The document provides details for an opening sequence for a drama film. Part A establishes the genre as drama. Part B includes brainstorms from three writers - Ramina, Carolle, and Ina - for the opening sequence. Ramina's idea involves jealousy and bullying between girls over a boy. Carolle's uses flashbacks and flash-forwards. Ina's introduces a proposal and subsequent flash-forward of the girlfriend stalking her boyfriend with another girl. Part C discusses conventions of the drama genre. Part D provides an example of an inspirational drama film. Part E discusses choosing themes and brainstorming ideas for the opening sequence.

1. Part A
Opening Sequence
Genre: Drama
Ina Bayson- Blue
Ramina Arlauskaite- Red
Carolle Mafuta-Nkalu- Green
Everyone- White

2. Part B
Ramina’s Brainstorm
• A young girl + boyfriend
• Go to the same school
• Other girls likes the boy, jealousy because of the boy’s
girlfriend
• The girl bullies/fights the girlfriend
• In the end, girlfriend just lying down with blood on her
mouth.
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Easy to understand

3. Part B
Carolle’s Brainstorms
• The girl trying to cut herself in front of a mirror crying
• *flashback*
• Girl and boy kissing while watching TV
• Her phone rings and boy takes it off her
• Tries to hit her
• *flash forward*
• Shows her trying to cut herself again
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The start and the finish is the same (making Showing too much- only pieces
audience know it about the girl) of puzzle

4. Part B
Ina’s Brainstorm
• Girlfriend+Boyfriend
• Boy proposes to the girl after a date (in a cafe)
• She accepts
• Then, flash-forward:
• of her stalking boyfriend with another girl (holding
hands)
• Unanswered calls from the boy to the girl
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5. Part B
Strongest Idea
Ramina’s Idea Ina’s Idea
• It have conflict • It have suspicions
– Most drama films have – Drama films can have
conflict suspicions between
– It have violence characters
• Have transitions
– Flash-forward to show what
happened afterwards

6. Part B
Final Idea Draft 1
• Used Ramina and Ina’s Idea together:
• Girlfriend + Boyfriend
• Having a date, then he proposes to her
• Other girl outside of cafe watching them angrily
• He putting the ring in her finger
*Flash forward*
• The Girlfriend saw boyfriend and the other girl
talking and play fighting
• She calls him, he look at his phone and put it on
silent

7. Part B
Final Idea Draft 2
Our new idea from making our opening sequence better.
Girlfriend and Boyfriend Relationship
• [Showing the day and time] Meeting up in a park (Roundwood Park), he
(John) will say that he have a surprise for her
• He takes out the ring and proposed to her (Lily) and she accepted his
proposal.
• [Next day, showing the day and time] John and another girl
(Nevaeh/close friend) are in the same park, talking and playing around.
• Lily saw John and Nevaeh and was shocked, thinking why he would do this.

8. Part C
Genre: Drama
Fictional Stories
Dealing with Consists of conflict in
emotional themes some scenes between
characters
Drama
Real life situations Themes
Addiction
Poverty
Sub genre Violence
Romance etc
Tragedy
Crime
Docudrama (when a
character act an event and
exaggerates it a bit)

9. Part C
Why did we chose this genre,
example
• Happens in real life
– Shows that not all situations are perfect
• Affects young married couples (not all)
– Showing that they are still too young

10. Part C
Conventions of Drama
Moral Lessons
Arguments
Can have violence
Love
Audiences
can/might relate
to it
Conventions Struggling (pain)
Emotional scenes
Deep emotions Conflict between
Can be based in characters
real life
Misunderstanding

11. Part D
Inspirational films
My Amnesia Girl
• Director: Genre: Drama, Romance, and
Comedy
– Cathy Garcia-Molina
• Casts:
– John Lloyd Cruz
– Tony Gonzaga
– Carlos Agassi
– Etc.
• Distributed by:
– Star Cinema Magic
• Released Date:
– 24th November 2010
• Language:
– Tagalog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUmkYM
– English 1gFI

12. Part D
Inspirational Scene
When she’s recalling her memory
when her Fiancée didn’t come to their
wedding day
She acts like she
don't know him
(lost her memory)
Shocked that Long shot of her
she doesn't Mid shot of her
waiting for her heartbroken
remember him Groom
She told him that she didn’t
lost her memory at all
She told him the He is shocked that she
truth lied to her

13. Part D
Why is this film inspiring?
• This film is inspiring for me, because…
– Involves a relationship
– Some scenes are very dramatic
• When he found out that she was lying to him that she
lost her memories.
• She gets heartbroken when he runaway from their
wedding day.
• Leaving her at the altar.
– Involves love, but she don’t want to get hurt by
the same guy.

