Pitch Exercise

7/30/2019 Pitch Exercise

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J A S M I N E & B E T H

What drives people to

murder?


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RESEARCH


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What happened leading up to 1993?


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1993 in the Media:

1993 Year in Review : VIOLENCE : Tracking the Media-Violence Explosion

It was another year of living dangerously. Turn on televisionin 1993 and there was proof galore that America seemed

awash in violence. Terrorists tried to blow up the world's tallest building. A

gunman blasted commuters inside a railway car. A 12-year-oldgirl was abducted from a slumber party and strangled.Followers of a fiery preacher met a fiery end. And that

Reginald Denny tape repeated over and over and over.

December 26, 1993|ROBERT W. WELKOS |Robert W. Welkos is a Times staffwriter

http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-26/entertainment/ca-5539_1_tv-violence
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The decade is seen by many Western nations as aperiod of unprecedented peace and prosperity,though many parts of the so-called Third Worldfaced various problems including genocide, AIDSand new or continuing ethnic tensions and civil wars.
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The beginning of thewidespread

proliferation of newmedia such as theInternet.
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Western world fashions reflected this byoften turning highly individualistic and/or

counter-cultural, which was influenced byGeneration X and Generation Y : tattoosand body piercing gained popularity, and"retro" styles inspired by fashions of the

1960s and 1970s were also prevalent. Someyoung people became increasingly involvedin extreme sports and outdoor activitiesthat combined embracing athletics with theappreciation of nature. The slacker and

Valley Girl cultures were prevalent, and thedecade was heavily influenced byCalifornian culture.
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FILMS:

-The 1990s were an eventful time for film.

Dogme 95becomes an important European artisticmotion picture movement by the end of the decade.
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-Dances with Wolves (1990)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Unforgiven (1992)

Schindlers List (1993)

James Bond
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Video Games:

Super Nintendo Entertainment system. The PlayStation was released in the mid-1990s and became the best-selling

gaming console of its time.

-Popular notable video games of the 1990s include:Metal Gear Solid,SuperMario World,Pokmon Red and Blue Versions,Pokmon Yellow Version,

GoldenEye 007,Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,Gran Turismo,Mario Kart 64,Half-Life,Super Mario Kart, Tomb Raiderseries,Final Fantasy, Crash Bandicootseries,Resident Evilseries,Street

Fighter II,Spyro the Dragon series, Commander Keen series, Test Driveseries,Monkey Island,Dune series,Mortal Kombatseries, Warcraftseries,Duke Nukem 3D, Tekken series,StarCraft, andSonic the Hedgehogseries.

Fighting games like CapcomsStreet Fighter II, Segas futuristic VirtuaFighter, and especially the more violentMortal Kombatfrom Midwayprompted the video game industry to adopt a game rating system.
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TV:

As an animated sitcom, The Simpsons, debuted inDecember 1989, became a domestic andinternational success in the 1990s.

-It has spawned the adult-oriented animated sitcomgenre, inspiring racier shows such asBeavis and

Butt-head(19931997).


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MUSIC:

Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic provided atemplate for modern gangsta rap.

Beginning in 1992, and radio playlists becametighter following alternative rock's break into themainstream.[14][15][16] However, they areperhaps best known for grunge, gangsta rap, R&B,teen pop; eurodance, electronic dance music, therenewed popularity of punk rock mainly because ofthe band Green Day (which would also help createa new genre pop punk) and for being the decadethat alternative rock became mainstream.


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The Murder of

James Bulgerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ja

mes_Bulger


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Psychopaths?Twisted Rationalizations

Ted Bundy in prison

"I'm the most cold-blooded sonofabitch you'll ever meet,"said Ted Bundy. "I just liked to kill, I wanted to kill."The hallmark of the psychopath is the inability to recognize

others as worthy of compassion. Victims are dehumanized,flattened into worthless objects in the murderer's mind.John Gacy, never showing an ounce of remorse,called his victims "worthless little queers and punks," whilethe "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe brashly declared that

he was "cleaning up the streets" of the humantrash.


