Portfolio Project - Week Three Part One

 2/24/2021

Let's start this planning process!! So we have our lovely character of sin - Onyx and the title reflecting her base Syn. To begin - the film opening will have a voice-over work of the devil character - introducing/indicating the current situation I am presenting. I want to dedicate this posting to devil research and target my audience with how I represent him. 

The Devil is best known as the personification of evil and the nemesis of good people everywhere. Jesus and many of his apostles warned people to stay alert for the Devils' cunning enticements that would lead them to ruin. In Judaism, Satan is a verb and generally refers to a difficulty or temptation to overcome instead of a literal being. For people of almost any religion or even those who do not follow a religion - the Devil is - almost - always synonymous with: fear, punishment, negativity, and immorality. Satanists do not worship the Devil but embrace him as a symbol of atheism, pride, and liberty, among other things.

 In films, Satan used as a personification of evil - provides many narrative opportunities. Struggles with Satan have been - used to symbolize human weaknesses and temptations. In horror and suspense films, Satan provides for a virtually all-powerful foe. My target audience is similar to the target audience of Lucifer, which I researched previously in my blog. The demographic for Lucifer spanned from 18-49 years of age. The depiction of the Devil in filming limits Christian viewership due to religious beliefs and younger audiences. My film opening is following the drama/fantasy genre. 

  Just over half of all films made anywhere in the world over the past twenty years are Dramas. The drama genre has the broadest definition of all genres – everything that happens anywhere ever is a drama.  Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. They may appeal to both children and adults, depending upon the particular film. My film opening includes fantasy elements combined with drama elements - which helps categorize the genre and open the target audience. I do not plan to go into genre depictions of the devil character in the horror genre - but - on focusing on Onyx's character development through stages of distress and worry. The causation of these emotions will stem through demonic involvement with human temptation as a weakness.

Until next time!

Citations

Contributors to Wikimedia projects. (2005, December 4). Devil in the arts and popular culture - Wikipedia. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia; Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_in_the_arts_and_popular_culture

Fantasy Films. (n.d.). Greatest Films - The Best Movies in Cinematic History. Retrieved February 24, 2021, from https://www.filmsite.org/fantasyfilms.html

Genre trends in global film production. (2018, February 12). Stephen Follows. https://stephenfollows.com/genre-trends-global-film-production/

History.com Editors. (2021, January 13). The Devil. HISTORY; A&E Television Networks. https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-devil?scrlybrkr=b91732c8

Lucifer TV Show on FOX: Ratings (Cancel or Season 4?). (2018, June 15). Canceled + Renewed TV Shows - TV Series Finale; https://www.facebook.com/tvseriesfinale. https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/lucifer-season-three-ratings/