Elena's Media Studies Blog: Deadly sins research

Lust: Terminology that relates to “is an intense and uncontrolled desire. It is usually thought of as uncontrolled sexual wants. However, the word was originally a general term for desire. Therefore, lust could include the uncontrolled desire for money, food, fame, or power.” “unforgiven souls of the sin of lust are blown about in restless hurricane-like winds symbolic of their own lack of self-control to their lustful passions in earthly life” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Lust Relating to the idea of having meaningful thirst and wants to another or even an object or subject such as money and power. In contrast, the way in which we shall be using this sin is through it being the ring leader of the group, lust will be her main weakness and this is what shall control the rest of the feelings. Further, the character will be the onset for the rest of the feelings that are causing her mental health issues.

Anger: This means “A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility” http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anger. Furthermore, the way in which this shall be used is through the colour red and the character who shall portray this, trying to show anger and the way her emotions react to anger. This will show the transfer in feelings for that emotion to the main female character; increasing the stress and pressure to her mental health.

Gluttony: This is the term that refers to “to gulp down or swallow, means over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or wealth items to the point of extravagance or waste.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluttony . Therefore, referring to being greedy, not always in terms of food but also, in what they want e.g. expensive items and thirst for wealth. Not having the necessary items but the items that they have wanted. However, the way in which we shall use gluttony in our opening thriller sequence is through her thoughts and feeling, the fact that these are controlling her and changing her mental health, including the way she perceives herself.

Envy: This idea revolves around “greed and lust, is characterized by an insatiable desire. Envy is similar to jealousy in that they both feel discontent towards someone's traits, status, abilities, or rewards. The difference is the envious also desire the entity and covet it.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Envy . This will be used to envy what others have and the way her mental health affects the way she sees and feels. Overall, these sins collectively will create pressure on her and cause her lose herself altogether.

We will be portraying these sins through the characters by them wearing masks that represent their individual sin. Each mask shall have the sin painted onto the forehead of the mask and I shall let the paint drip slightly to display danger and create a slight odd approach. However, each sin shall be painted in their own colours: anger will be red and lust will be pink, envy will green and gluttony is yellow. By incorporating the characters with masks it creates a sense of hidden identity, and secrecy that can be revealed when we decide. It will also keep them hidden, building tension for the audience as they cannot see the predators but only make assumptions and judgement. The characters shall also be wearing black in order to look like a collection of thoughts have been placed in the same category. They will be wearing black as it will create the idea of being a group in unity with each other. The characters will also be chanting specific lyrics we have chosen from poems. They will say each of their lines clearly first but then chanting over each other, creating messy lines and confusion that the character feels within her mind. Overall, these elements have been used and designed to build up and upon her thought, progressing and worsening as the scene continues further on.