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The following are environmental factors,psychiatrists say, which create a sociopath:

Studies show that 60% of psychopathic individualshad lost a parent;

Child is deprived of love or nurturing; parents are

detached or absent; Inconsistent discipline: if father is stern and mother

is soft, child learns to hate authority and manipulatemother;

Hypocritical parents who privately belittle the childwhile publicly presenting the image of a "happyfamily".


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In the 19th century, psychopathology was considered to be "moralinsanity". Today it is commonly known as "antisocial personalitydisorder" or "sociopathology." Current experts believe thatsociopaths are an unfortunate fusion of interpersonal,biological and sociocultural disasters.

Psychopaths/sociopaths are diagnosed by theirpurposeless and irrational antisocial behavior, lack ofconscience, and emotional vacuity. They are thrill seekers,literally fearless. Punishment rarely works, because they areimpulsive by nature and fearless of the consequences. Incapable ofhaving meaningful relationships, they view others as fodder formanipulation and exploitation. According to one psychologicalsurveying tool (DSM IIIR) between 3-5% of men are sociopaths;less than 1% of female population are sociopaths.

Psychopaths often make successful businessmen or world leaders.Not all psychopaths are motivated to kill. But when it is easy todevalue others, and you have had a lifetime of perceived injusticesand rejection, murder might seem like a natural choice.


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Genetics

Tests are showing that the nervous system of the psychopath is markedly different they feel less fear andanxiety than normal people. One carefully conducted experiment revealed that "low arousal levels" notonly causes impulsiveness and thrill-seeking, but also showed how dense sociopaths are when it comes tochanging their behavior. A group of sociopaths and a group of healthy individuals were given a task, which

was to learn what lever (out of four) turned on a green light. One lever gave the subject an electric shock.Both groups made the same number of errors, but the healthy group quickly learned to avoid thepunishing electric shock, while sociopaths took much longer to do so.

This need for higher levels of stimulation makes the psychopath seek dangerous situations. When Gacyheard an ambulance, he would follow to see what sort of exciting catastrophe was in the making. Part of

the reason for many serial killers seeking to become cops is probably due to the intensity of the job. Genetics and physiological factors also contribute to the building of a psychopath. One study in

Copenhagen focused on a group of sociopaths who had been adopted as infants. The biological relatives ofsociopaths were 4-5 times more likely to be sociopathic than the average person. Yet genetics don't tell the

whole story; it only shows a predisposition to antisocial behavior. Environment can make or break thepsychopathic personality.

When a psychopath does inherit genetically-based, developmental disabilities, its is usually a stunteddevelopment of the higher functions of the brain. 30-38% of psychopaths show abnormal brain wavepatterns, or EEGs. Infants and children typically have slower brain wave activity, but it increases as theygrow up. Not with psychopaths. Eventually, the brain might mature as the psychopath ages. This may be

why most serial killers are under 50. The abnormal brain wave activity comes from the temporal lobes andthe limbic system of the brain, the areas that control memory and emotions. When development of thispart of the brain is genetically impaired, and the parents of the child are abusive, irresponsible ormanipulative, the stage is set for disaster.

Can psychopaths be successfully treated? According to the psychiatrists, "No." Shock treatment doesn'twork; drugs have not proven successful in treatment; and psychotherapy, which involves trust and arelationship with the therapist, is out of the question, because psychopaths are incapable of opening up toothers. They don't want to change.


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Inspiration:NEWS STORY on BBC NEWS

Syria conflict takes its toll on two millionchildren

A leading charity warns two million Syrian children have had their lives tornapart, as the Prince of Wales, on a visit to a Jordanian refugee camp, describestheir plight as "heartbreaking".

In a new report, Save the Children described Syria's children as the "forgotten

victims", and warned that they are at constant risk of malnutrition, disease,trauma and, in the case of girls, being married off at a young age in a bid toprotect them from burgeoning sexual violence.

Ahead of talks starting in London today between Foreign Secretary WilliamHague and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, which are likely to bedominated by the conflict, the charity urged the international community to pushfor an end to the violence that has torn Syria apart.

