BLUE VIOLET is a thriller that is driven by the theme of survival. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. There’s a solid inciting event when the heroine is abducted. Her fight for survival propels the script forward. The script is goal-focused.
The script uses some of the common elements that make for a successful thriller. There’s a contained setting (James’ house); the victim is cut off from communication; the victim is being watched; and there’s the constant threat of harm or death. There’s also a twist at the end.
However, the concept of a woman being held captive by a sadistic man and forced to prostitute herself or into human trafficking is a familiar premise in the film industry (TAKEN, TRADE). In order to be successful, the
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For example, what if Lacie were Steph’s daughter and Melissa the doting grandmother wanting more time with Lacie. Maybe Steph is hesitant to let her mother around Lacie because there’s something in her mother’s history that she doesn’t trust. Thus, Melissa’s motivation for arranging the abduction would be to get custody of Lacie. In the TV series, DAMAGES, Glenn Close played a woman who also wanted custody of her grandchild and she did some immoral acts to get custody. She was a very complex, but compelling character. Consider creating Melissa in the same …show more content…
There’s great anticipation that she’s be caught. It nicely elevates the tension. However, in most thrillers the heroine would fail on their quest. Either they would be caught or the clerk wouldn’t understand and thrown the crumbled poster away. As mentioned, the climax should be more intense.
What does work nicely is the feeling of a ticking clock when James tells Steph they are leaving the next day and when she thinks Frank is involved. Now she’s more frantic to escape.
The professional presentation can be elevated. There are several missing new scene headings when the characters go into a new location. This makes it more challenging to follow. For example, on page 5 the scene is really an exterior scene until they open the door. On page 6, Steph goes to the kitchen, which requires a new scene heading. On page 10, she leaves her bedroom. This occurs throughout the script.
Also, there are minor typos: Anne vs. Annie. There are missing periods at the end of sentences. On page 12 “Anne Sitting,” should be “Anne sitting…” On page 18, it should be “Maggie,” not “maggie.” There are other typos like this. On page 88, one believes it’s Grace and Steph’s room, not Nikkie’s old
The case that I found is about a California medical center who has gone to court because of violating a patient`s privacy by releasing her medical information without her consent. Now they are fighting battle in court whether or not if the hospital officials have the right to share patient`s medical record unknown to the patient`s. But according to the Shasta Regional Medical Center, they said that the patient`s has waived her rights by giving her health information to a news agency, but the patient`s lawyers argue that they stay do not have the right to share the patient`s records (Patient Privacy, HIPAA Violation Case Argued in Calif., 2014). The patient`s was diagnosed with a form of malnutrition, and her medical records were sent to hundreds of hospital staff members.
They are sold by pimps for sex, and the sexual exploiters (or johns) are often given wide latitude in how they treat the victims. Some pimps even allow johns to murder the women and girls for an additional temporary sexual rush. The Lifetime movie, "Human Trafficking", give many disturbing but accurate examples as to how people are lured into forced labor. Throughout the film, there are stories of five girls forced into prostitution. First is Helena from Czechoslovakia. Helena is brought to Vienna by a handsome stranger who says he wants to marry her, and then sells her to traffickers. Second is Nadia from the Ukraine. A modeling agency recruits her and brings her to the U.S. where they turn against her and force her into prostitution. Third is Annie from the U.S. While vacationing in the Philippines with her parents, Annie is lured away from her parents and kidnapped. Finally is Jasmine from the Philippines. She is a member of a very poor family and sold to a trafficker by her father. Although these examples are derived from a film, they are excellent examples as to the many ways young women are coerced into forced labor.
In Hollywood film women 's roles have varied quiet considerably between genres, geographical placement, and period settings. These factors contribute to the different representations of women 's roles in the film they are present in. The roles are diverse going from the traditional maternal role to that of manipulative murderer. Women 's roles in movies can be almost equal to the male roles, and the co-stars are not given the majority of the acclaims just because they are male. Society has set certain standards that women are supposed to follow. The most common image of women is that they are very passive and try to avoid conflict in any situation. More and more in society women are breaking down the social barriers that confine them to their specific roles. The films Rear Window and Resident Evil show women in roles that are untraditional for our society. These two movies help to show how women are rebelling against social norms and that they are taking more active and aggressive roles. In film noir’s we can see women represented as the femme fatale, a woman whose mysterious and seductive charms leads men into compromising or dangerous situations. In action movies we see the heroine who is strong both physically and mentally, and has the ability to use weapons. Women seem to be more trapped than men because they are supposed to live up to society’s standards dealing with beauty and size, which are more physical characteristics. These specific guidelines have been set by
People act different in certain situations some coward and run away while others stand strong and be courageous. In to kill a mockingbird almost every character shows acts of courage in dangerous situations. Atticus shows great amount of courage against the mob that was threaten to hurt him if he didn’t move out of the way and let them get Tom Robinson out of the upstairs of the jail house. He just sits there with not a worry in the world standing up and protecting Tom Robinson from the angry crowd.
