Final Idea for our A-Level media short film!

1. B Y A S H L E I G H B E N N E T T & B E T H A N Y
B R A D L E Y
Final Idea

2. Background Information
 The film is based around a 19 year old boy called Josh who has mental health
issues. He has developed these through being neglected as a child. His mother
is also slightly unstable as all she does is stay at home looking after the family
and does not socialise with anyone. The father on the other hand, doesn't care
for the family and is hardly home due to being at work every day. He does not
have a good relationship with his son. As a consequence, this has led josh to
feeling very alone and therefore has no one to talk to about his problems.

3. Narrative
 A boy aged 19 who is suffering from mental health issues thinks that someone
is breaking in to his home. In fact it is just his family walking around the house
late at night. This thriller shows the boys confusion and illness with him
believing that his family are intruders in their own home. It shows how the
mental health

4. Character Profile
 Josh (main character)
 Age: 19
 Physical description: Black hair, dark eyes and average height. Wears a
scruffy tracksuit. Doesn’t really take care of his appearance.
 Traits: Quite, timid and mentally unstable.
 Background: Lives in a nice house with a middle class family. Keeps himself
to himself. Doesn’t really leave his room.

5. Character Profile
 Sarah (mum)
 Age: 46
 Physical description: Blonde hair, blue eyes and skinny. Stay at home mum.
 Traits: Quite and caring.
 Background: Stays at home looking after her family.

6. Character Profile
 Derek (dad)
 Age: 50
 Physical description: Brown hair, brown eyes and tall. The breadwinner of
the family very dominate but doesn’t have a close relationship with his son.
 Traits: Manly and stern.
 Background: Goes to work, comes home eats and then goes to bed. Doesn’t
care about his son.

7. Recce
 The whole film is based in one location which would be their home. At current
we haven’t decided where our location will be. We wanted to use a house as our
main scene as it shows that normally at home you feel safe but Josh doesn’t feel
safe at all.

8. Themes
 Neglect- Josh’s father ignores his issues and therefore doesn’t want to talk to
him. His mother on the other hand, has her own problems.
 Isolation- Josh doesn’t only feel isolated from his parents but also from society.
He feels alone and doesn’t have anyone to talk to but himself.
 Confusion- Due to his mental problems he doesn’t really understand some
situations and deals with his problems differently.

9. Genre
 We based our idea around the genre of a psychological thriller, this was because
we felt that it was a very interesting category. Also, in our AS coursework our
theme was Horror so we felt confident in using a similar style.