One Media Theory

 The cultivation theory- Particular violent content, can lead to people to view the world as more dangerous than it actually is.

Why do I want to include this theory...

This gives my film a sense of fear. 

The monster in my film (still yet to name) will unleash utter destruction on cities. Many will look at this and automatically assume this is happening globally, but it really isn't. There is only 1 monster and it remains in one area. It will not move anywhere. 

The film is meant to take in London, however due to expenses and being a minor, we obviously can't do that so you're gonna have to pretend!!!

If the film is meant to only take place in London, every other country (besides neighboring countries) is essentially neutral. Nothing substantial happens in other parts of the world. To emphasize, everything but London is safe. 

This minor detail leads people to believe that this world is pure chaos, but it's really just London. 

This is pretty similar to the entirety of the Godzilla series up until King of the Monsters and all films after, as Godzilla and all other Kaiju's become global threats and not just Tokyo.

Analysis: If I were to incorporate the cultivation theory into my film, it could give the film some sort of dynamic that goes into depth on the chaos ensuing in London. Leading to people believing this is a global threat when in reality it really isn't. People from other countries would be mortified upon hearing the news, but will most likely go back to their normal lives after a week or so once gaining the information that this will not affect others as the monster is relatively slow and can't swim.

The film could also mirror Jurassic World (specifically only the first one) 

Jurassic World (1) mainly focusses on the park, but everyone in the film acts as if this will become a global cataclysmic event (FORESHADOWING!!!!! :0000) (but in this film nothing directly indicates this) 

JW (1) highlights the extremes of dinosaurs outside of captivity, mainly the Indominus Rex, the main antagonist dinosaur of the film. In the first JW movie, only the park would be in chaos, as none of the dinosaurs can escape to mainland as it is too far, including the marine dinosaurs.

(Besides the horribly inaccurate Mosasaur, but that was in captivity still) which emphasizes the fact that the entirety of the world is actually fine (AS OF NOW!!!) and only the park is chaotic and frightening. 

The cultivation theory is a really interesting media theory that can give a little more life to the film world that meets the eye.

Group Meeting #1

Reflection: Majority of the groups seem to be doing thriller/ horror, no matter. though, as these groups gave me so much insight and films I could refer to for my film project. This group meeting helped me progress my overall plot. My group members also have some really nice ideas, however some do need improvement, as they focus on one thing for a bit too long. All in all this group meeting really sharpened my perspective on my film and other ideas like the editing aspect.

W group !!

https://gabeaicemedia.blogspot.com/

-Gabe 

Genre: Thriller 

Setting to film: Park, or any house 

Plot: Not sure about idea yet, has a couple options. Like relaxing at his house after a long day of work and he goes about his day. He then gets a phone call from a mysterious person, once he answers the voice says, “YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP! WAKE UP NOW BEFORE...” and then the man wakes up. 

No title 

Critique-Nicholas: Overall, solid idea 

https://nickminds.blogspot.com/ 

My name: Nicholas 

Genre: Horror/Psychological Thriller 

As of Monday, my group does not know what we are going to do but we have some ideas and some films we are inspired by.  

Plot #1: One idea was a zombie apocalypse with 2 survivors in a forest running away from a monster on a dark, foggy night and they stop running after a couple seconds thinking they escaped. The 2 survivors start walking with the map they got of the park and then they suddenly hear the sound of something breaking but don’t think much of it. They suddenly hear a monster creeping up onto them and the scene would end with the zombie on top of the person about to eat them. 

Critique: -Gabe, minimal running. Running is boring, no one wants to see running. Terrible idea. 

Some films I am inspired by films like the shining, Halloween, and jaws as I really enjoyed these movies and would want to be created something like this 

https://superawesomekidcook.blogspot.com/2025/02/researchanalyzediscuss-three-film.html 

Name: Adil 

Genre: Thriller  
Plot: A godzilla inspired film, given by Stoklosa due to the fact that our group had no idea what to do. The setting takes place in a dark forest (Mark and park), story dynamic may be derived from Jurassic Park (T. Rex Escape scene) and how science will be humanities un-doing (Life finds a way) Take the new Jurassic world rebirth trailer for example, the new abnormality that is the main focus is a dinosaur called D-Rex/Deformed Rex (Image below) This can be a mirroring towards my film as my monster escapes from containment as scientists got too full of themselves and thought they had full control over the monster. (That is all the information as of now) 

https://santinamp.blogspot.com/ 

Santina Moreno 

Genre: Drama 

Title: Dear Diary; 

Plot: The main character is a girl who is very isolated and doesn't have a lot of friends, so when the last day of school ends, she goes directly home to find no one there either. During her car ride home, we want some non-diegetic music on the background and start the credit sequence until she goes into her room and closes the blinds, and the title appears. When the camera pans into the bed, the girl is going to be writing in her diary until her mom comes into her room and takes her out for some ice cream 

https://anasblogrincon.blogspot.com/ 

 

Genre: Thriller & Coming of Age  

We don't have any title yet 

Setting: At the beach during the sunset  

Plot: A girl who just turned 21 and went to the beach to drink and celebrate her birthday with some people who she thought they were her friends, she gets really drunk and one of her friends take a picture  

Critique- Beatrice: I think your movie examples are good but maybe you should offer more analysis and responses with depth. This way you can learn more about how to use things and what to add into your opening.  

 

Beatrice: my blog  

Genre: Horror 

-Plot: A girl gets cursed and is watched by a killer, she is trying to break the curse. The curse feeds on depression and can be broken with happiness and love. She is depressed because her mom passed away a while ago and ever since her dad has been taking out his anger on her, making their house unsafe and their relationship weak.  

-Setting: house of the family  

-Title: Haunted memories (?)  

Group consists of Adil (ME!!!), Nicholas, Beatrice, Santina, and Gabriel