An obssession,is the domination of somebody's thoughts or feelings by a persistant person,desire or image and is linked with many different emotions such as, bitterness,infatuation,hatred and love yet can be distorted into something more sinister.
When someone is unable to think or do anything else,that doesnt concern the pinnacle of their fixation it can turn dangerous and in the case of relationships can turn to stalking. 'Love' is attempted to be bought,through a continuation of gifts and contact.
There are many types of obssessions; OCD,music,hairstyles,the internet and cleaning.
As we decided to focus on the horror genre,which is a vast area, I delved into what different sub catergories there were and where our film would be placed. Due to the stalking and obsessive nature of the antagonist,which forms our plot,our film fits into the psychological horror and personality of horror genre.
Stalking and unhealthy fixations are part of 1 in 5 womens lifetime,with only 1 in 12 stalkers being convicted of the offence and as our primary audience is women, I think they would be able to empathise and connect more with the 'heroine' of Infatuation. Despite women being the primary focus, I also hope the themes of Infatuation will help the male audience feel more emotionally connected to the protagonist as well; as an everyday person,Flo could be their younger sister,friend,girlfriend and if older,mother.
In order to give the antagonist more background, I believe he would be either a 'Resentful stalker'-who stalk purely to cause the victim fear and a 'predatory stalker',who follow their victims in preparation for an assault, usually sexual, in order to give them control and power. Although in America, statistics showed, 60% of stalkers were aged 26-40 and 51% were African American.
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