International film treatment
Logline
The film show comprises the man with HIV who gets fired by the logistics firm located in Kolkata India after his long term secret comes to the limelight. As a result, he hires a small-time lawyer as an only individual willing to advocate for this case of unlawful dismal based on the HIV discrimination factors.
Characters
Bramaradhan Singh exists as the main character in the film. He first hides his HIV status for five years, working as the assistant marketing manager in the logistics firm. One of the colleagues, Arjun Hussein, notices some of the family symptoms and reports the matter to the CEO. As a result, Singh gets fired after speaking the truth about his HIV status and hires a lawyer for his case, claiming its nature of biases.
Arjun Hussein exists as a human resource in the company in which they interact with Singh in most cases.
Anushka: Singh’s best female friend and also have HIV.
Rishaan: Singh’s lawyer
Manam: company CEO who fired sing upon realizing he has HIV.
Synopsis
Bramaradhan Singh works as the assistant marketing manager in the logistics firm located in Kolkata, India. He hides his HIV status from the rest of the company employees, but the HR recognizes some of the symptoms like lesion on his skin related to HIV. After two days, Singh looks out various explanations about the noticeable HIV Singh but fails to find a solution making him take leave of one week. On his fourth day of leave, while lost in thinking about the next move, he receives a call from the company to visit the CEO’s office the following day. After a few talks with the CEO in his office, Singh was handed a dismissal letter taking the case to court as the immediate action as well as hiring the Rishaan as his lawyer. Moreover, logistic firms maintain the mistake originated from Singh for hiding his HIV status. Moreover, Anushka, one of Singh’s best female friend, advised him to drop the case. As a result, they get married and move to Mumbai, where Anushka what as a teacher. Moreover, after various organizations, both government and none follow the case, the logistics company compensated Singh based on discrimination and stigmatization charges.
Part Two
Philadelphia film was acted in the Philadelphia United States hence conducting its treatment in the Indian system requires various modifications using the media effects theories and concepts (Prince, 2015). To move from the state and country setup of the movie to the international scenario, the process requires various principles of the media effects, which influence the flow of the information. Such theories include media logic and agenda-setting concepts (Bryant & Oliver, 2009). By use of the agenda-setting theory, which states that “mass media determine the issue that concerns the public rather than public’s views” to modify the films into the international context. Equally, the issue that mass media concentrates on becomes the public interest through discussions demand of actions and debates (Scheufele, 1999). Discrimination based on individual HIV status more so those infected can get considered and measures demanded by the influence of the mass media. The theory enables the rise in public participation and the introduction of various opinions related to the biases of the people living with HIV around the world. As per Singer (2018), the theory significantly emerges in different films industry in which it enhances the spread of information, putting different local-oriented films into the international context. For example, the films address various issues of discrimination and biases in the united states more in Philadelphia, which at the same time, such factors affect the Indian individuals with HIV.
The media logic theory employed in modifications of the Philadelphia movie posits that “common media formats and styles serve as a means of perceiving the world.” Applying the concept in the modification process, the film creates awareness and a different understanding of the issues of the discrimination on people with HIV (Prince, 2015). According to Singer (2018), the mass media consumers engage and understand the content conveyed in various media platforms differently based on the topic and context. Such format and style employed in the film would impact the different interpretations of reality from the local settings of the movie to the international context (Bryant & Oliver, 2009). The media logic directly or indirectly affects the individuals as well as various institutions based on different issues affecting the societies.
References
Prince, S. (2015). Movies and meaning. An introduction to the film. Boston: Allyn.
Singer, J. B. (2018). Transmission creep: Media effects theories and journalism studies in a digital era. Journalism Studies, 19(2), 209-226.
Bryant, J., & Oliver, M. B. (Eds.). (2009). Media effects: Advances in theory and research. Routledge.
Scheufele, D. A. (1999). Framing as a theory of media effects. Journal of communication, 49(1), 103-122.