14. I Love You To Death Part D
• Joey owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalee, and is a
major womanizer. Rosalee goes to extremes when she finds
he has been cheating.
Scene 3: Rosalee founds her husband cheating
Long shot of Rosalee enter Mid shot of her with Two shot of Rosalee and
the library books the librarian
Time- 7:51/8:55
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Mid shot of her looking at books as she see’s her husband kissing ?v=4Vp-
to borrow from the library another women Z0u4Rhs&feature=related

15. Part D
Character Representation
Good/happy wife
Mid shot of her smiling and Two shot, Serving her Two shot, they are having
she seems very happy husband a drink conversation
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=4Vp-
Z0u4Rhs&feature=related
Two shot, she loves being Two shot, kissing her husband
next to her husband
(protection)

16. Part D
Character Representation
Angry housewife
Time- 00:00/00:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=sAnS9H6sLyM&feature=related
Rosalee hatred towards her husband
because he cheated on her, she and her
mother planning to kill her husband by
over dose the food with sleeping pills,
and different ingredient.

17. Part D
Why is this film inspiring?
• Its inspiring because…
– At first everything was lovely
– There are deep emotions
• When she found out that he’s cheating
– Very dramatic, revenge
• Revenge to her husband

18. Part D
Uslovia Kontrakta
This film is a Russian film about two married couple,
she lies to her husband she cant afford having
babies because she has problems ( the truth is she
lies to him because she doesn't wants to ruin her
body.)
A girl who gets married her sister accidently falls
down on the glass table and has problems with her
brainstorm.
She Wants to get money to get the oppression done
by her fiancé does not help her so she dumps him.
Goes to another city to get a job she finds a job
where she gives birth a gives away her baby to
another people who cant afford them. So she
decided to do it and get the money from the
people who wants the baby. Afterwards the man
gets into relationship with the girl and gets
divorced with his wife finding out she was lying.

19. Part D
The Part’s Inspired me...
Talks to her best
friend; decides to
movie into a
another country
to find a job.
When her sister falls
down on the glass
table.
The fiancée talks to the
girl showing the place she
will be living in.
She dumps her
boyfriend for being
selfish.

20. Part D
When she decides to He finds out the truth that
give away her baby. his fiancée was lying and
ends the relationship.
The end of them staying
When she gives birth together.
to a baby girl.

21. Part D
Why is this film inspiring?
• It’s inspiring because…
– There are conflict between characters
– Jealousy
• Jealous about the other woman as she thinks that the
woman is going to take her fiancée away
– Moral Lesson
• Losing her virginity

22. Part E
Chosen theme, brainstorm for opening
• Theme: Tragic (a bit)
Close up
Misunderstanding Flash forwards
Showing emotions of Clips of after he
a character/s proposed to her
Mid-shot
Brainstorm He took his phone out
Boyfriend + Girlfriend to see who called him
POV
Other girl seeing them together
Young and became + proposing
engaged
Cheating in a
relationship

23. Research about our theme: Young
couples Draft 1
• There are almost 16 million adults aged 16-24 living in the UK of which almost
three in ten (4.6 million) are either married or living with their partner.
• So there is a conflict in needs and readiness when it comes to relationships for
those in that age bracket. Some may marry prematurely because the need for
connection wins out.
• Students who marry while in school may be missing out on some experiences that
would enhance their life experience and maturity.
• In their late teens and early twenties, people are still forming their adult
identities, and are still doing a lot of growing psychologically. It is best to wait to
marry until after about age 27 or so to ensure that this growth curve has begun to
slow down. This reduces the chance that people will later come to realize that they
didn’t really know themselves yet when they got married, as well as feel that they
have grown apart from their partner.
Part F

24. Part F
Research about our theme: Young
couples Draft 2
• Adults aged 16-24 living in the UK of which almost are either married or living with their
partner.
• Many young couples rush to marry because they believe they're ready for the long-
term commitment, Later on they face many difficulties like;
Verbal Miscommunication Incompatible
• Usually one partner will interrupt
• teenagers realize they
the other to find fault, debate the
just want different
truth or side-track to a new topic
things
during the argument.
Nonverbal Communication
• Women are often more adept at reading
nonverbal communication
• jump to conclusions about what their
partner is thinking about before the
partner has a chance to speak.

