Changes from my animatic

After looking at the shots in my animatic, it became apparent that the narrative was to generic (a traditional linear narrative as described by Todorov - http://sismedia.wetpaint.com/page/Narrative+theory) and too expected for my targted audience. Therefore, I feel that I will need to alter certain shots to create an "air of mystery", so that enough ambiguity is created for my audience members to suggest things about the main character instead of the narrative directly saying it (here I will be using Barthes’ Enigma Code – Barthes suggests that a narrative should offer a series of mysteries to the audience to be unraveled as the text develops - http://sismedia.wetpaint.com/page/Narrative+theory).

-Audience to be unraveled as the text develops- sismedia.wetpaint.com/page/narrative+theory

As the main protagonist is suffering from an eating disorder, I will alter certain aspects within the narrative to reinforce the need to have the perfect body image without out right getting the character to say it.

One prop that I will use is photo frames:
- this is good because that way the audience members can see how the girl used to look before she had the disease.
- it also shows the girl's reflection in the frame, thus reinforcing her importance of body image.

Narrative structure and theory is something that I could have given greater consideration to during my AS production therefore here I am attempting to make it an integral part of my pre-production in the hope that it will lead to less problems and changes at the post production stage. Moreover, I have given far more time to pre-production realizing that I had done so at the AS production process would have been far smoother resulting in an even more accomplished product.

Instead of just spoken dialouge between the few characters, I will also use a shooting method whereby the audience members get to listen to the protagonists thoughts and feelings. Thus, meaning that they are drawn closer to the main protagonist. Not only this, but I will use all of the characters voices in the girls head as if they are pressuring her inside. To reinforce this pressure, I will use an echoed or blurred voice so that it is apprent that the characters are not directly speaking to her. This will also suggest that the eating disorder is at a low point as the signs and symptoms begin to occur in the text.


I will also alter the shot list so that the ending is more coherent to what the actual disease is really like. In other words, someone suffering from anorexia would deny that they still have it to fool the other characters. Therefore, I will change the ending to show that her issues are still not resolved. After her friends ask about her welfare at the restaurant and she replies with "Im fine", the non-diegetic sound of her being sick will enter so that the audience members know that her issues are still apparent even at the end of the text.