Research for effects theories.

Here is a summing up of some effects theories courtesy of Wikipedia:

The Hypodermic Needle Model
The intended message is directly received and wholly accepted by the receiver.

Two-Step flow
The people with most access to media, and highest media literacy explain and diffuse the content to others. This is a modern version of the hypodermic needle model.

Uses and Gratifications
People are not helpless victims of mass media, but use the media to get specific gratifications.

Reception Theory
The meaning of a "text" is not inherent within the text itself, but the audience must elicit meaning based on their individual cultural background and life experiences

Obstinate Audience Theory
This theory assumes that there is a transactional communication between the audience and the media. The audience actively selects what messages to pay attention to. The Zimmerman-Bauer study found that the audience also participates in the communication by influencing the message.

Propps Theory of Narrative

The explanation courtesy of Wikipedia:

The villain — struggles against the hero.
The donor —character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.
The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.
The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.
Her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished.
The dispatcher —prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.
The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.
False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess

I decided to relate this film to Shutter Island by showing who the main characters are and where their roles link...


Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy Daniels (The Hero)


Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule (The Donor)


Ben Kingsley as Dr. John Cawley (The Helper/Dispatcher)


Michelle Williams as Dolores Chanal


Emily Mortimer as Rachel Solando












Elias Koteas as Andrew Laeddis

Initially Andrew Laeddis is the villain of the movie. he fits the conventions as he struggles with the hero in terms of a mental battle inside the hero's head.

Props

The props that we want to use in the film are as follows;

Weapons:
-Knife
-Axe
-Gun
-Blunt object

Vehicles:
-Van
-Car
-Police Car

The weapons will al be easy enough to gather together but is the vehicles that will cause the problems.
To get a van it is possible to hire one, from a Van Hire company. Also to get a police car it is possible as a friend of mine's father is a police man and it would surely be possible to ask if he would let us film him driving it.

Locations

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Upon having a cemented idea of what our teaser trailer was going to be we had to suggest locations. The ideal location we had in mind for your film was Cane Hill Asylum. This is a building located in coulsdon which is now abandoned and certainly has a sinister and scary look about it.