Fatou Panzout

7433

Ingrid De Souza

7500

Jhané Ormsby

7429

Michaela Ives

Kingshott

7380

Assignment 16; Group

Planning.

TIMELINE

Character sitting

alone in the busy

street, begging for

money whilst people

pass by, she gazes

coldly.

The girl has a drink with her

and starts walking around

into random places.

Girl sees poster on bus stop and

takes out her phone to call

number to find her phone is dead.

falls asleep at bus stop

with drink in her hand,

officer walks up to her

and wakes her up.

Shot of the girl about

to get on the bus.

Shot of girl on the bus

gazing out the

window and getting

off at a random stop.

Starts walking, still drinking.

The girl becomes drunk and

begins to stumble then

passes out.

Wakes up in a random bedroom

confused to where she is, some of

her clothes are scattered on the

floor.

Girl gets up and pulls the curtains

open, she looks confused holds

her head then slides down the

wall.

GENRE AND PURPOSE

Genre Subgenre Purpose of opening

sequence

• Drama • Teen-Drama

The main character is a

teenage girl, this would

therefore appeal to a

more teen related

audience.

• To make young people

more aware of the

dangers of the streets

and alcohol.

GENRE CONVENTIONS

Conventions you are applying in opening

sequence

Use/develop or challenge? Similarities/differences to real films

1) Victim is a teenage girlUse; the main character is a teenage girl Precious; teenage girl is the main victim as

she gets abused by her father and beaten by

her mother

2) Abuse Challenge; the girl is not shown to be abused

in any way

Fish Tank; the girl is abused by her mothers

new boyfriend

3) Alcohol abuse Use; the girl has an alcohol problem Flight; excessive amounts of alcohol are

consumed throughout the movie as the main

character battled with an alcohol problem

4) Teenage girl is rebellious Challenge; the girls parents are not

mentioned or shown in our sequence

She’s to young; teenage girl falls into a

troublesome crowd and begins defying her

parents by drinking and engaging in sexual

acts

5) Girl becomes separated from her

family.

Use; the girl has run away from home Scream; girl becomes separated from her

friend in her house which results in the girl

getting killed by the villain

6) Teen pregnancyChallenge; the girl isn't pregnant Juno; the girl is pregnant at a young age

7) Terminal illness Challenge‘; there is no terminal illness

present in our sequence

My Sisters Keeper; teenage girl has terminal

cancer

8) DivorceChallenge; there is no domestic issue such as

divorce being shown in our sequence

North Country; woman escapes from an

abusive husband and divorces him

GENRE CONVENTIONS GENRE: DRAMA

Conventions you are applying

in the opening sequence

Use/ Develop/ Challenge?

How? Why?

Similarities/differences to the real

film? Annotated pictures

1. Isolation within Society Use- to show and emphasis

the depression through the

flashbacks and her traveling

alone.

Kidulthood.Similarities as

she feels

Alone and

isolated.

2. Conflict Challenge- it challenges

conflict as there are no visible

conflicts between two

characters. This is so we do

not deflect from the main

character

AdulthoodOne character argues with another

which leads into a little fight.

3. Comfort after conflict Develop- We develop this as

the comfort is not from

another character but from

alcohol. This displays how

dependent she is on the drink

and how she is alone.

Fish Tanks.

Due to not being able

to fit in and the abuse

mentally and

physically within

her household.

the main character

(Katie Jarvis) turns

to alcohol.

Our opening sequence is for a niche audience because it’s

mainly for those who can relate to the character more.

TARGET AUDIENCE (A)

Age 14 to 18

Gender Females

Race/Ethnicity Any, White, Black, Latin etc

Location

Social Class Middle/Working class

Interests/Hobbies Partying, and drinking

Sexuality Straight, lesbians, gays or bisexual

Profession/role Student

The target audience would be interested in our plot because

it something they can relate or know someone who can

relate to it.

They would enjoy the way it’s formed because it makes it

more realistic, and they can relate to it more easily.

They would enjoy it because of the genre and conventions

because it would be what their expected or even challenge

their expectations.

TARGET AUDIENCE (B)

Our film would be rated 15

BBFC RATING

’15’ standards How are you meeting standards in your

film ?

Our opening sequence is going to be in a

linear style

The structure of the sequence shall

establish our main character, as we

would like the focus to be on just that

character.

NARRATIVE STYLE/STRUCTURE

Todorov’s theory isn’t applied within our opening sequence as there’s no equilibrium or disequilibrium.

Propp’s theory isn’t applied in our sequence as none of his elements are shown or have taken place throughout the sequence

Barthes theory has been applied in our sequence as there are elements of enigmas, action code but no semantic /conventional code, there is a symbolic code that has been included and cultural code

We have included certain elements of Strauss’ theory, i .e the main character is not civilised, she’s a drunk and than in comparison to society

Cameron’s theory isn’t applied, as the style of our sequence is l inear and none of his theories would work with ours.

NARRATIVE THEORY

ENIGMAS

ENIGMAS CREATED HOW WHY

Who is this character ? Theres no voiceover to

introduce or show who she

is

To get the audience to

question themselves

Why is she drinking ? Different clips of her

drinking

The audience can wonder

why

What pushed her to be an

alcoholic ?

