The story is about a university student who sees a homeless girl one night and decides to help her. He takes her home to feed her and wash her, giving her clothes. They begin meeting regularly and become close as she gets back on her feet with a job. They eventually become romantically involved and later marry, expecting their first child. The document provides details on the intended genre, target audience, channel, locations, crew, characters, and music for adapting this story into a 15-minute television drama.

1. A Diamond In
The Gutter
By Jamie Shaw

2. Plot
The story is based around a university student who see’s a homeless girl one night
as he is walking home. He then decides to comfort her, but at the same time can’t
help but think she’s good looking (as he stated in the thread a 7/10) but does feel
guilty for thinking. He then takes her home to feed and wash her. He gives her some
of his ex’s clothes of which she is very grateful and then takes her back to her spot.
The pair then begin to meet up on a regular basis during his lunch breaks and after
uni sharing meals together. This goes on nearly everyday for 2 months. She begins
to get back on her feet by getting a job at a Panera making sandwiches. One night
they go back to his place and she pounces on him. A short time after they decide to
make it official. She then moves into his place. 5 years later they eventually become
married and are expecting the first child.

3. Genre: Drama
Target audience: Female. Ages from teenagers to elderly.
The target audience for romantic drama’s is commonly female’s.
This is due to the fact that women favour watching these films and
programmes, due to them consisting of that perfect relationship that
blossom’s through out the story, as well as dreaming of a that ‘ideal’
man who will sweep them off their feet.

4. Channel: ITV 1
Air: After the watershed.
I have decided that ITV 1 would be a good channel for my programme
to air on, due to the fact ITV 1 air one or two part drama’s on a regular
basis, which air at 9PM-10PM. The drama’s of which air on ITV 1 at
this time are hour long programme’s including adverts, where as mine
shall only be 15 minutes (obviously if more time was given it would be
45 minutes, but it has to remain in the given time). These drama’s may
range around a variety of topics from murders, all the way to romance
drama’s which deal with affairs. An example for this would be The
Leaving. It will also have to air after the watershed due to strong
language and sex.

5. Location
I shall be filming around a few locations centred in and around
Maidstone. These shall be
1. The old Somerfield multi-story car park. This shall be where the
homeless girl sleeps/lives.
2. Maidstone Halls (not UCA halls). This shall be where the boy lives,
due to him going to university.
3. UCA campus – Maidstone. This shall be where the boy studies
photography.
4. Mereworth woods. The boy (in a future scene when he passes uni)
will be taking wildlife photo’s for a wildlife magazine.
5. Maidstone High Street. This shall be where the couple
meet and have their walks and talks.

6. Length:
The programme shall run for a full 15 minutes and shall be a one of
drama. The story line to me felt like it was more of a one parter, and
that the story shall be told in one sitting.
Feel and weather:
I want a bit of a darker, cold, winter feeling in the beginning to help
portray how dark, lonely and cold it can get being homeless, before it
becomes a bit more sunny and clearer, which will represent the
couples future is looking up, brighter and happier for the pair of them.
Time lapses:
I shall also be using time lapses of Maidstone and the M20 at certain
points of the short film. These will be placed in on when the two part
ways to go to sleep, falling asleep and when the door shuts on the sex
scene.

7. Where the story came from?
I came across this story in a Baww thread (baww is the sound crying out
loud) on a forum. This particular thread is where people go to write sad
stories which have happened to them, people they know, and other sad
stories which have been posted in the past by others. There can only be
so many threads going at once, so eventually the thread and stories
within will be deleted. I did try searching on Google for more
information on the story, but I had no luck. However I did screenshot
the story of when it was put up in all three of it’s parts.

8. Crew
1. Sam Wilder – Camera operator
2. James ‘Pepe’ Ogden – Camera operator
3. Scott Fisher – Sound operator
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Characters and Cast
Boy, early twenties, student. I have yet to give the character a name
or find an actor.
Girl, early twenties, homeless. I have yet to give the a name or find
an actress
Boy, early twenties. A friend of the main character (boy).

9. Music
Once again like in past projects, I shall be contacting Shogun Audio
(of whom I have used in the past) to receive permission in order to use
their music. I will also be contacting Med School, Blu Mar Ten and
Kokeshi to get permission to use some of theirs. Songs I will be using
will be
1. Alix Perez – 1984
2. SpectraSoul – Light In The Dark
3. Friction – Someone (Rockwell Remix)
4. Helios - First Dream Called Ocean (Stray Remix)
5. Blu Mar Ten - Sweet Little Supernova
6. Lung - Broken

10. Thanks for
Listening