Film Trailer: Social Media Theme

In my film trailer, I included the theme of Social Media and in it, I explored the negative aspects of the sites that are preaching ‘connection’ with other people. Cyberbullying is a very alive aspect of peoples lives during the digital age, something that is far more invasive than any other form of bullying. I wanted to include this in my film because of its social relevance to todays society, and exploring issues such as these is something that conforms with the conventions of social realism dramas. The Social Media platform that Ella and I decided to use was Twitter. Twitter promotes speaking your mind in 'tweets' meanwhile connecting with other people around you. These tweets would act as the focal point for the cyberbullying against our central protagonist Alice. We also chose Twitter because Twitter accounts where relatively simple to create which meant that it would be easier for us to simulate cyberbully for our film trailer.