scene where a woman is killed by the man that says he loves her, he also claims that he "will help her".. leaving the audience question 'if he loves her, why would he kill her.. also why does she need saving'.
My film uses this theory in the way that the audience are unaware that James has a psychological illness, or that it would cause him to kill his sister.. to whom he is so close with.
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