The constant drinking The audience to question

what went on in her past

life to push her into her

current position.

CHARACTER(S)

Social Groups Represented. How? Why?

The Chavs. They are represented as ‘The

Dancers’ or the cool girls.

If you were a good on the estate/

area and were not in that group, you

was not classed as popular.

This was to emphasis the fact that

within society, bonds and groups are

formed through ethnic grouping,

interests or hobbies and social

grouping or not being able to fit into

one forms can clash.

Lower Districts. People of the lower class, are

looked upon differently and are

picked out of a crowd to go on a

show which would be used for

entertainment for the upper

districts.

This was shown to emphasis the

exploitation of lower classes of

which the upper class do for

comical reasons which

essentially keeps them lower

class. However, The upper class

seems to work in favour of the

lower districts allowing what

was seen as love to survive,

beating the game.

ACTOR(S)

Image Name Positional

Role

Availability Actor as

normal

After shoot of

Actor

*fill with an

image(long

shot)*

Michaela

Ives-

Kingshott

Main

Actress.

Always

available to

do extra

shooting.

COSTUME/PROPS

LOCATIONS

LOCATION NAME &

WHAT FOR

HOW TO GET THERE ACCESS TO

LOCATION

PHOTOS OF

LOCATION

Wembley Park Station Bus/Train towards

Wembley Park

Public

Wembley Bus/Train towards

Wembley

Public

Ingrid’s House

(Bedroom Scene)

Bus towards

sudbury

Close - Indoors

RISK ASSESSMENT

Task Possible risk involved Actions to prevent harm to health or

safety

Filming in an unknown location • Not familiar with the area.

• Don’t know surroundings very well,

could become lost.

• Ensure that at least one responsible adult

knows of your whereabouts.

• Always ensure you have a way of

contacting someone in an emergency eg;

a mobile phone with credit.

Travelling to filming locations • Busy roads.

• Accidents.

• Avoid busy roads as they can caused

accidents or damage filming

equipment.

Interviewing people for filming • Speaking to strangers. • Never approach someone and speak to

them alone, If speaking to a stranger is

necessary always work in groups of a

minimum of two people.

Filming underage (under 16) people • Exposing them to material in which they

should not be viewing.

• Number of hours that can be legally

used for filming a minor.

• Ensure you met the BBFT regulations on

your chosen age rating.

• Don’t over work young children, keep

filming with them down to an absolute

minimum.

Filming anyone • Some people may feel uncomfortable

with filming particular scenes or saying

particular lines.

• Ensure all the characters are comfortable

with the script and stage directions before

you begin filming.

Health of group members when filming eg;

filming in cold weather

• Illnesses caused by particular weather

conditions.

• Tiredness caused by over working.

• Don’t film in extreme weather conditions

such as thunder storms or snow for long

periods of time.

• Take breaks every hour or so to avoid

overworking.

RISK ASSESSMENT CONTINUED

Task Possible risk involved Actions to prevent harm to healthy or

safety

Interviewing the public for filming • Speaking to strangers.

• People may get offended by particular

questions.

• Never approach someone and speak to

them alone, If speaking to a stranger is

necessary always work in groups of a

minimum of two people.

Interviewing an expert for filming • Could be given bias or copyrighted

material.

• Ensure that the expert is aware that you

are collecting information and doing

research for work that you will be given

credit for; gain permission for expert.

Types of areas

How safe are they?

• Filming next to dangerous things such as

busy roads, train tracks, water etc.

• Is the area known for being dangerous due

to social issues.

• If you are going to film in dangerous

circumstances makes sure you take

proper precautions, for example, don’t

stand anywhere near the train track or

road.

Time of day • Filming in the dark; night time.

• Filming in the sunlight; day time.

• make sure you have good lighting to

avoid accidents

• make sure you are protected, for

example sunglasses.

Using technology.. Filming • Using digital equipment near water,

could result in accidents.

• Avoid eating and drink around digital

equipment and avoid using the

equipment around water, eg; rivers and

lakes.

Other • Don’t use alcoholic drinks, cigarettes or

drugs.

• Pose a danger to your general health

and well being.

Girl sitting alone in street, gazed expression shown on her face.

Girl keeps gazed expression as she walks around street.

Goes to the bus stop and looks at poster, expression changes to an unhappy stare.

Falls asleep at bus stop with drink in hand, police officer approaches.

Girl boards bus without replying to officer.

Glazed expression as girl looks out of window.

Gets off bus, walks off.

Girl begins to stumble due to amount of alcohol consumed.

Wakes up in random bedroom worried expression shown.

SCRIPT

STORYBOARD

STORYBOARD

MUSIC/SOUND

Non-Diegetic

sounds

Evidence/Research Diegetic sounds Evidence/ Research

Dramatic

sorrowful

music linking

with the

characters

depression.

Empty Bottles

(smashing or

touching together).

Voice Overs. Background Noises.

Sound

Bridging.

Sound effects

(such as echo's).

1. - Close up

2. - Extreme Close up

3. - Mid Shot

4. - Point of View

5. - Long Shot

6. - Over The Shoulder

7. - Establishment

SHOTLIST