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PitchNetworked

ProposalResearch question which motivates my production

To produce an individual production that is informed or explores some critical aspect and may address a

contemporary social issue.

Abortion 

Ageism 

Crime 

Discrimination 

Drugs 

Homelessness 

Injustice 

Poverty 

Racism 

Religion Sexism 

Weightism

ContentAct I: Story background• Female character has met “handsome” guy online

that she becomes interested in.Protagonists problem• This “handsome” man never seems to follow

through with plans, seems evasive.Act II:Problem is complicated• She realises he is not who he says he is, stalker.

She becomes trapped by him.Act III:Protagonists problem solved• Female helps male face his issues, stops stalking.

Hannah: Female, late teens, student, pretty, interested in Character B’s fictional persona.Alex: Male, late teens, not physically intimidating yet stalker, Catfish, has social anxiety.

Content & FormShort synopsisNETWORKED explores themes of cyberstalking, catfishing & social anxiety disorder. It follows the story of Hannah, a pretty female university student who falls for a guy she meets online, Jack, who she believes to be a sweet, good-looking male.

However, we find out that all is not as it seems as, after avoiding meeting face-to-face at every opportunity, Hannah begins toinvestigate until she uncovers the truth that the “sweet & good-looking” guy she thought she was speaking to is really Alex, a socially-inept male that has been stalking her. After confrontation and becoming trapped by Alex, Hannah gets through to him by making him realise his actions and therefore he agrees to stop stalking her. The story resolves as we see Hannah helping Alex with his social anxiety, therefore ending the cyberstalking and helping him to become a better person.

Content & FormCatfishing“The phenomenon of internet predators that fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into emotional/romantic relationships.” – Schulman (2010)

Cyberstalking“It is generally understood to be the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, a group, or an organization… Cyberstalking is often accompanied by real-time or offline stalking.”• Attempts to gather information about the

victim.• Monitoring their target's online activities.• Arranging to meet.

Catfish Season 3 Trailer

People You May Know Scene

Research• Cyberstalking & location disclosure

• Social profiling and 3rd party disclosure

• Privacy of cloud computing

• Invasive privacy agreements

• Employment issues• Unintentional fame

• Identity theft

• Law enforcements prowling the networks

• Privacy of pre-teens & early teenagers

• Grooming & sexual predators

ResearchNorthants Film Festival Competition Guidelines

• Maximum length of film is five minutes• The film must be shot in Northamptonshire• A film may be submitted by a group or

individual• Only one entry per group or individual is

allowed into the competition• The film must be an original piece of work and

copyright must be obtained for images or music by other artists

• The film must be uploaded to You Tube or Vimeo

• Films in the Under 16s and Over 16s category may be any genre

• Each film will be judged on its own merit and age and experience will be taken into consideration

AudienceSocial networking sites by age group

http://knowledge.creatingresults.com/2013/02/19/us-social-network-users-by-age-group-new-statistics-from-pew/

http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/

BibliographyFaulkner, L. (2013). Bathroom scene- People You May Know Short Film. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajYCKoJxi1w. Last accessed 31st Oct 2014.

MTV. (2014). Catfish: The TV Show | Official Trailer (Season 3) | MTV.Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE4ThqIu2aU. Last accessed 31st Oct 2014.

Pew Internet. (2013). Social Networking Fact Sheet. Available: http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/. Last accessed 31st Oct 2014.

Read, E. (2013). US Social Network Users by Age Group. Available: http://knowledge.creatingresults.com/2013/02/19/us-social-network-users-by-age-group-new-statistics-from-pew/. Last accessed 31st Oct 2014.