This film plot summary outlines a comedy film about four female friends who mistakenly end up in Bangkok instead of Australia for a wedding. The film is influenced by other comedy/disaster movies and follows Madison, Dona, Amanda, and Claire as they experience many errors and disasters while trying to make it to the wedding. Each of the four main characters are described in terms of their personality and background. Additional characters include the groom Max and others who help or hinder the friends. The document provides details on advertising, poster design, settings, sound, and an opening scene description to set up the comedy of errors plot.
2. Film Plot
Genre: Comedy
Target Audience: Teen Girls
The filmβs plot is based around four people who have to travel to
another country (Australia) for a wedding of a friend. The four girls
(one of which who is the bride to be wed) end up in a different
country(bankok) having left the plane whilst refuelling, unaware that
they were meant to stay on the flight.
The crew end up in Bangkok. A large amount of errors and disasters
unfold along the way. Very ironic and unpredictable humour lasts
throughout.
The film ends with the crew eventually ending up at the wedding, but
not quite the right oneβ¦
4. Main four female
Characters
Madison played by Kristen Wiig
Dona played by Gabourey Sidibe
Amanda played by Anna Kendrick
Claire played by Julie Bowen
Other featured
Characters
Max(groom) played by Zac
Efron
Chan chun sing played by
Ken Joeng
Cassidy played by Rachel
McAdams
Trever and Dave played by
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
5. Madison-Kristen Wigg
β’ Early 30βs
β’ Mum of the group
β’ Unlucky in love(divorced twice)
β’ Lives at home with her parents
β’ Worrier of the group always needs reassurance from her parents
β’ Unemployed
β’ Maid of honour
6. Amanda- Anna Kendrick
β’ Early 20βs
β’ Journalist, studied journalism at university
β’ Bad relationship past
β’ Uses her own initiative in the film to try and get them to the right
places
β’ Her ex-boyfriend lives in Bangkok after he moved away, she knows
where he lives and asks him to help them get back.
7. Donna- Gabourey Sidibe
β’ 25 years old
β’ Receptionist
β’ Attracts a lot of male attention
β’ Loud personality
β’ Argumentative, sticks up for the rest of the group and gets them in
trouble
β’ Outgoing
β’ Adventurous
8. Claire-Julie Bowen
β’ Late 20βs
β’ Sarcastic sense of humour
β’ Married has a small house with her partner
β’ Pregnant but she doesnβt know it
β’ Leader of the group makes all the decisions
β’ Has anxiety and hates being confined in small places
9. Advertising
β’ We will advertise our film on buses and in bus shelters, this way a lot of
people will see it each day, for example commuters on their way to work.
β’ Posters and magazine adverts will be put out to target a wide audience
β’ We will use online marketing to have small advertisements online
β’ The actors will be using their social media accounts to tell their fans
about the new film which will help gain more support
β’ A trailer will also be out near to the time of the film release, this will be
shown in cinemas and on TV
β’ A few of the main characters (Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron)
will be doing interviews and meet and greets to promote the film further.
β’ We will also be hosting giveaways and competitions for free tickets and
other prizes nearer the time
13. Setting
β’ Set in current day
β’ First setting : LA airport
Busy atmosphere
β’ Second setting : Bangkok
β’ Final setting : Australia
14. Sound
β’ Upbeat music to contrast the storyline
β’ Diegetic and non-diegetic
β’ Sound effects
β’ Echo's
β’ Modern music
β’ Fast pace and slow pace sound to go with specific clips
15. Mise en scene
β’ Normally using daylight
β’ Low key lighting used when something goes wrong
16. Opening scene
β’ Walking through the airport, slow motion
β’ Sugababes- here come the girls plays in background
β’ Dressed nicely (heels and dresses)
β’ Baggage cart gets pushed into them, they all fall over
β’ Next shot is them on the plane, getting ready to sleep as itβs a long
flight
β’ Shows they are heading towards singapore.