People reads books and they get their captured by the suspense the authors use to write their stories. Suspense is a key point for most readers it keeps them reading the book to see what happens next. Both Edgar Allan Poe and Richard Connell are very good authors that use a lot of suspense throughout their short stories. Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” and Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” are two stories full of suspense. It’s unpredictable, surprising that we can’t figure out what happens next. .Through conflict, setting, and diction Poe and Connell are able to build suspense.
Numerous women are incarcerated into prisons daily because of sex trafficking. It is crucial to understand this issue from the perspective of the survivors not only from the media because this will give viewers a well-rounded understanding. Through the scope of the course, we are considering other factors which contribute to the reasons behind those who end up being trafficked. I will discuss how the prison system influences how these women are seen in the main stream media. I will argue how this is not the correct way to deal with these women who are being incarcerated for sex trafficking. The documentary I watched is titled Selling the Girl Next Door by CNN’s Amber Lyon. It was a documentary on how sex trafficking are portrayed especially in relations to the prison system.
Suspense is used in many stories to get the reader to continue to read and find out what happens next. The key to an author's way of using suspense in a story is foreshadowing. Author Connell created a tale full of suspense using foreshadowing in his short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Every story has been constructed in a unique way. However, there were also ways that authors can use to construct a great story. Saki’s story, “The Interlopers”, and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” demonstrates the elements of tension and suspense, specifically through the use of the techniques like ordering of events, description of settings, and dialogue between characters. Saki and Jackson both used similar techniques when it came to creating the effect of surprise within in their stories. These techniques really help the author write and the reader understand the story.
I have to say I agree with James’s views on family. Family should always be there for each other. Families do fight not matter what, that will never change, but that change the love they have for each other. And last, no matter who else you bring into your life they well never replace your family. I agree with all three of view that James bring up through this
Suspense is a detail that many horror writer use to catch the attention of many readers and keep them holding on till the end. Just as W.F. Harvey does when creating suspense in his story August Heat. Mr. Harvey used three methods to create his suspense for his story, foreshadowing, withholding information, and reversal. With these three methods he is able to make the reader feel like, “ We may even hold our breath without realizing it as we read on eagerly to find out how the story ends”(Source 1).
Author, Alisa Jordheim exposes the growing problem of child exploitation in the United States. This book includes a series of personal narratives. Five (5) adults, who were taken captive as young children and exploited in the commercial sex industry, tell their individual stories and how they survived. This is an honest and accurate portrayal of a horrific and shocking industry prevalent in our modern society. Children, in particular, are an easy prey for human traffickers.
Sex trafficking or servitude is the abuse of ladies or any individuals , inside national or crosswise over global borders, for the motivations behind constrained sex work. Business sexual abuse incorporates obscenity, prostitution and sex trafficking of ladies and young ladies, and is described by the misuse of an individual in return for cash. Based on “Inside the Lives of American Sex Slaves” Some sex trafficking is very distinctive, for example, road prostitution. Be that as it may, numerous trafficking sufferers stay inconspicuous, working out of massage stores in rural neighborhoods, along with street prostitutes, where 75% are selling themselves because they are working for a pimp.
The comparison of Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne’s reactions in the face of judgment shows that Hester possesses the courage and mental stamina which is the shortfall of Dimmesdale. It is clear though that while she resides in the community she is “subjected to a social ostracism so relentless as to amount to an emotional exile” (Bronstein 204). She wears the letter of her sin, yet she is not a character who withdraws into herself to avoid the stares of her fellow citizens. When she appears at the prison door, Hawthorne describes her as “ladylike, too, . . . characterized by a certain state and dignity” (50). This scene paves the way for Hester’s character to emerge as a direct contradiction to Dimmesdale’s character. While her demeanor
However, after watching Trade and Born into Brothels it is apparent that these issues occur still.Geographical locations play an important role in understanding why sex trafficking occurs in these regions of the world because it opens up multiple questions about the treatment of women and how well these individuals are educated on protecting themselves during sexual
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Women all around the world are being forced into prostitution due to various circumstances, but there are many women who knew exactly what they were going into when they started. The desperation of women in these circumstances is so dire that they have no option but to sell their own bodies strangers in order to keep both themselves and their children alive. In Sold, Patricia McCormick exposes prostitution as a last-ditch effort for women in desperate situations.