The Film Title Of Our Production

Together me and April decided to call our production 'The Cluster B Effect'. The reason that we chose to call our production this is because the plot of our film trailer centres around a popular, seventeen year old guy named Nathan whose life takes a dramatic turn for the worst, as he has recently developed the 'Cluster B' personality disorder, but remains unaware of this. To get more of an insight of the disorder, we did some research and found that the Cluster B disorder is made up of a series of different types of the disorder. 

These include: 

• The Anti Social Personality Disorder:- People who suffer with this form of personality disorder tend to develop a hostile and aggressive attitude, but are also very cunning and manipulative. They also often hold a reckless disregard for other people. Impulsive urges are difficult to control and people with this form of personality disorder are often putting themselves in dangerous situations, and take part in criminal activities such as theft and vandalism. They are also seen being a central figure in bullying ad harmful situations, and are known for not taking responsibility for their actions.

• The Histrionic Personality Disorder:- People who suffer from this personality disorder are unable to cope with being alone and crave a need for excessive amounts of attention. They are not comfortable in situations where they are centre of attention and will often become depressed when left alone. To gain attention from others, people with this personality disorder tend to act in a flirtatious and flamboyant manner and will emotionally express themselves to an excessive degree. Their expressions in most conversations tend to be very vague and lacking in detail, making the person come across as insincere. 

• The Narcissistic Personality Disorder:- People with this form of  personality disorder tend to believe that they deserve special treatment from others, as they consider themselves 'brilliant' and 'attractive'. They also believe that they have acquired 'super powers', which often leads to them to becoming obsessed with power and success. This causes people living with this personality disorder to not put as much effort into their daily life as they should do (as they are too distracted by their fantasies), and causes them to disregard and disrespect those around them. They also tend to come across as arrogant to other by constantly fantasising about the 'superior intelligence' or 'stunning beauty'. Their need to be admired and high status comes from their own fragile low self esteem. Once a person who suffers from this personality disorder realises that they do not have any form of 'super powers' , they begin to feel ashamed and angry, which sometimes they take out on other people.   

• The Borderline Personality Disorder:- People with this form of personality disorder have intense and unstable mood swings that shift dramatically. They tend to have angry outbursts which influences impulsive behaviours such as substance abuse, risky sexual liaisons, self-injury, overspending or binge eating. People with this personality disorder tend to vacillate back and forth between "all good" and "all bad" moods and attitudes, and struggle to remain consistent with their judgements. The radical changes that people suffering from this personality disorder make usually occurs without any warning or preparation. They also tend to  view the world in terms of  'black and white' or 'all of nothing' thinking. Their tendency to see the world in black or white (polarised) terms makes it easy for people to misinterpret the actions and movements of others. The intensity of their emotions, coupled with their difficulty regulating these emotions leads them to act impulsively.  

After researching each type of personality disorder thoroughly, me and April came to the decision that we wanted our character to develop a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. We chose to explore this type of personality disorder as we thought it would be an interesting angle to explore, and would allow the audience to analyse how the character's personality changes after developing this type of personality disorder. We also felt that the Narcissistic Personality Disorder was a disorder that people were less aware of and needed exploring and discovering, in terms of raising awareness.