Jasmine Whitbread, Save the Children's international chief executive, said: "Formillions of Syrian children, the innocence of childhood has been replaced by thecruel realities of trying to survive this vicious war. Many are now living rough,struggling to find enough to eat, without the right medicine if they become sick orinjured.

"As society has broken down, in the worst cases, hunger, homelessness and terrorhave replaced school for some of these young people. We cannot allow this tocontinue unchecked; the lives of too many children are at stake."
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...Continued Story

Traumatised The Prince of Wales described the plight of Syrian refugees as "heartbreaking" as he toured a Jordanian camp near the border

of the civil war torn nation. The prince and the Duchess of Cornwall were greeted by United Nations staff at the King Abdullah Park camp, which is home

to just under 1,000 people who have fled the two-year-old conflict. Speaking at the refugee camp HQ, Charles said he had been struck by the generosity of the Jordanian people. "Many of these children have been traumatised by the horrors of what they've witnessed before they got here," he said.Lives torn apart after conflict Save the Children's report Childhood Under Fire, launched to mark two years of fighting in the Middle Eastern country that

has claimed 70,000 lives, says many children are struggling to find enough to eat.

Thousands are living in barns, parks and caves and are unable to go to school because teachers have fled and schools havebeen attacked. Young boys are also being used by armed groups as porters, runners and human shields, bringing themdangerously close to the frontline, it warns.

The report, which includes research carried out amongst refugee children by Bahcesehir University in Turkey, says one inthree children reported having been hit, kicked or shot at during the conflict.

A lost world? Life for a Syrian child in 2007-8 (Unicef research) The Syrian Arabic Republic ranked number 123 in the world for under-five mortality rates. That is lower than Fiji, Brazil and

Saudi Arabia. The youth literacy rate for 15 to 24 year old males was 95 per cent, and 92 per cent for females. 92 per cent of children who entered the first grade of primary school managed to reach the last grade of primary school. Three in every four Syrian children interviewed had lost a loved one because of the fighting. Children are being killed and

maimed too, it warned, including by the indiscriminate use of shells, mortars and rockets. Thousands face malnutrition asfood production is crippled and damage to sanitation systems has raised the risk of disease, it says.

Girls are being married off early to ensure that they have someone who can protect them from sex attacks. And fuel priceshave risen by up to 500%, leaving families struggling during the winter.


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Start of our Inspiration:

Newspaper Article in THESUN12th February

Thompson described every piece of James clothing..I knewthen we had them. I had starred evil in the face. By PhilRoberts, retired cop who dealt with the case.

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Investigation into

Jon Venables and Robert

Thompson


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Robert Thompson

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Robert Thompson was the tough one, the oneeveryone assumed to be the ringleader in thecase. But Robert's personality was constructed notso much out of aggression as for the purposes of

defence. He lived in a rough, even brutalenvironment. To survive the multiple assaults ofhis five older brothers and alcoholic mother,Robert developed a flinty edge. He didn't look fortrouble as much as he tried to slip out and awayfrom it. When cornered, he would lie, cry, or takehis beating with defiance.


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RobertsFather:

Robert's father beat his wife mercilessly, and thenabandoned the family for good. Robert ThompsonSenior's own upbringing paralleled his sons: left

without adult supervision, the older brothers

bullied the younger brothers into submission.

-The six brothers were left to their own devices, left towatch out for one another. But instead of protecting each

other, they needed protection from each other.Predictably, the oldest beat the youngest, and thevulnerable turned to the younger, the more vulnerable.


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Roberts Mother:

His mother also came from an abusive family.

Ann, out of frustration and fear, pummelled her sons

with sticks and belts. She attempted suicide with pilloverdoses, but eventually turned to drinking as hermeans of escape.


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Roberts Brothers

At the age of four, the eldest Thompson boy was placed inchild protective services after he had been abused.

(It was downhill from there.)

Another sibling became a master thief, taking little Robertwith him on his adventures.

One brother was an arsonist and suspected of sexuallyabusing young children (Robert may have been a victimhimself.)

Another brother threatened his teachers with violence.

When the eldest had to baby-sit the youngest, they wouldlock them in the pigeon shed.

