Projeto de desenvolvimento de Websérie O estranho caso do chupacu.

Abstract

This report intends to present the constructive journey of theoretical and practical material in the elaboration of the webseries in a fake documentary format O Estranho Caso do Chupacu (The Strange Case of the Suckass). Here we follow the construction of the script for the pilot episode, the serial bible and a promotional teaser. This work is based on the digital legend Chupacu de Goianinha, which appeared on the internet in 2017 and which soon became a meme in the virtual sphere. We bring the portrait of the quiet Itabari, a fictional town in the countryside 57km from the capital of Paraíba, at a time when cases of sexual abuse begin to emerge exponentially and residents assume that it is the return of the legend of Chupacu that is back to haunt the population. Encouraged to develop an audiovisual product that will make him achieve his dream of becoming a great journalist in Brazilian territory, Jorge, a 17 years old boy, decides to make an investigative documentary to unravel the mysteries that surround the legend in his region. With his friends Marcela (17), Cadu (19) and Kécia (16), the boy searches for evidence that can prove the existence of the curious creature in the city and how it attacks. For the development of this project, we study the concepts of coming-of-age stories and formation novels (MORETTI, 1987), mockumentary (GAMA, 2008), audiovisual production for the internet (NUNES, 2015), and the joint of delicate themes evoked by this unusual figure popularized in the digital environment. In the narrative conception of the webseries, we also discuss the perception of child sexual abuse and the way in which ancient legends are mixed with contemporary ones to camouflage everyday violence. In this way, we resort to the imagery construction of Chupacu, which here is inserted in a regionalist diegetic plan, differentiating itself from foreign references. The elaboration of this project is validated from the studies of serial fiction, television and internet language, and production management for an audiovisual product, subjects studied throughout the graduation.