Black Swan

The Black swan has been released at various film festivals over the world and had great success. By Director Darren Aronofsky it's a close idea to what we want in our film. It has thriller elements to the story through the fantasy visions.
It uses themes of rivalry, romance, ambition and psychological thriller. Because of our abstract world it would be interesting to analyse this to understand what we can achieve. There are scenes in the film, which involves the manipulation of mirrors and gives my the sense of an always hidden agenda, hidden side to her personality. Similar themes to our film.

Note on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal was released in 2007, by Director Richard Eyre. Its the story of an affair between a young art teacher, and her 15 year old student. Which is discovered by an older teacher who has befriended her. The scandal is then used to for the older teacher to control and have power over the younger. Again these show similar themes of betrayal, drama and thriller aspects. An ominous feeling we want to give our audience when watching Delilahs fall.

Unfaithful

Directed by Adrian Lyne, the drama is a key aspect to this film. Its very strong throughout the film and where the film lacks a moral teaching, the drama keeps it fast paced and enthralling. This idea of the fast paced, quick cut story appeals to our story because of the themes. We see her play between the two men, and although her motives are different we see how she slowly becomes discovered.

The Cheating Woman

When researching to develop a better understanding of Delilah's motives for cheating, i came across some interesting perspectives and ideas from peoples experiences. It can be a delicate subject and there are many stories behind a cheater. From this i hope to understand what Delilah wants from cheating.

'Forbidden fruit seems so much sweeter'.

This statement really stood out to me, to consider a motive as just the temptation to do what were not supposed to? Which lets be honest is a very human urge.

(http://www.helium.com/items/642382-why-women-cheat-on-their-partners)

This article talks about two different women who have cheated, both stories express there ideas why they cheated. However the ideas of neglect and a breaking down relationship just dont fit to Delilah, and her confident personality. However the first line stood out to me.

"Why I Cheated" — Women Fess Up

http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/articlematch.aspx?cp-documentid=8424972

In this article, women give there personal reasons and ideas as to why they cheat. It suggests some interesting concepts from lack of passion, long distance to lack of things in common, While these are all realistic reasons for a cheating woman, i personally feel its just not Delilah.

Even from my better understand of personal cheating experiences i still feel Delilah's main motive for cheating is her pure need for attention and power. As a believable person she craves male attention, and enjoys her power over men. Which she then uses to her full advantage. I think its nescessary to show this sinister side of her to fit with our idea of the Abstract world. Also i feel by doing this we'll have a bigger impact on our audience when she's left alone. We can understand her sadness more because she's lost the attention she feeds on.