Our film presentation

1. Doubt
The theme of the film is family drama so the title
‘Doubt’ suggests that someone is doubting a decision
they made; it gets straight down to the point and
implies that there may be a negative side to the film
and the audience can expect it to effect the whole
family.
By Chay, Bonnie and Beth

2. Narrative
The film is going to follow a large chaotic family through everyday life
exploring the challenges every family has to face, when a hard-working
mother’s ex-husband starts to live with her children and her tough willed
partner life begins to change for the worse. The fiery step-dad begins to lose
his temper frequently which has a big impact on the kids who start to turn on
each other. As the family’s situation gradually gets worse the mum constantly
has doubts over whether she did the right thing leaving her husband and
choosing someone who has now become violent, over her childhood
sweetheart who loves her no matter what. In the end she leaves her partner
and she goes back to her ex-husband as they and their family start to repair
the damages caused by the step-dad’s actions and live life to the fullest.

3. Characters
Mum, Jennifer Aniston
Hard working mum who
provides for her family.
Dad, Seth Rogen
Caring stay at home dad
who has a soppy
personality.
Step-dad, Bruce Willis
Fiery tempered with a strong
over powering controlling
personality.

4. Harry (21), Dave Franco
Kelly (19), Emma Roberts
Sam (14), Nathan Gamble
Rebecca (16), Chloe Moretz
Declan (4), Jared Gilmore
Daniel (4), Oaklee Pendergast
Ashton (8), Charlie Tahan
Dillon (4), Max Charles

5. Setting
The film is set in the present day and follows the
progression of the year through the seasons. It
is set at all times of day. The majority of the film
is set inside the family home, although there are
some exterior when the family goes on outings.

6. Icons
The emerald wedding ring belongs to the mum and is an icon as
throughout the film, she repeatedly looks at it because it was
given to her by her husband at the time; it is symbolic of the
month they met which was May, the birthstone for that month is
an emerald. The audience will see that she looks at her ring as a
symbol of her eternal love for her husband and that every time
she sees it she has doubts that she made the right choice.

7. Textual Analysis
The lighting throughout most of the film will be high-key
lighting to create a realistic and upbeat atmosphere about the
film. There will be quite fast backing tracks for the scenes
showing chaos and the music will become darker and solemn as
the film becomes more serious and the step-dad’s temper rises
and this will be reflected through the choice of backing tracks.
The film will be shot at a little bit of a distance to get in a bigger
view of what is happening, especially during scenes of chaos.

8. Audience interest
Other films that contains family life mainly feature comical
scenes and overall has a positive atmosphere however this film
contradicts that stereotype first of all by the title being quite
negative and dramatic; also the plot of the film can explore more
sides of realistic family drama and create scenes that are less
scripted and more natural.
The marketing for this film will be a film poster that makes a
bold statement and showing all of the characters so the
audience knows that there will be chaos.
The certificate rating for this film is a 15.