Documentary - Statement of Intent

  

This is our team's statement of intent for our documentary. It is an edited version of the original statement of intent written by Jason

Media Language

We will have a lot of undershots to show that 'Bufo Ferulabitus' (also known as Conc) is a very dangerous disease. We will use a lot of dark foreboding music when approaching Conc patients. We simply need them to look threatnening. For the surrounding people affected, we will use full shots with blurred backgrounds with more emotional moody music to show the despair that they feel because of the Conc infection. The documentary will likely have a dark and foreboding theme so music similar to those found in horror movies may be appropriate to help build that feeling. Creepy ambiance will also be a large tool for ys to create this feeling as well. Editing will be relatively slow like that in horror movies.

Representation

We are going to give a negative but comedic representation of men who fear interaction with women. We choose to follow stereotypes for these people often used on the internet: terminally online, slightly-morbidly overweight, and nerdy. We will represent them as victims of the disease, as our documentary will be shown to many people who have no knowledge of them, we will show the disease as something they must avoid for the better. According to representation theory, people will get meaning from the media pieces like our documentaries. Because of that, we feel that it is socially important that these people are victims, not predators.

Industry

This work will be distributed throughout YouTube and Netflix. Our target audiences are terminally online so it would be easy for them to access our media content through those methods. They would also still be attending school, so they may not have a source of income, making YouTube a good option as it is free to access. We will also advertise via TikTok and Instagram reels due to their ability in making things go viral quickly. Because their video formats are similar, we wouldn't have to spend much time and money on advertising on both platforms as we can just post the same, with minor changes, advertisements on both. An Instagram page will also be made where we can post extra content, advertisements, release dates, interviews, promotions, and many more.