CyberbullyWriter/Director – Ben Chanan

Format/Genre

• The format for this is One off/Single Drama.• The genre for this is a docu-drama thriller as it

is a dramatised reenactment of real life events.

Narrative structures

The narrative of Cyber bully is a linear structure as it starts with Casey talking to her friend from her bedroom with the action unfolding in chronological order as the story progresses through out.

Technical• Camera: a close up was used in the scene of Cyberbully when Casey was on Skype talking to

the hacker. This extreme close up shows her reaction and emotions to what is being said; that Casey is getting scared because of all the blackmail and threats and her realisation that she is partly responsible for Jennifer Li’s death. The shallow focus is on her face, this draws the audience attention to focus on just her face and makes it feel more intense.

• Lighting: Low key lighting is also used in this scene to shows the mood set in this scene, the lighting is quite dark, this is to represent a sad depressing mood.

Technical• Sound: a varies of different sounds is used in this to represents the mood, for an

example in one of the scene where Casey is being forced to swallows the pills, you can hear a non-diegetic sound of rushing sound, this is to tense up the audience excitement for what to comes next. Another non-diegetic sound is used when Casey was about to be sick, the sound was a slow sad melody tune, this is to tell the audience that something bad is about to happens next.

• Editing: quick pace editing was used to show Casey’s reaction towards her messages from the hacker, it was used to show how she feels about them messages.

Story ArcThis story arc shows how the scripting is used to help develop the plot at key points in this drama.

• Exposition – Megan tells Casey her ex boyfriend has tweeted an offensive tweet about her. • Inciting Incident – Casey chats with someone online but then realises that they are faking

their identity, she also realises that they has pictures of her.• Rising Action – Her father left the house which results of the audience feeling that Casey is

now vulnerable. Hacker calls Casey a cyberbully, Casey says they’re a hypocrite for saying this. Casey also realises that it was the hacker who sent the initial tweet, not her ex boyfriend.

• Climax – Hacker gets Casey to confess that she was a bully, he also blackmailed her in taking her medication. As Casey takes pills the hacker posted her and her friend pictures online even though they said they wouldn’t.

• Falling action – Casey realises the language used links to a tweet she had seen earlier. Her father shouts that Megan is on the phone, she has a realisation that her real identity is more important than her online identity. She breaks free from the hacker then open the door to calls for help from her father.