Megan Is Missing

Plot • Inspired by actual events, director

Michael K. Goi's harrowing cautionary drama tells the story of two typical teenage girls who vanished without a trace after being accosted by an internet predator. 14 year old Megan Stewart and 13 year old Amy Herman were best friends. Like most typical adolescents, they enjoyed chatting on the internet, and partying with their friends.Then on January 14, 2007, the unthinkable happened. Megan simply disappeared into thin air. Her friends and family searched frantically, but to no avail. Three weeks later, Amy, too, went missing. To this day, neither of the girls has ever been found. The feature offers a disturbing glimpse into the events as they may have unfolded in the days leading up to Megan and Amy's disappearances.

Characters • Amy – Amber Perkins • Megan – Rachel Quinn• Josh (Paedophile) – Dean Waite• Lexie – Jael Steinmeyer • Ben – Rudy Galvan• Angie – Carolina Sabate• Kathy – Kara Wang• Chelsea – Brittany Hingle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3VjC3CcdcY

Inspired by actual events, director Michael K. Goi's harrowing cautionary drama tells the story of two typical teenage girls who

vanished without a trace after being accosted by an internet predator. Released: May 03, 2011

Visual Codes

• Video Diary of Amy and Megan's life, Show the type of personality of the girls

• Light back ground, either room or outside, make the film seem realistic and true.

• Towards the end of the film its darker, shows that something bad has happened, Black Connotes danger and death.

Dress Codes

• Casual Every day clothes, makes the film realistic.

• Typical 14 year old outfit, jeans t-shirts etc,

• All girls have long hair keeping with the stereotype of a typical teenage girl.

Audio Codes

Diagetic Sound • All Diagetic sound so talking, screaming, there

is music but it in a party scene so fit with the image.

Non –Diagetic Sound • None apart from music is played before scene

started, builds up anticipation with the audience.

Action Codes

• Talking on the video camera to the audience breaks the 4th wall between Actor and Audience, gets the audience more involved in the film and grabs their attention, makes it more personal and more realistic.

• Party scene show the type of life the characters have, gives the audience an impression of the characters personality.

Narrative CodesProp• Hero - Amy• Dispatcher – • Helper - Police• Villain – Josh• Princess – Megan and Amy• Donor - NoneConventional of its genre as typically the hero is also in trouble or also in the bad situation.

Todorov• Equilibrium – Amy and Megan Friends and Happy• Disruption – Megan is Kidnapped • Recognition – Amy tries to find her• Attempt to Repair Disruption – Amy is Kidnapped• Reinstatement – Both Children are Killed Not conventional of its genre as its an unhappy equilibrium and conventionally the hero

usually survives