Influences

Notes On a scandal:

Notes on a scandal is a film that covers the issue obsession in a psychological drama. Barbara Covett a conservative teacher hated by her students is nearing retirement. It is her domineering, strong nature that makes her hated. She delights in making notes on the actions of those around her, this immediately allows the audience to question her mental stability. She meets Sheba Hart, a complete opposite or herself , a warming and attractive woman. She is hired as a new teacher at the school Barbara is about to leave. Barbara becomes intrigued by her, creating an obsession, fueled by her belief of Sheba being worthy of her friendship. Barbara finds a terrible secret out, about Sheba- relating to the sexual interest of one of her pupils actually becoming a full blown affair. Barbara ultimately turns against Sheba, and uses her information on her to ruin her life, leading to her demise.

The plot for this film became interestingly intriguing to our group as it broke many typical gory conventions of a thriller, and took a sophisticated sly approach. This film enabled us to consider, the relationships of the characters in our film as well as the overall narrative. The issue of obsession is very strong in this film and leads to one of the protagonist’s demise, which is effectively a part of narrative, which we want to include in our film, in a different way.