Plot and Genre

Genre
Romantic adventure of searching her fiancee, personality development from a girl to lady warrior, dark fantasy world ( forest of death ), sword and sorcery fantasy of the queen and princess, mythical fantasy fiction;  creatures and places from mythology, family saga of the King and Queen,

Exposition Introduction

Abigail, is the Princess of Randera, daughter of King VincentXII and Queen Elise. After the queen death,  the king had marries a beautiful young women, name Leque. Leque was a witch assassin from the dark army, an invading force of white army. In fact, Leque was a witch that aged around hundred, which deceived the King with his black magic, and murdered him with his brother, Ron on the wedding day. The queen was searching for immortality where she required 1,000 peoples of life to finish the immortality. Everyday she bring innocent people from the city and village to suck their essence. No one knows about the truth, and she manage to continue holds the throne due to the king had no heir for the kingdom. In the age of 18, Abigail should be marrying and succeed the king throne. But Leque founded out that the king had a secret order and so she locked the princess to prevent her to get married.  Mason, the son of general Brockmen, was the lover of the princess since young. They weren't together because of the status and age. But the king once mention, if the king and queen passed away before the princess marriage, then she have the choice to choose her own husband. The only one who knows the truth behind the King death's and the trace of princess is General Brockmen. After all the incident happened, he decided to resigned and went to his hometown to live as a normal citizen. Mason kept asking his father to save the princess but he wouldn't because he knows that Queen Leque is none ordinary lady who just desire for power. So is just a waste to fight against them. The night of Princess Abigail turns 18, she decided to depends on herself to escape from the prison. She managed to escape but was flow to a forest of death which had a lot of unidentified creature. She knews that the only one who could save the kingdom is General Brockmen. She decided to search for him to form a rebellion army towards the Queen.

Climax
A lot of weird stuff and obstacles she mets in the Forest. She was wounded seriously but she din not give up and manage to escape from the forest. Not long, she arrived to a village that was threat like slavery by Queen Leque since she took over the throne. News of the princess arrival spreads quickly, the queen quickly plan a bunch of army to seize the existence of the princess. Between these months, the princess had recover from injury she got from the forest and started to train becoming a warrior. Mason heard from his fellow friend that the queen has form a troop to extinguish the existent of the princess, he quickly persuades his father to protect the princess from the threat before they are hopeless to bring a peace for the kingdom. His father considered a few time and agreed. General Brockmen also convinced the king ex-fellow general to allies with him by revealing the truth reason of the king death to them. The other general assumed that General Brockmen wouldn't lied where he swore his oat to the King where using his family and own life to prove his loyalty. The hometown of Mason was nearer to the village where the princess located now, so they send messenger to her and inform that they are forming a rebellion army to fight against the queen. On the same night, their expectation of the queen armies wouldnt arrive that quick, but the troops quickly raided them and many of them was sacrifice. All of the villagers asked the princess to escaped because she's the only hope to free them from torturing. The princess refused but she was hit fainted and send her to the boat. After the reach of rebellion army, the village was completely burnt into ashes and no sign of survivor was founded.
They decided to search around for her.

Conclusion
After a few obstacles the princess pass thru, finally the princess and Mason was reunion once again. They gathered their troops at General Brockmen hometown. The princess had a meeting and preparation with the general about the strategy of storming into the Queen Castle. The next day midnight, the armies charged into the castle and ambush them. But with the Queen magic, she swap quarter of them away. They changed their plan, that the princess and Mason charged into the chamber to seize the queen. When they are on the way, the Queen brother blocked their way. Mason asked the princess to quickly charged into the chamber before their troops and general hold time for them. A few conversation ahead, princess starts a fight with the queen. Finally, the queen falls and once again the kingdom were free from torturing. The princess succeed the throne with Mason and had a good ending. 

Visual Imaging

RESEARCHES :
For Week 1, we are required to come out with our own movie genre, plot and visual image.
Regarding to the lecture we had, I had a slightly introduction of how movie works:
- The Classical Paradigm"
Classical Paradigm is a term of film production where it categorised into three section
- Exposition : The life of protagonist before the story. Introduction of the movie, series that lead to the climax.
- Climax : The focus point of the whole movie where everything clash together with the antagonist.
- Resolution: Ending of the points.

Reference: http://understandingfilm.wetpaint.com/page/3.+The+Classical+Paradigm


The first came to my mind is Final Fantasy. I love the visual imaging a lot. I found some references about their plot and history of them. It totally helped me a lot on constructing my story. I had synopsis and bolded the parts that i feel that is important. 

Final Fantasy Introduction
Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー Fainaru Fantajī?) is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise. The first game in the series, published in 1987, was conceived by Sakaguchi as his last-ditch effort in the game industry; the title was a success and spawned sequels. The video game series has since branched into other genres such  tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, racing, third-person shooter, fighting, and rhythm.

Although most Final Fantasy installments are supposedly independent stories with different settings and main characters, they feature identical elements that define the franchise. Recurring elements include plot themes, character names, and game mechanics. Plots center on a group of heroes battling a great evil while exploring the characters' internal struggles and relationships. Character names are frequently derived from the history, languages, and mythologies of cultures worldwide.

The series is well known for its innovation, visuals, and music, such as the inclusion of full motion videos, photo-realistic character models, and orchestrated music by Nobuo Uematsu. It has also introduced many features now common in role-playing video games and has been credited with helping to popularize console-based RPGs in markets outside Japan.

PLOT AND THEME

The central conflict in many Final Fantasy games focuses on a group of characters battling an evil, and sometimes ancient, antagonist that dominates the game's world. Stories frequently involve a sovereign state in rebellion, with the protagonists taking part in the rebellion. The heroes are often destined to defeat the evil, and occasionally gather as a direct result of the antagonist's malicious actions. Another staple of the series is the existence of two villains; the main villain is not always who it appears to be, as the primary antagonist may actually be subservient to another character or entity. The main antagonist introduced at the beginning of the game is not always the final enemy, and the characters must continue their quest beyond what appears to be the final fight.

Stories in the series frequently emphasize the internal struggles, passions, and tragedies of the characters, and the main plot often recedes into the background as the focus shifts to their personal lives. Games also explore relationships between characters, ranging from love to rivalry. Other recurring situations that drive the plot include amnesia, a hero corrupted by an evil force, mistaken identity, and self-sacrifice. Magical orbs and crystals are recurring in-game items that are frequently connected to the themes of the games' plots. Crystals often play a central role in the creation of the world, and a majority of the Final Fantasy games link crystals and orbs to the planet's life force. As such, control over these crystals drives the main conflict. The classical elements are also a recurring theme in the series related to the heroes, villains, and items. Other common plot and setting themes include the Gaia hypothesis, an apocalypse, and conflicts between advanced technology and nature.

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy

A few visual imaging direction I would considered to proceed with:

Project 1: Movie Poster Teaser Brief

A slightly explanation for this assignment, we are required to design a movie poster teaser following with the genre, plot, the design hook and the visual concept.