Film Control: Statement of Intent

INTRODUCTION:

Control will be a family sci-fi/horror series based on a scientist who created a chemical that makes him able to control other people’s minds. The first minute will just be a series of shots of the scientist creating his chemical in a lab. He then comes home and there is a person tied up on the floor, the scientist then proceeds to pour the chemical down his throat. The person awakes and is shown to be brainwashed. My 2 minute clip will take place towards the end of episode one.

MEDIA LANGUAGE

I intend to have around 2 different settings: an archetypal home and lab setting. The lab will emphasize the sci-fi genre and the home setting will provide the audience pleasure of personal identity to make the audience relate to the main character despite him being an anti-hero character. There are 2 different characters; the anti-hero, Dr J and the princess character Lion. I will use at least 10 different camera shots such as a POV shot to make the watcher more immersed in the show and deliver the audience pleasure of diversion and entertainment as they can escape the routine nature of everyday life and so they can relate with the main character more. Also I will use a variety of angles like a low angled shot of Dr J to make him appear more powerful and high angled shots of Lion to make him appear weak and powerless. There will be diegetic and non-diegetic sounds such as intense background music (non-diegetic) and dialogue (diegetic).

REPSENTATION

 The main character will reinforce stereotypes of "mad scientists" being crazy and evil. The person who is kidnapped will be a male so this will subvert stereotypes of females always being the person who needs rescuing and is in danger. I intend to reinforce stereotypes of Indian men in England with Dr J’s character because he is a doctor and the typical stereotype in England for Indians is that they are intelligent. Furthermore I subvert the stereotype that villains are mainly English and white as my clip the villain and protagonist is Indian which alters the typical stereotype that films/TV shows in the UK have a mainly all white cast.

AUDIENCE

The target audience will be families and teens who are interested in sci-fi horror and sci-fi crime TV shows/films. My film will mainly be in the streets of London so will create a sense of familiarity with British audiences. If people enjoyed watching the Saw franchise, or the TV show Goosebumps then I believe they will enjoy watching my TV show as it is intriguing and keeps audiences on the edge of their seat until the end where it has an interesting twist which will make audiences want to see the next episode.