25. Research about our theme: young
Part F
couple Draft 2
Some may marry prematurely because the need for connection and to feel loved by
someone.
Family problems
• Favouring or disfavouring family
members
• Divorce
• Communication problems
In their late teens and early twenties, people are still forming their adult identities,
and are still doing a lot of growing psychologically
Sleepover with friends First love/ relationship
School/education and sharing secrets Future careers
Playing ball with friends

26. Part G
Chosen Conventions and how it
develop
Convention Use/Develop/Challenge Description and Examples from film
Purpose with still shot
Conflict and Use- this convention of conflict in a drama This is the scene where Precious
film is kind of predictable, as most drama Precious and her mum
Arguments films have arguments between characters. were fighting after
Precious gets home
Develop- We will develop this convention in with her new baby. This
our opening sequence by using close ups and challenges the
extreme close ups with an addition of convention as it have
gestures and movements of the characters. high violence between
characters.
Love Triangle Use- this convention of love triangle is rarely This scene is when she Closer
scene in a drama film, but in a drama- told her husband that
romance films are possibly have a love she’s seeing another
triangle or a challenge for the couples. guy. This uses the
convention of love
Develop- we will develop this convention by triangle, because it is a
using another girl, so that the girlfriend of confession that she’s
the boy will think he’s cheating. However, seeing another man.
there will be a twist and it was just a
misunderstanding

27. Who are the Characters & who they
Part H
represent Draft 1
Ramina: Nevaeh
The Boyfriend’s close friend
Clothes:
Black clothes to show jealousy, and dark
Neil: John
Ina: Lily
The Boyfriend/ Fiancée of his girlfriend
John’s Fiancée
Clothes: Semi Smart clothes when proposing
Clothes: Semi formal clothes while he’s proposing
Jeans and Hoody when going out with
to her
other girlfriend
Jogging bottoms and Top when she
saw them holding hands

28. Who are the Character and who they
represent Draft 2
John’s Semi Formal Outfit
Name: Neil Guevarra - For their Date with Lily
Age: 17
Character Name: John
Character Age:
John’s Non- Formal Outfit
- When he is with Nevaeh
Character Clothes
•Wears semi-formal clothes when he’s
with Lily on their date
•Wears jeans and hoody when he’s
with Nevaeh in the park
Phone when Lily calls him The necklace that he will
Part H be wearing throughout the
film

29. Who are the Character and who they
represent Draft 2
Lily’s Semi Formal Outfit
Name: Ina Bayson - For their Date with John
Age: 17
Character Name: Lily
Character Age:
Lily’s Non- Formal Outfit
- When following John to the
Park with Nevaeh
Character Clothes
•Wears semi-formal clothes when
she’s with John on their date
•Wears jogging bottoms, and top
when she saw John and Nevaeh in
the park
Phone that she The ring that
will be using John will give Jewellery that she
Part H to her will wear ing their
date

30. Who are the Character and who they
represent Draft 2
Name: Ramina Arlauskaite
Age: 18
Character Name: Nevaeh
Character Age:
Character Clothes
•Wears black clothes throughout the
scenes Nevaeh’s Casual Outfit
- When she is standing outside the Café
- When she is with John in the Park
Part H

31. Part I
Location/Setting Draft 1
• Cafe: where John proposes to Lily, while
Nevaeh is outside looking at them.

32. Part I
Location/Setting Draft 1
• Round wood Park: When Lily saw John and
Nevaeh holding hands

33. Part I
Location/Draft 2
We are going to use the Park (Roundwood Park) for our whole Opening Sequence.
This is the place where
Lily would see Nevaeh This is the place where
and John John will propose to her
We chose this place, because we want to make the audience think that why would
he be with Nevaeh in the same place, where he proposed to Lily.

34. Part J
How are we going to create enigma
• Showing pieces of the
puzzle
– Not showing everything
– Building suspense
• Flashes of clips
– There will be a flash
forward

35. 5 bullet points of what is going to
Part K
happen in the whole film
• John and Lily got engage and move in together
• Lily becomes very over protective and thinks that John is cheating on her
• They always argue on simple things
• John’s old friend (Nevaeh) text’s him to meet up, and Lily read it and
become’s suspicious
• John picks up the phone and meet up with Nevaeh. He doesn’t know that
Lily is following him and Lily ended the relationship and John explains that
him and Nevaeh are just friends
• Tries to work thing out and they’re not engage anymore

36. Part K
5 bullet points of what is going to
happen in the opening sequence
[Shows the date and time]
• John and Lily meet up in the park, because he is going to say something
important to Lily.
• He proposed to her, and she was speechless, shocked, and happy.
• Shoe accepted his proposal, he put the ring to her finger.
[Next day: Shows the date and time]
• John was on the same park with his close friend Nevaeh, talking and
playing around (like what friends do).
• Lily saw them, shocked and gets jealous, because she doesn’t know who
Nevaeh is.

