Your time is up
On the 3rd April 1999, 4 women gave birth to 4 baby girls. These births took place in the same hospital, on the same ward, all within 2 hours of each other. However, only 3 of these babies survived, and 1 did not. The mother of the child that passed, Ms Peirce, could not bear the loss of her child, and committed suicide a week later.
She swore that every other new mother on that ward, on the 3rd April 1999, would feel the pain she felt when she lost her child. Ms Peirce would wait until these children were in their teens, roughly 16 years old, and then slowly drive them insane. Their mothers would painfully watch them go through this, and then one day, find their body, after they had committed suicide themselves.
Only these few children would be able to see her, no body else. She would appear to them in black, as if still in mourning of her lost child. They would know she's there, but no body else will. To avoid being suspected in any way, Ms Peirce would make it appear as if they'd made it all up, so that everyone around them, her friends, her family, would think that she is crazy, gradually destroying every relationship she has ever made, until she feels like she has nothing left to live for.
Our story satisfies audience’s gratification by adding in plenty of suspense throughout the story. An example of the suspense included, is a close up of the main character’s face with a blurred image of the attacker in the background. This suspense will help to keep the audience engaged and intrigued to see more. Our target audience is the late teens to early twenties. Different audiences might interpret our narrative in different ways. For example a young child would find this extremely scary yet the older generation might get confused due to mental health issues being mainly associated with the younger generation. Barthes suggest that what you intend might not be what the audience thinks. This is because Barthes believes that narrative is like a big ball of string, it can be unraveled in many different ways. There can be many strings to pull at a time or only one giving the audience a specific perspective on the events. These strings are broken down into different codes; each code helps to imply a different meaning. The audience receives our film as being a supernatural horror, this is because the audience is allowed to dive deep into the characters background. Also they are gifted with many jump scares to imply horror and panic upon them. There could be a possible conflict between what is intended and what the audience thinks. This is because our story is based upon a girl that has mental health issues so the audience may think she is just crazy instead of the idea a supernatural being is following her. Also everyone thinks in a unique way, just the same as everyone having a unique fingerprint, so for this reason, not everyone is going to get the same idea of what we’re trying to imply. Our work appeals to the younger generation because we included teenagers in the film. This is because if they are teenagers the younger generation is going to relate to them more than if it were a group of old people. Our work appeals mainly to the female gender, this is because both the main character and the haunting spirit are female. For this reason the female sex would relate more to the struggles of the main character than a male would. However the film is suitable to watch for both genders. We know that our work will appeal to its target market because we are essentially the target market; also we found that the current loop for horror films is supernatural with films like paranormal activity anticipated to keep on coming.
