1. Assignment 16; Group
Planning.
Fatou Panzout Jhané Ormsby
7433 7429
Ingrid De Souza Michaela Ives
7500 Kingshott
7380
2. TIMELINE
Girl sees poster on bus stop and
Starts walking, still drinking.
takes out her phone to call
The girl becomes drunk and
number to find her phone is dead.
begins to stumble then
Character sitting passes out.
alone in the busy
street, begging for Girl gets up and pulls the curtains
money whilst people open, she looks confused holds
pass by, she gazes Shot of the girl about her head then slides down the
coldly. to get on the bus. wall.
The girl has a drink with her Shot of girl on the bus
falls asleep at bus stop Wakes up in a random bedroom
and starts walking around gazing out the
with drink in her hand, confused to where she is, some of
into random places. window and getting
officer walks up to her her clothes are scattered on the
off at a random stop.
and wakes her up. floor.
3. GENRE AND PURPOSE
Genre Subgenre Purpose of opening
sequence
• Drama • Teen-Drama • To make young people
more aware of the
The main character is a dangers of the streets
teenage girl, this would and alcohol.
therefore appeal to a
more teen related
audience.
4. GENRE CONVENTIONS
Conventions you are applying in opening Use/develop or challenge? Similarities/differences to real films
sequence
Use; the main character is a teenage girl Precious; teenage girl is the main victim as
1) Victim is a teenage girl she gets abused by her father and beaten by
her mother
Challenge; the girl is not shown to be abused Fish Tank; the girl is abused by her mothers
2) Abuse in any way new boyfriend
Use; the girl has an alcohol problem Flight; excessive amounts of alcohol are
3) Alcohol abuse consumed throughout the movie as the main
character battled with an alcohol problem
Challenge; the girls parents are not She’s to young; teenage girl falls into a
4) Teenage girl is rebellious mentioned or shown in our sequence troublesome crowd and begins defying her
parents by drinking and engaging in sexual
acts
Use; the girl has run away from home Scream; girl becomes separated from her
5) Girl becomes separated from her friend in her house which results in the girl
family. getting killed by the villain
Challenge; the girl isn't pregnant Juno; the girl is pregnant at a young age
6) Teen pregnancy
Challenge‘; there is no terminal illness My Sisters Keeper; teenage girl has terminal
7) Terminal illness present in our sequence cancer
Challenge; there is no domestic issue such as North Country; woman escapes from an
8) Divorce divorce being shown in our sequence abusive husband and divorces him
5. GENRE CONVENTIONS GENRE: DRAMA
Conventions you are applying Use/ Develop/ Challenge? Similarities/differences to the real
in the opening sequence How? Why? film? Annotated pictures
1. Isolation within Society Use- to show and emphasis Kidulthood.
the depression through the Similarities as
she feels
flashbacks and her traveling Alone and
alone. isolated.
2. Conflict Challenge- it challenges Adulthood
conflict as there are no visible One character argues with another
which leads into a little fight.
conflicts between two
characters. This is so we do
not deflect from the main
character
3. Comfort after conflict Develop- We develop this as Fish Tanks.
the comfort is not from
Due to not being able
another character but from to fit in and the abuse
alcohol. This displays how mentally and
physically within
dependent she is on the drink her household.
and how she is alone. the main character
(Katie Jarvis) turns
to alcohol.
6. TARGET AUDIENCE (A)
Our opening sequence is for a niche audience because it’s
mainly for those who can relate to the character more.
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
7. TARGET AUDIENCE (B)
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.
8. BBFC RATING
Our film would be rated 15
’15’ standards How are you meeting standards in your
film ?
9. NARRATIVE ST YLE/STRUCTURE
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.
10. NARRATIVE THEORY
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
linear and none of his theories would work with ours.
11. ENIGMAS
ENIGMAS CREATED HOW WHY
Who is this character ? Theres no voiceover to To get the audience to
introduce or show who she question themselves
is
Why is she drinking ? Different clips of her The audience can wonder
drinking why
What pushed her to be an The constant drinking The audience to question
alcoholic ? what went on in her past
life to push her into her
current position.
12. CHARACTER(S)
Social Groups Represented. How? Why?
The Chavs. They are represented as ‘The This was to emphasis the fact that
Dancers’ or the cool girls. within society, bonds and groups are
If you were a good on the estate/ formed through ethnic grouping,
area and were not in that group, you interests or hobbies and social
was not classed as popular. grouping or not being able to fit into
one forms can clash.
Lower Districts. People of the lower class, are This was shown to emphasis the
looked upon differently and are exploitation of lower classes of
picked out of a crowd to go on a which the upper class do for
show which would be used for comical reasons which
entertainment for the upper essentially keeps them lower
districts. 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.
13. ACTOR(S)
Image Name Positional Availability Actor as After shoot of
Role normal Actor
*fill with an Michaela Main Always
image(long Ives- Actress. available to
shot)* Kingshott do extra
shooting.
15. LOCATIONS
LOCATION NAME & HOW TO GET THERE ACCESS TO PHOTOS OF
WHAT FOR LOCATION LOCATION
Wembley Park Station Bus/Train towards Public
Wembley Park
Wembley Bus/Train towards Public
Wembley
Ingrid’s House Bus towards Close - Indoors
(Bedroom Scene) sudbury
16. RISK ASSESSMENT
Task Possible risk involved Actions to prevent harm to health or
safety
Filming in an unknown location • Not familiar with the area. • Ensure that at least one responsible adult
• Don’t know surroundings very well, knows of your whereabouts.
could become lost. • Always ensure you have a way of
contacting someone in an emergency eg;
a mobile phone with credit.
Travelling to filming locations • Busy roads. • Avoid busy roads as they can caused
• Accidents. 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 • Ensure you met the BBFT regulations on
should not be viewing. your chosen age rating.
• Number of hours that can be legally • Don’t over work young children, keep
used for filming a minor. filming with them down to an absolute
minimum.
Filming anyone • Some people may feel uncomfortable • Ensure all the characters are comfortable
with filming particular scenes or saying with the script and stage directions before
particular lines. you begin filming.
Health of group members when filming eg; • Illnesses caused by particular weather • Don’t film in extreme weather conditions
filming in cold weather conditions. such as thunder storms or snow for long
• Tiredness caused by over working. periods of time.
• Take breaks every hour or so to avoid
overworking.
17. RISK ASSESSMENT CONTINUED
Task Possible risk involved Actions to prevent harm to healthy or
safety
Interviewing the public for filming • Speaking to strangers. • Never approach someone and speak to
• People may get offended by particular them alone, If speaking to a stranger is
questions. necessary always work in groups of a
minimum of two people.
Interviewing an expert for filming • Could be given bias or copyrighted • Ensure that the expert is aware that you
material. are collecting information and doing
research for work that you will be given
credit for; gain permission for expert.
Types of areas • Filming next to dangerous things such as • If you are going to film in dangerous
How safe are they? busy roads, train tracks, water etc. circumstances makes sure you take
• Is the area known for being dangerous due proper precautions, for example, don’t
to social issues. stand anywhere near the train track or
road.
Time of day • Filming in the dark; night time. • make sure you have good lighting to
• Filming in the sunlight; day time. avoid accidents
• make sure you are protected, for
example sunglasses.
Using technology.. Filming • Using digital equipment near water, • Avoid eating and drink around digital
could result in accidents. equipment and avoid using the
equipment around water, eg; rivers and
lakes.
Other • Don’t use alcoholic drinks, cigarettes or • Pose a danger to your general health
drugs. and well being.
18. SCRIPT
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.
