2. FilmIdea2
The Working Title
The Working Title for my second filmidea is "Letter x". This is essentially a play on words as
the main character keeps on getting letters from an ex but she does not know which ex it is,
when something is anonymous it is usually signed off with an x.
Running Time
As both of my films are short films, they will not have a particularly long running time. I have
decided that I would like my short films to be in the region of around 8 minutes long. This
will give me enough time to tell the story that I am making while not exceeding the time
that a short film usually is expected to be.
Longline/Tagline
The Tagline for my second idea is, "watch this space". This is because the main character is
always waiting for another letter to come through, reinforcing the torment that she faces,
wondering who it is sending her letters.
Synopsis of 3 clear acts
Act 1- We see the first letter come through the door and is opened by Anabella she is
extremely concerned about what the letter is as it looks very anonymous. The contents of
the letter are admitting to mistakes and wanting to get back together. She starts to panic
due to the fact that she has two exes and has no idea which one it could be but has no way
of contacting either which she has always regretted.
Act 2- More letters keep on coming through the door and she feels as lough she has finally
cracked who it is until, another letter comes through the door and that then throws her, she
realises that she has no idea who it is and has a breakdown about it.
Act 3- Anabella decides that she is going to stop opening the letters that she is revenging but
then she soon regrets this decision as she realises she does not want to cut all contact again.
The last letter has a number on it and the last shot we see, is of her texting the number and
then we see a text come through from on the ex-sending her the letters and we discover
who the ex-actually is, sending the letters.
Target Audience
I feel as though my target audience will be mostly teenagers and probably, more
predominantly female as this is more of a rom-com than anything else. This is because the
main character that my story is based around is in her late teens. This means that the target
audience may be able to identify with some of the traits that my main character has. In
terms of the social demographic scale I feel as though the target audience will be in the
category of E as they will mostly be teenagers, in full time education, with part-time jobs. I
feel as though in terms of the 4C's scale, they would be the explorer as they are always
looking for a new adventure
3. Key Characters
Anabella- She is a sweet very down to earth 17 year old. She has a nice group of friends. She
has been with two boys in the past and is currently single. She unfortunately decided to cut
off all contact with both of her exes and is now something that she regrets. She tries her
hardest not to think about it but the regret eats her up a lot of the time as she knows she
could have been friends with them. She feels as though she throws things away a lot.
Alex- We do not see Alex in person but he is certainly a key characters in the film. He is
Anabella's last boyfriend. We find out about the way that Alex is feeling throughout the film
because he is the one that has been sending Anabella the letters. Their relationship lasted 4
months. They did not end on bad terms and he still wanted to be friends but Anabella
wanted to cut off all contact, he understands because that is her way of dealing with the
situation but is upset none the less. Especially as he was the one that ended the
relationship, so feels extremely guilty. After spending some time apart he has decided that
he wants to reconcile with her. He won’t give any clues as to who he is in the letters though
because he is too shy. He will soon overcome this however.
Matty- He is a key suspect to writing the letters. We do not know much about him however,
we only know that the relationship did not end well and he is not particularly fussed that
they did not stay in contact. Anabella puts this down to the fact that he is very laid back.
Form/Style
Film2- The form and style of this film will be as realistic as I can possibly make it. This is
because this is a real situation (having exes) that most people go through. I will approach
the matter as sensitively as I can. I am going to shoot this on a digital camera to convey the
realness of the situation and use mostly ambient lighting.
Marketing
I feel as though this filmcould have the potential to do well but I feel as though the
audience is not particularly broad so i feel as though it may only do well with certain
audiences.
I don't think that there is a potential for a sequel as i don't think there is much more that I
could explore with the idea of letters that the filmis all about.
4. Script
Scene 1 narrated by Anabella
Anabella: someone is sending me letters. This someone is an ex of mine, the problem is I
don't know who which one. There are two. I took it upon myself to cut off all contact with
them, i regret that now. I wish I had kept the friendship that we had but I didn't.
So I have no way of contacting either and he whoever he is, claims to still like me. So now
I'm stuck and confused and have no idea what to do.
I have had two letters so far and I have no idea how many more I am going to get.
