A young boy named Charlie loses his father to war and his mother develops depression and alcoholism. Struggling without a father figure, Charlie joins a gang but later leaves to care for his mother. As a teenager, Charlie discovers boxing which gives him an outlet and sense of purpose. He works to overcome his difficult past through boxing while also helping his mother with her addiction issues.

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OCELOTE
PRODUCTIONS
BY Alisha, Xhesika & Zayn

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Individual head on
 Alisha:
A young boy loses his father due to the fact that his father was
unfortunately killed at war. When the young boy finds out that his
dad has been killed and he doesn’t have a father figure in his life
anymore he decides to join a gang to replace the fact that his
father he is dead. His mum is also no coping with the fact that her
husband is dead and starts to go into some sort of depression.
The young boy realises what has happened to his mum and
decides to take care of his mum and leave the gang.

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Individual head on
 Xhesika:
A young boy leaves in a deprived area where the only place he
feels safe is to join a gang. His friends are a bad influence on him
as they get him into a lot of trouble. One day he see’s a poster for
boxing club and decides to go and see what it is about. When he
is there he starts to box and really enjoys it, going their on a daily
basis. One day some notices him and asks him if he would like to
fight at a professional level. He takes the offer and starts to fight
and move up ranks. However due to his ethnicity he gets a lot of
racial abuse from fans.

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Individual head on
 Zayn
A teenager at the age of 16 with a promising future as a writer is
struck with cancer. The film builds up his character by showing
him in school with his friends and teachers whom he has a
positive relationship with. Towards the end of the film he passes
out on his way home to be awoken by a doctor, the movie ends
with a tear running down the side of his face and the sound of a
life machine slowly declining into a long beep.

5. +
Group Mood Board based on Head
On
In this mood
board we tired
incorporating all of
the themes/ideas
that we would be
in our film. For
example we have
based our
storyline on
boxing and a
broken family.

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Initial planning ideas
 When we started to plan our ideas we tired to incorporate all of
the ideas from each of our head-on’s into our film.
 Our initial idea:
A young 20 year male uses boxing to reflect back on his past
experiences and uses boxing as a way of escape from his past
and a way of our over-coming it. The storyline follows him as a
young person and the troubles that he has to face as a kid.

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Intended target audience

9. + Character profile – Charlie Samuels
Male Protagonist
Basic Statistics-
Name: Charlie Samuels
Age: 18/20
Current Residence:
Hounslow Estates
Occupation: Unemployed
Income:N/A
Talents/Skills: Boxing
Siblings: no siblings
Spouse: N/A
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5ft10
Race: White
Eye Colour: Green
Hair Colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Fair
Shape Face: Round
Mannerisms: misbehaved
and naughty
Hobbies: Boxing and fighting
Style: scruffy and messy
Health: Good Health
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attribute and
Attitudes:
Educational Background: Left School at GCSEs, 16
Years Old
Intelligence Level: Lacks gcse certificates
Any Mental Illnesses? No
Learning Experiences: Secondary School Drop out
Charlie Samules- (Male
protagonist)

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Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attribute
and Attitudes:
Educational Background: Left School at
GCSEs, 16 Years Old
Intelligence Level: Lacks gcse certificates
Any Mental Illnesses? No
Learning Experiences: Secondary School
Drop out
Character's short-term goals in life: help
his mother get over her alcohol addiction
Character's long-term goals in
life: Become a famous successful boxer
How does Character see himself? Negative
aspect on his life and everything about
himself.
How does Character believe he is
perceived by others? Lazy, useless
How self-confident is the character? Lacks
confidence
Does the character seem ruled by emotion
or logic or some combination thereof? No
father figure as he left a him at a vulnerable
stage in his life
Emotional Characteristics
How does the character deal with anger?
Through his boxing.
With sadness, conflict, change, loss? His father
left him when he was a young boy and he is
emotionally distraught. He also helps his mother
with her alcohol addiction as she physically abuses
him and hurts him.
What does the character want out of life? He
wants to help his mother get better and become a
famous boxer.
What would the character like to change in his
life? His mothers problem, he also wants to do
good at school.
What motivates this character? Boxing
What frightens this character? His mother’s
health and her alcohol addiction
What makes this character happy? Boxing
Is the character generally polite or rude? He
has a hidden personality his is quite warm hearted
and open minded however to the world he is a
strong determined character.

