Initial Ideas for A2 Media Coursework

1. By Ashleigh Bennett and Bethany Bradley

2. Narrative: Becky finds herself spiralling into a deep dark depression as her best
friend/mother has passed away dramatically. These unfortunate events result in
Becky becoming mentally unstable. She is therefore admitted into an asylum
where she starts to mix with the wrong girl.
Representation: The main character is a vulnerable blonde girl aged 18.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Audience: 15+ as the audience would be able to relate to the main character
and it would be to scary for a younger audience.
Characters: 1 main character (the girl), 2 other characters (mother and friend at
asylum) and extra characters in the background.
Theme: Mental health issues.
Location: Home, mental asylum and woods.

3. Becky
Age: 18
Physical appearance: Anorexic, blonde with blue eyes. She is wearing the white dress
her mum passed away in.
Background: She was brought up by just her mum as her dad left when she was 2 years
old. Becky and her mum were best friends who shared everything with each other. Her
mum sadly passed away for unknown reasons leaving Becky alone.

4.  House
 Asylum
 Woods

5. Narrative: A cult of serial killers roam the streets of London taking down there targets 1
by 1 each of these killers are masked and are unidentified. There next main target is the
Prime Minister. They have caused a lot of disorder and chaos and need to be taken
down.
Representation: Anarchy in the streets of London
Genre: Horror
Audience: 18+ as it would be too gory for the younger audience.
Character: group of 8 people who are in the cult and are unknown
Theme: gore, death, murders
Location: Streets of London, dodgy apartment

6.  All the main characters are unknown. They all wear black clothing and a mask on
there face.

7.  Streets of London.
 An apartment in London where the cult meet.

8. Narrative: A boy aged 19 who is suffering from mental health issues finds himself in a house where he believes that the
people who live there are intruders of there own house. In fact they are his family members and every night Josh wakes
up and acts like his own family are breaking in. This psychological thriller makes you question not what it is we are
afraid of but also who we are afraid of. This thriller puts you in the situation where we are not confronted by imaginary
beings, but confronted with reality.
Representation: Mental Health Issues
Genre: Psychological thriller
Audience: 15+
Characters: 1 main character (Josh) and his 3 family members (Mum, Dad and Sister)
Theme: A break in
Location: House

9. 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 him self to himself. Doesn’t really leave
his room.
Sarah (mum)
Age: 46
Physical description: Blonde hair, blue eyes and skinny. Stay at home mum, never goes out.
Traits: Quite and caring.
Background: Stays at home looking after her family.
Derek (dad)
Age: 50
Physical description: Brown hair, brown eyes and tall. The breadwinner of the family very dominate but
doesn’t have close relationship with his son.
Traits: Manly, stern and closed off.
Background: Goes to work, comes home eats and then goes to bed. Doesn’t care to much for his son.

10.  House