One of the brothers left to stay in a voluntary care center.

Others attempted suicide.(The police and social workers knew the Thompson boys well. )


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Roberts Character & Reputation:

Robert would help his mother in the kitchen, trying toplease her, and provide some support. He babysat hismother's seventh child, baby Ben, who had a differentfather.

Robert was not aggressive as much as sly. A poor student, he skipped school, but when he did

attend he was not considered a troublemaker. Teachers thought he was shy and quiet, yet manipulative

of others.

Robert was both hindered by his reputation as aThompson, but also seemed to hide behind it. Teachers didn't expect much from him and other kids

avoided him.


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For all of Robert's toughness, he still exhibitedchildish tendencies for which he was teased. Heplayed with troll dolls and sucked his thumb. Jonput him down for playing with girls and being

girlish himself. Moulded into hardness beyond hisyears and forced to repress his own childishness, itis possible thatRobert took out hisaggressions on an innocent baby,something Robert himself was neverallowed to be.


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Investigator Smith comments on the boysrelationship on the day of the attack;

"I imagine a great deal of nervous and exciting tension

between them. Laughter, fear, aggression, anger,viciousness.


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Jon Venableshttp://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/young/bulger/8.html
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Jons Character:

His parents divorced when he was 3. Jon was shunted between homes of his divorced parents,

creating an unsettled homelife.

He was hyper and easily distracted

Within a year of being victim of his older brothers violenttantrums, he began displaying strange and difficult

behaviour

No one thought of Jon as a "bad" kid, in fact some

teachers thought of him as a sweet child, and feltsympathy for him. They thought he was pleading forhelp.


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Jonwas unusually agitated the day before Jameswas abducted. He was restless and out of control.


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Jons Siblings

BROTHER

His older brother was born with a cleft pallet, whichled to communication problems and increasing

frustration and temper tantrums. Jon's brotherattended a special school, and his parents spent a lotof their time trying to control him. Sometimes he

would be sent to foster families.


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Jons Siblings

SISTER

Jon's younger sister also had developmentalproblems and ended up at a special needs school as

well. Jon was stuck in the middle, feeling ignored,and perhaps resentful of the attention his siblingsreceived. Sometimes Jon would mimic his older

brother's tantrums.


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Jons Parents

Both parents had histories ofclinical depression,and Susan was particularly prone to hysterics. Shecame from a "strict and disciplined" background, andhad been observed physically and verballyassaulting Jon.

His parents were also constantly splitting up and

getting back together making the environmentveryunstable.


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Teachers started noticing Jon's attention-seeking behaviour when it began in 1991. He would dostrange things, like rock back and forth in his chair,holding onto his desk, moaning and making oddnoises. His teacher moved him to the front of the class

where she could keep an eye on him, but then he tookto knocking things over on her desk. At first, Jon'sviolence was self-inflicted. He banged his head on thefurniture, against the wall, and would throw himself onthe floor. Jon cut himself with scissors and tore at hisown clothing. But sometimes his self-destruction

pivoted outward. He roamed around the classroom,tearing down the displays and artwork of otherstudents. Jon stood on his desk and threw things atother children. Teachers documented his disruptiveantics they had never seen anything like it before.


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Nightmare drawing: Jon Venables drew this horrificimage only weeks before he and Robert Thompson

murdered two-year-old James Bulger


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OUR IDEA OUTLINE

Inspired about what happened in the James Bulger case. Not about it. About two children and how it could come about that they could do

such a thing. Based on two young boys from light different backgrounds

Both parents have split up Jon knows dad and watches films at his flat Robert doesnt know his dad Concentrating on family life Looks into the build up of their personalities and their friendship

Show how much the brothers would influence them and the horrormovies and also the impact from the family They are at an age where they are very impressionable


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Character Breakdown

Lewis Driver 10 years old Lonely Isolated Mother would beat him if he couldnt sleep

Witnessed marital strife in younger years (around 3 years old) Unsettled home life Watched horror films at his fathers house Unhappy childhood Was a victim of siblings outbursts Mother attempted suicide twice

