The document provides details on the development of a short film project. It includes a timeline for an opening sequence involving three main characters: Kells, Shelly, and Shakira. It discusses the non-linear narrative structure, realistic struggles as a convention, and establishing characters including their representations, costumes, and behaviors. Audience elements like age, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality are considered to relate the film's themes to a 15+ demographic.

1. Yellow
level
By Monae
ASSIGNMENT 12
DRAMA

2. INSPIRATIONAL FILMS
4,3,2,1
The spit screen was Split screen
creative and I wanted require different
to implement this characters but
similarly to this scene. at the same

3. INSPIRATIONAL FILMS
Mean
Really mean Girls
girl
Ruins
peoples lives
Doesn’t care
who she hurts
She plays a fake
character

4. INSPIRATIONAL FILMS
Most scenes
was in the day
There didn’t
need to be a
dark room to
have a big
impact.
This film had
voiceovers to
make a bigger
impact.

5. IDEA EXPLORATION

6. CHOSEN IDEA TIMELINE
0.00-0.04 0.04-0.06 0.06-0.015 0.15-0.25
Kells entering The title ‘THE Shakira, Kells and Split screen of
Shelly's room, SHOCK’, size 65 Shelly together Shelly walking and
‘oh sh…’ (next and bold walking but Shelly Shakira and Kells.
cut). leaving to go home.
0.57-1.10
Kells walking 0.45-0.57 0.35-0.45 0.25-0.35
looking through Kells leaving to
bag realising Shelly opening her Shakira and
go door and going to Kells talking at
she has Shelly's
keys. her room. her house.
1.10-1.28 1.28-1.42
1.40-1. 1.40-1.
Shakira calling Kells calls Shelly but
does pick up. She She's going Kells entering
Shelly and
walks to shells and upstairs to Shelly’s Shelly's room,
bullying. Shelly
opens the door. room.
throws phone. ‘oh sh…’.

7. STYLE OF OPENING SEQUENCE
 The opening sequence would be a teaser
and establishing characters
 Teaser opening sequences make the
audience want more information and want to
watch the whole film.
 Watching 4,3,2,1 (drama) made me want to
watch the whole film, which I wanted the
same effect.

8. NARRATIVE STRUCTURE & THEORY
 This is a non-linear  I chose this style to
structure starting with leave the audience with
the end. enigmas
 The cons of  It encourages
conventional film communication with
narrative model: others and their
- Too predictable thoughts.
- Leaving audience not  Would link to Allan
satisfied Cameron- involving
anachronic and spit
screen scenes.

9. CHARACTERS
 Name: Amy  Name: Jodie
 Role: The character  Role: The bully
being bullied  Actor: Shakira
 Actor: Shelly  Representation: Evil, dark
 Representation: character
 Body language/facial  Body language/facial
expression: Timid, shy expression: Rude, screw
 Tone/language: Normal face expression
English  Tone/language: Slang
 Costume/props: Casual  Costume/props: baggy
clothing, school bag jumper, tight red
top, jeans

10. CHARACTERS & SETTING
 Name: Monae Setting
 Role: The friend -Interior scenes:
 Actor: Kells  Bedrooms Realism
 Representation: Show
Were
 Body language/facial problems loneliness
happen
expression: -Exterior scenes:
Friendly, gets along with  In front of flats
both of them.
 Outside a home of the
 Tone/language: Normal character
English
Bad things happen
 Costume/props: close to home
black, cute dress and
black coat

11. CONVENTIONS
Conventions in Examples from films Reinforce,
drama develop or
challenge
Realistic struggles or Freedom Writers- Develop-
Teens with
pain their
audience will
situations have an insight
of her problem.
Keep the audience Precious- Strong Develop-
Audience storylin
emotionally attached want to audience will
e
find out the want to know
new more.
equilibrium
.
Friendship 4,3,2,1- Reinforce-
Friendship anticipation is
was falling Realised going for the
apart. how bad audience.
it got too.

12. CONVENTIONS
Conventions in Examples from films Reinforce, develop
drama or challenge
Voice over My Sisters Keeper- Challenge – instead
there will be a direct
Voice over address cut.
by the
younger
sister.
Emotional music Titanic- Reinforce- music will
relate to the scene.
Played
sympathetic
music.
Dark scenes Scissor hands- a lot of dark Challenge- will need
scenes to emphasis the drama. to all be in the day.

13. AUDIENCE
Audience elements Audience Explanation
Age 15+ •Year 6 on to secondary,
start to fully realise your
problems.
•Relate with the character.
Gender Male, female, •Female mainly have the
transsexuals problems.
•Males get bullied or other
struggles too.
Ethnicity All ethnicities, black white •Different ethnicity all
etc. suffer from different
problems.

14. AUDIENCE
Audience elements Audience Explanation
Social class Lower/middle class •Lower and middle class
are prone to have more
problems.
Sexuality Straight, gay, lesbian, •Being a different
bisexual individual can provoke
others to be negative.
•This could relate to them.
Profession/ role Working adults, students •Audience relate because
the character is a student.