Web Drama Case Study

Charlie Grover and Abass Jah

Compulsions

• Compulsions is a thriller/drama web series.• Compulsions is the internal character story of Mark Sandler; • Admitted sadist• During the day- Dull desk job• At night- professional interrogator • Brutally and psychologically extracting bits of crucial

information from clients• Mark's one true friend and handler is Justine Davies;• Trophy hunter• Ruthless retrieval specialist• Feeding Mark’s compulsions

Structure

• All web drama’s are developed with different structures;

• Linear• Non linear• Flashback• Realist• Anti Realist• Open and Closed endings

Compulsions’ structure

• Flashback• Realist• Open Endings

Open Endings

Realist

• Compulsions is a realist;• There are such people as sadists• It is possible for people to be kidnapped • Interrogation and bullying really does happen

Narrative

What’s the story?

An admitted Sadist leading a life with a dull desk job, channels his inner compulsions, during the night, as a professional interrogator, brutally and psychological extracting bits of crucial information from his "clients".His closest friend, a compulsive Trophy Hunter and ruthless Retrieval Specialist feeds Mark's compulsions with fresh interrogation subjects. Mark's world is threatened with the introduction of compulsive voyeur Cassandra Morrissey.

Characters

• Mark Sandlersadist

• Justine DavisMark’s best friend

• Cassandra Morrisseycompulsive voyeur who threatens Mark’s world

Technical

• Compulsions uses a wide range of camera angles including over the shoulder, point of view, close up, establishing shots, and extreme close ups. The next slide shows a few of these.

Editing

• Compulsions use good editing techniques to make the programme run smoothly and understandable. The flashbacks are easy to interpret and so are the point of view editing techniques.

Sound

• When scenes take place in the warehouse location, an echo is used to emphasise the remote-ness of the place and that no matter how much ‘clients’ scream, they cant be heard.

• Compulsions also use a lot of voice overs. This helps us interpret what is happening when there are no vocal lines in the script.