Iconography & Dystopia

Dystopian Conventions & Expectations

Scripting [Update]

News broadcast,

Doctors and scientists remain to be perplexed by a new virus that continues to spread rapidly across the UK. Reported cases so far have identified teenagers as the sole victims, who suffer from a severe allergic reaction to skin to skin contact, resulting in a rash which appears to be highly contagious, and in some cases, fatal. Postmortem results are currently being awaited on the 12 known fatalities so far, but doctors caution the public to stay away from crowded spaces and to practise good hand hygiene, as the cause of the outbreak has not yet been identified.  

The World Health Organisation remains vigilant, with similar outbreaks being reported across Europe, the US, Canada and parts of Asia. Scientists continue to work on identifying the pathogen, and caution parents to keep children over 12 years old at home and isolated wherever possible. The government's emergency committee, Cobra, have met and are putting in place a response to the outbreak reaching pandemic levels.

Now over to our science correspondent, Michael Cliff, with more details...

Dialogue,
You know Michael, the one from Maths? He fell into someone at the park last night, have you heard from him? I called him, he didn’t call me back. what if he’s got it? Serves him right really, he was always pissing about in class.

Risk Assessment

Film Research

As part of the research for this project, I have watched an array of trailers and films that will provide ideas for the final piece.

Black Mirror

Black Mirror is a science fiction series centred around modern society and the unanticipated consequences of new technologies. The dystopian future is very effective because of the technology that is used and the blue light is recognised throughout the series and is a motif for futuristic technology. In my trailer, I will use this blue light and some props to help form the dystopian future.

Children of Men

Children of Men is a dystopian thriller about women being unable to become pregnant. There is a grey colour palette and the a lot of the cast are in their fifties and above, these factors reinforce the idea that the world is getting "old" - this is depressing for the audience, and so the dystopian future is evident. This is where I created our main idea from - in our dystopian future, teenagers have grown allergic to one and other, and cannot touch.

Location Recce

Script Draft

Doctors and scientists are perplexed by a new virus that is rapidly spreading across mainland England and Wales. Teenagers appear to be suffering from a severe allergic reaction to human, skin to skin contact. This initial anaphylactic response is then followed by the development of a severe skin rash. The most extraordinary manifestation of the allergic reaction is that it appears to be contagious.
 Doctors are struggling to treat their patients and over half the schools in England have been shut down in line with planning for a pandemic. This level of response to an outbreak has not been seen since the Bird Flu scare more than 70 years ago. Parents have been advised to not let their children out of the home at risk of spreading the infection. The virus was first seen with one teenager, referred to only as patient Joseph, and now has been seen in more than 140 different medical centres across the country. 
Discussions are taking place to place the country in lockdown. Scientists from Germany, Switzerland and America have been testing cures in their labs however no result has been seen so far. There are worries about how this is going to affect teenagers education and healthcare. Mental health is also being affected as having no human contact has been found to have a profound effect on the mind.