11. + Character profile – Becky Samuels
Female Protagonist
Basic Statistics-
Name: Becky Samuels
Age: 40/45
Current Residence:
Hounslow Estates
Occupation: Unemployed
Income: n/a
Talents/Skills: none
Siblings: no siblings
Spouse: Husband left her
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5ft5
Race: White
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Blonde
Skin Colour: Fair
Shape Face: Round
Mannerisms: drunk,
alcoholic
Hobbies: drinking
Style: scruffy and messy
Health: Poor Health
Emotional Characteristics:
How does the character deal with anger? Drinking alcohol
With sadness, conflict, change, and loss? Her husband left her so she started drinking and its
consistent and always drunk.
What does the character want out of life? nothing
What would the character like to change in her life? She would like to get rid of her alcohol
problem
What makes this character happy? Drinking
is the character generally polite or rude? She is generally quite rude and outgoing she doesn’t
care about anyone’s opinions and does what she wants.
Becky
Samuel
s-Mum

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Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attribute and Attitudes:
Educational Background: Left School before GCSEs
Intelligence Level: Lacks gcse certificates
Any Mental Illnesses? No
Learning Experiences: Secondary School Drop out
Character's short-term goals in life: none
Character's long-term goals in life: none
How does Character see herself? Positive outlook on life as
she is always drunk
How does Character believe she is perceived by others?
She knows that people see her as a bad mother.
How self-confident is the character? Lacks confidence
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic? Her
husband has left her and she started drinking alcohol, drowning
her sorrows.

13. + Physical timeline

14. +
Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

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Storyboard

22. + Shot list

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24. +
Scripting
 Here is our final script for short film:
 SCENE 1:
 Voiceover: Fighting... nowadays it seems like my outlet for
my rage, a medicine I need for my sickness, a sickness of
being weak and not standing up for myself. But it never used
to be like this. Growing up I was taught to never fight back,
never lay a finger on another human being unless faced with
a situation where the only way out is to fight. I am now in the
middle of this gut-churning war with my present, past and
most likely my further.
 SCENE 2:
Becky Green (Mum): You useless human being, I should've got
rid of you when I had the chance
Boy: I'm sorry mum, I didn't mean to. It wasn't my fault.
Becky Green (Mum): It's never your fault; you were a mistake
waiting to happen.
 SCENE 3:
Teacher: So Kylide, can you tell me why you think the
right-wing have these views on families?
Kylide: Why you always picking on me?
Teacher: Do not show me this attitude, if you don't
want to be here you know where the door is.
Kylide: Fine, I don't want to be in this dump anymore.
 SCENE 4:
Kylide: *Running to his mum, shouting* MUM! MUM!
I'm sorry, I’m sorry, don't leave me I need you.
 SCENE 5:
Voiceover: If you believe in yourself, have dedication
and pride - and never quit you'll be a winner. The price
of victory is high but so are the rewards.

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Photographs/footage of groups
planning

26. +
Prop list / Equipment

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Prop list / Equipment

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Photographs of location- main location

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Photographs of location- Classroom

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 We plan on using the globe as one of our locations.
 This will of course be for the house scenes that we need to film.
 Although the globe is yet to be confirmed, we believe that we
will be able to use it as many other groups in pervious years
have done so.
Photographs of location- The house

31. + Costume/Make-up – Young Charlie
• Our first character is Charlie Samuels, this
will be a younger version which is aged
15/16 years old.
• Our first costume is the school uniform, this
is because Charlie still goes to school and
we have an important classroom scene.
This makes sense with our storyline and is
conventional because he will be attending
school.
• We also see Charlie in a tracksuit, this is
because it is conventional and you would
expect to see a teenager wearing a black
tracksuit.
• The black colour suggest Charlie is dark
and mysterious, because he doesn’t want
you too see his actual emotions, it shows
that he has got something to hide.

32. + Costume/Make-up – Older Charlie
• We also have Charlie Samuels as
another character, however you get
to see him as an adult, passed his
teenage years. In the picture you
can see a boxing costume this is
because we will have our character
training throughout our short film.
• We also have our older Charlie in a
black tracksuit, this will be
something that he wears on his
way to the gym. This shows that he
hasn’t grown up that much and he
still possess some characteristics.

33. + Costume/Make-up – Becky Samuels
• Becky Samuels is Charlie’s
mum, she will wear quite
plain and simple clothes, this
will be items such as a plain
sweater and jeans. This is
because she needs to fulfil
her character as an alcoholic
mum who doesn’t care about
anything. Her costume will
be quite dark and plain.
• She will have minimal/ barley
and makeup, this is because
we want it to make it seem
like Mrs. Samuels doesn’t
care about her appearance.