No intervention from social services at any point Unrealistic view of family Clear denial of any difficulties or problems at home


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Character Breakdown

Tom Pearce Also 10 years old Bullied by his older brothers

No adult support

Father left so he never got to know him

Mother was beaten as a child so therefore beat her children

Very disruptive home life Teachers think he is quite but manipulative of others

Not aggressive, but sly

Skirmishing around the true. Compulsive liar

Show interactions with his older brothers and how he learnt to steal. He almostlooked up to his brothers. Therefore he wouldnt see these actions as being

wrong. It was good to be bad. Moulded into repressing his own childhood. Trying to fit in with his brothers but

getting pushed down by them.

Always trying to please his mother with helping her around the house

He also looks after his little brother Ryan and shared a strange bond e.g. Suckingeach others thumbs whilst sharing a bed.


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Themes

NATURE VS. NURTURE-UPBRINGING-FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

- The two boys have similar family backgrounds, which have made theirdevelopment as children difficult. Their personalities have their differences butultimately it is their childhood similarities that drive their friendship.

FRIENDSHIP

-IDENTITY-GROWING UP TOO FAST

-Trying to belong, the two boys dont really fit in their family and are trying to pleaseand to receive love and affection. This escalates when the two become friends,and they bounce off and challenge each other as they play.

-Boy 1 gets excited about what Boy 2 does and wants to spend time with him. Theysteal something small together but set up the scenario of it being thrilling andshow the adrenaline rush they get from it together.

-Boy 1 has a weakness to his personality but when together with Boy 2 he is notscared by doing bad things, he is more fascinated and experienced due to hisolder brothers... Boy 2 brings out a strength in Boy 1.

-Although both boys are trying to grow up too fast they will show essence of childishbehaviour and will revert back to prove they really are just children.


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Plot Summary

September 1991 - First day back at school, a class of year 4 children are buzzingaround the room in excitement. A young boy stands behind the teacher as theclass settles down, he is introduced to his classmates as Lewis Driver. He shiftsout from behind the teacher, nervously smiles and bows his head as he thenwalks to his desk. As he pulls out his seat a young boy sat behind him smiles upto him. cut to titles over school bell ringing -

The boy who sat behind Lewis in class is walking home from school, kickingstones and rattling sticks against fences as he walks. He is jumped from theopening of an alleyway, as he screams and tries breaks free, his attacker puts hisarm around him and squeezes him tight, alright you little shit, hows schoolbeen? Mas out tonight so youve got to sort your self out, alright Tommo?,

before Tom could look up from the headlock his older brother had him in, hewas pushed to the floor as two other older boys jumped the two brothers andhopped over the gate to the house that the older brother then opened the gateto. Tom picks himself up and hangs back as 3 of his brothers rush into thefamily home.


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Plot cont.

Lewis is stood by the school gates to an empty schoolyard, a car pulls up and heenters. Inside the car he sits mainly in silence, replying to his fathers questionswith nods and shakes of the head. Howsya mam, boyo? Lewis looks up hisfather with a reserved expression on his face. You can tell me, son, I want toknow. Lewis shifts in his seat and mumbles aint nothin much dad, shes thesame as always. back to silence. His father parks the car and the two get outand enter the house. Once in the house, his dad gets his tea out the fridge and

puts it in the microwave for him, and excuses himself saying hes popping to hisfriends down the road, hell be back in a few hours, and to make yourself athome; Lewis is sat on the floor in front of the T.V., barely listening to his dad.He picks out a dvd from the selection under the Tele, and puts it on whilst themicrowave pings, he comes with his tea and sits down whilst the horror filmbegins on screen. - Transition to inside Toms family home, where the samefilm is on a tv that one of the older brothers is watching. Tom is sat scrapingaround the remains of his tea on his plate, when one of his brothers squeezeshis shoulder and whispers in his ear. Tom gets up and follows him out of thehouse, grabbing his coat on the way. The pair walk into the corner shop... Thefilm flows between the two boys lives connecting at their similarities, butcontrasting in their personalities, until the two become friends and they find anescape in each others company.


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