3. Blurb This five minute sequence is a dark dull and dramatic film.
Reality school girl situations taken to the extreme. Full of
Intense and moving moments we can all relate to.
Character biographies Main character, charlotte will be playing ‘Kayla’
Kayla is like any teenage school girl, very independent and
enjoys having people around her especially the ones she loves
the most, her boyfriend.
Charlotte is portraying a 17 year old girl who’s heart gets
broken by the one she thought most of.
Slightly unsociable and over exaggerates every decision she
should have to making the consequences terrifying at risk and
daring.
Extra, played by Phele.
Phele plays an extra during this five minute system. He is not an
important character at all. He is categorized as a ‘lad’ and is
short tempered when ‘kayla’ bumps into him on purpose. We
do not see a lot of him
Storyline Young teenage gets a text in class from her (ex) boyfriend.
‘we’re over’ she over reacts and leaves the class in hysterics.
She’s angry frustrated and heart broken. She runs away from
college grounds and overdoses on drugs. She wakes up hours
later and then decides she wants to kill herself from all the
hallucinations. She jumps off a cliff onto bricks and broken
glass.
4. BLURB
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES
STATEMENT OF INTENT
STORY LINE
It may be hard to admit to someone that you think that you might be bipolar, but it’s even harder to
admit it to yourself. As Kayla receive a break-up text from her boyfriend she spirals out of control
and decides to commit suicide, but will she do it.
Kayla was born and raised in the United Kingdom, by a wealthy and loving family, but when she
turned eleven years old things took a turn for the worst, as her father lost his business due to
bankruptcy and illegal scheming he decided to commit suicide, and when her mother decided to stop
him, he ended up kill her, Penny Kayla's older sister) and then himself. From the age of
eleven, Kayla found her life change drastically as she had lost both her parents she loved dearly and
forced to move into an orphanage, where she was bullied and abused by the other children. Kayla
attitude to life started to change as well, she decided that being a good girl was getting her no
were, she lost her faith and changed all of her believe for the worst as she started getting in trouble
with the police, sleeping around and befriending local yobs.
The main subject of the story is mental illness. I will show this by using only one actor in a
dramatic realisation of her insanity, I think that I am the best person to write this story line
because I am familiar with a person who suffers from the same mental illness, so I know a lot
about it factually and personally.
In the beginning of the story we see a flashback of a girl Running in a traumatic state, but we have
no idea how she got to that sate, the story then rewinds to her in a classroom receiving a text
message from her boyfriend say 'were over', she becomes unormally upset and over traumatic
(due to her mental condition), she runs to the bathroom, where she attempts to pull herself
together, but ends up in a more emotional state, she then runs into the woods where she commits
suicide twice, once by taking pill and when that fails, she throws herself over the edge or a cliff.
14. Props
This is the prop used as pills
in the suicide scene.
Books and pencil cases are carried and used by
Kayla through the first sequence of the short film
15. Locations
All these locations are chosen as there obvious and recognisable college locations, and would
be obvious to the audience
17. Floor plan for the
classroom, that the
classroom scene
will be shot in
Floor plan for the
Rother field
toilets, that the
toilet scene will be
shot in
19. Script. Five minute drama.
Fade in
Computer screen, words appear
Voiceover –
‘ that’s me lying there breathless and unmoving.
I have left your world to embark into a time and
space I know nothing of. Do you want to know how
I got here? Was it worth it?’
*peaceful piano music begins*
EXT. Woods. Zoom .
Camera slowly zooms out looking we see trees
Cut
EXT. WOODS. DAY
Ground shot
Various shots of the woods and ‘Kayla’ lying on
the ground
Tile credit – The beginning of the
end.
Kayla receives an unexpected text and
rushes to get to the toilets leaving
her classroom.
Kayla drops all her things on the
floor but continues running in
hysterics
Kayla sits on toilet crying
INT. Toilets. DAY
Ground shot of toilets
*crying*
Cut
EXT. College pathway. DAY
Kayla walks out of college grounds in
aggression she slowly starts picking
up speed until she’s in the woods
where she lets out all her anger by
screaming.
*screams*
CUT
EXT. WOODS. NIGHT
Kayla wakes up from her 3 hour sleep
and takes some pills that make her
hallucinate. She stands on the top of
a log and throws herself off
committing suicide.
Close up
Long shot
Extreme long shot
Non diegetic music of the
copyright free music playing
*pianos*
END.
21. DATES:
PROD.#: PRODUCTION TITLE:
DIRECTOR: PRODUCER:
CHARACTER
NAME
NAME CONTACT
NUMBER
Kayla Charlotte Hollis 0778646****
Paul Phele 0776840****
Chris Charlie 0754009****
James Jack 0777152****
Martin matt 078170*****
Annie director / camera man 0787675****
25. Hazards Who is at
risk?
Severity of
injury
Chance
injury
Risk Control measures
Falling over
Standing on sharp objects
Phele ,
charlotte
and I.
serious likely Medium Wear appropriate clothing
and footwear
Falling off the chair
Disturbing others
Camera man Not so
serious
likely low Make sure no cars/
students are walking past.
Create space for the chair
to roll and push aside any
stones or twigs that may be
in the way.
Tearing of clothing when
climbing over gates to get
to tennis course
Myself
(camera
man)
serious likely high Before filming we will
make sure we are aware of
anything that could
possibly fall during the
filming process. But also
clear up anything lying
around so we do not step
on them when filming.
Wear appropriate
footwear.
Wear appropriate clothing
and possibly bring case for
camera so it doesn’t get
damaged. And if
necessarily bring step
ladder to help.