34. + Costume/Make-up – Mr. Biggs
• Mr. Biggs is Charlie’s
teacher, he will be
dressed in formal
clothing which is
presented in the picture
on the right.
• This is because it
shows Mr. Biggs as a
well groomed teacher
as it shows how he
keeps a formal
appearance.

35. + Costume/Make-up – Students
• We have a flash back of a
young Charlie in a
classroom scene.
• This is where we will have
a number of students in
their school uniform.
• This will make is seem
realistic and allows the
audience to compare the
difference between Charlie
and the other students.

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Casting – Young Charlie Samuels
 For our Young Charlie Samuels
we will use Klydie Koxha.
 This is because Klydie will
represent Charlie and show all his
struggles and his life decisions
that he has gone through.
 Klydie is aged 15 and he is
currently taking his GCSE’s this is
perfect as the young Charlie
Samuels in our short films is also
about to take his GCSE’s.

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Casting – Older Charlie Samuels
 For our older Charlie Samuels we
will use Omar Qaddoos.
 This is because Omar is 20 years
old and he looks like the typical
character we would expect to see
as our typical boxer.
 Similarly, Omar also has acting
experiences as he has also
studied drama and understands
what we are looking for in an
actor.

38. +
Casting – Becky Samuels
 For Becky Samuels we will be
using Ms. Lodge.
 This is we believe that she would
play the role of a mother perfectly
and we believe that she can play
the role of an alcoholic mother.
 Ms. Lodge also fits the role
perfectly as we need someone
who is tall and we believe that we
can show her not having a close
relationship with her son.

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Casting – Mr. Biggs
 For our teacher we will use Mr.
Biggs.
 This is because Mr. Biggs is a
teacher and already knows how
to play a suitable role as a
teacher.

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Casting – Students
 For the students we have gathered
a group of year 11 students who
are willing to participate in the
classroom scene.
 This is because it is a vital scene
whereby we show what Charlie is
like in class.
 We have picked year 11’s because
they are currently going through
their GCSE’s and they have a
good understanding of what they
will be doing and how they will be
acting.

41. +
Health & Safety
Hazard How the hazard may
occur
How to prevent the
hazard from occuring
How to treat the hazard
if it occurs
Alcohol bottles breaking They could fall over
while we are filming
from someone
accidentally knocking
them. They could slip
out of the hand of the
actor whilst we are
filming
Ensure that only
bottles needed in the
shot are present, keep
them to the side when
they aren’t being used
and away from
anything that may
knock them over
Clean up the broken
glass, if the glass
manages to cut
someone clean the
wound and bandage it
up.
Punching bag hitting the
camera
Since we plan to film a
shot where the camera
is behind the punching
bag this hazard may
occur.
Ensure when the actor
hits the punching bag
he doesn’t use an
extended amount of
force which could
knock the camera and
tripod over
If this hazard were to
happen, it would be
best to see if the
camera is still working,
the lenses may smash
since they are made of
glass so the next step
would be to clean up
the mess. If any cuts
are to occur; clean the
wound and bandage
the arm.
Tripping over
equipment
The wires we use for
the sound equipment
may be unseen by any
of the filming crew or
cast and they may trip
over them.
Ensure when filming
that the wires are
visible to all people in
the area, also when not
filming ensure that that
any wires aren’t lying
around but instead put
to one side.

42. +
Communication during organisation

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Filming/Editing schedule
We plan on filming everyday after
school for two weeks. This will
enable us to get as much footage
as we need and possibly improve
the footage that we have taken.
After we have filmed all of our
footage, we plan on editing for the
remaining days of the month, which
will be 3 weeks. We believe this will
give us enough time to make drafts
and and improve them and make
our final short film.

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Filming/Editing schedule
Date Scene Location Time
30/11/15 House scene, Charlie
getting abused by
mother
The Globe 3.30-5.30 pm
1/12/15 House scene, Charlie
finds mum passed out.
The Globe 3.30-4.40 pm
2/12/15 Charlie struggling at
school
Cranford community
college
3.30-5 pm
3/12/15 Charlie struggling at
school
Cranford community
college
3.30-5 pm
7/12/15 Opening scene when
Charlie is getting
ready to box
Cranford community
college
3.30-4.30 pm
8/12/15 Charlie boxing Cranford community
college
3.30-4.30 pm
9/12/15 Ending scene, where
Charlie goes past the
poster.
Cranford community
college
3.30-4.30 pm