2. MAIN STORYLINE
• A group of friends are shown enjoying themselves in
different locations, such as the park, outside the
cinema, on the train and so on. Every time they go
to a new location one of them, the main character,
‘loses’ or ‘forgets’ one of her items. However, really
it is isn’t her fault as it is a friend that is stealing these
objects to create a type of shrine of her. The fake
friend won’t be shown until near the end but it will
give hints as to who it is. The fake friend will be
plotting to destroy this person’s life and this is what
the story will revolve around.
3. SETTINGS AND PROPS
• The settings will be a range of places teenagers are
likely to spend their time: the park, someone’s house,
bedroom, cinema and even waiting for transport at a
bus stop or train station.
• The props will mainly be all the main characters
possessions: lipstick, scarf, an earring
• Additional props: pictures, note books, crisp packet,
flyers, scissors, red pen/paint, candles, mirrors.
4. CAMERA ANGLES
• The camera shots will mainly be close ups on the props so the
audience realises them later on when they are shown in a different
setting.
• Generally, the faces aren’t seen unless it is the main character’s or
the others faces from the sides, so that the whole expression is never
seen properly.
• When the group of friends have gathered there will be middle shots
to display them all enjoying themselves, making it unclear who the
freak friend is.
• There will be a few longshots to show the locations and over the
shoulders or points of views, emphasising how the freak friend is
everywhere.
5. COLOURS AND APPEARANCE
• The props stolen from the main colour will have brighter
colours to draw attention and then to make it easier for the
viewers to realise the objects absence later on. For instance
the red scarf on the bus/train that she ‘forgets’.
• All the characters will be dressed casually in autumn clothes
such as jumpers, jeans and comfortable footwear of the 21st
century.
• They are all made to look like innocent teenagers just enjoying
themselves and who are focused on their studies. Therefore
school bags may also be part of their costumes.
6. TYPOGRAPHY/TITLING AND EDITING
• Depending where the text would be placed it would change
accordingly. E.g. barcode on packet of crisps.
• If it isn’t incorporated into an object then it would appear in
the font of a text message to link to the characters age.
• The fonts shall be introduced onto the significant items of the
film, such as names on the pictures, or will slide on or off if
something has moved around it. E.g. a moving train.
• Scenes will fade into each other or something will change
what the audiences sees by blocking the image and
replacing it with another. (Bus gets in the way and as it moves
out the way the new scene is in place)
7. LIGHTING
• Lighting will be used with candles around on the
stolen objects to give it a dark and shadowed
appearance.
• With the help of mirrors/reflections and tin foil I will
also manipulate the natural or artificial light to
highlight the people and props of the scenes.
8. SOUND AND MUSIC
• The music will seem all happy and normal, current
and up to date, to make things seem like it is all
good. However, when the stolen items are shown
the music turns low and muffled, even interrupted
by static from the radio or repeating certain verses
over and over again, slowly like a broken record.
• Diegetic sounds are also heard: birds, wind,
laughing and footsteps. Yet they end up being
distorted and no longer appear harmless, implying
that the teenagers, the girl in particular, are
constantly at risk.