37. Part L
Storyboard Draft 1
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

38. Part L
7. 9.
8.
10. 11. 12.
13.

39. Part L
Storyboard Draft 2

40. Part L

41. Part L
Shot list Draft 1
Shot Shot Name Description Prop/Costume
Number
1 Two Shot Lily and John sitting down in Cafe, smart clothes- jeans,
the cafe (having a date) polo, trainers, skirt, top,
shoes, coffee
2 Over the John taking out the ring to Ring in the box
Shoulder shot propose to Lily
3 Mid shot Nevaeh of her looking at John Black jacket, jeans, white
and Lily angrily top, boots, make up black
lipstick
4 P.O.V Nevaeh’s POV of what she is Table, chairs, coffee,
seeing people, ring, clothes
5 Close up Opening of the box (ring) Box and ring
6 Mid shot Lily shocked and happy Make up
7 Close up Lily’s eyes crying of joy

42. Part L
Shot Shot Name Description Props/Costume
Number
8 Extreme Close Him putting the ring in her Ring
up finger
9 Long shot John and Nevaeh holding Park, clothes-
hands in park trousers, Hoody,
trainers, jeans, jacket,
hand bag
10 Mid shot Lily behind John and Nevaeh Tracksuit trousers, top,
jacket, trainers, hair
tied back
11 Close up Lily dialling the phone to call phone
John
12 Two shot (Mid Nevaeh and John Talking Clothes, phone
shot) *Phone rings*
13 Extreme close Him declining the call phone
up

43. Part L
Shot list Draft 2
Shot Shot Name Description Prop/Costume
No.
1 Long shot John is standing up waiting for Lily in the John’s Semi formal
park (he stands up next to the bench) clothes, park bench
2 Long shot Lily running towards John (camera is in front Lily’s semi-formal
of her) clothes
3 Mid shot Both John & Lily greet each other with a hug John and Lily’s semi-
formal clothes and
park bench
4 Two shot Both of them sitting down on the bench John and Lily’s semi-
formal clothes
5 Over the shoulder Both of them started to talk, and he told her John and Lily’s semi-
shot & Reverse that her loves her and shows her his surprise formal clothes
shot for her

44. Part L
6 Mid shot John taking out the ring out of his pocket John’s Semi formal
clothes
7 Close up Him showing the ring John’s Semi formal
clothes and ring
8 Mid shot John saying “Will you marry me?” to Lily John’s Semi formal
while showing her the ring clothes and ring
9 Close up Shows Lily’s face expressions of surprise, Eye make up
happy, and speechless – hand over mouth
10 Extreme Close up John putting on the ring to her finger Ring
11 Point of View Point of view of Lily following John John’s Non-formal
outfit
12 Over the shoulder Lily is seeing both John and Nevaeh greeting Lily, and John’s Non-
each other formal outfit and
Nevaeh’s outfit (all
black)
13 Two shot John & Nevaeh are both in the park sitting John and Nevaeh’s
down, talking and playing Non-formal outfit
14 Close up Lily’s expression when she saw John and No Make up
Nevaeh together (she doesn’t know who
Nevaeh is) - Jealousy

45. Part M
Script Draft 1
1. INT. INSIDE THE CAFE SHOP. DAY
Two shot, of Lily and John sitting down in the cafe shop, drinking tea.
2. INT. INSIDE THE CAFE SHOP. DAY
Over the shoulder shot, John taking out the ring to propose to Lily.
3. EXT. THE CAFE SHOP WINDOW
Mid-shot, Nevaeh looking at John and Lily angrily. Wearing a black jacket,
jeans, white top, boots, and black lipstick.
4. EXT. THE CAFE SHOP WINDOW
Point of view shot, Nevaeh point of view of what she is seeing.
5. INT. INSIDE THE CAFE SHOP. DAY
Close up shot, John’s hand opening the ring box

46. Part M
6. INT. INSIDE THE CAFE SHOP. DAY
Mid-shot, Lily shocked and happy, she put her hands over her mouth
speechless.
7. INT. INSIDE THE CAFE SHOP. DAY
Close up, Lily’s face crying as John propose to her.
8. INT. INSIDE THE CAFE SHOP. DAY
Extreme Close up, John putting the ring on Lily’s finger.
9. EXT. ROUNDWOOD PARK.
Long shot, John and Nevaeh holding hands, walking in the park. John’s
wearing gray trousers, red hoody, and trainers whilst Nevaeh wearing
jeans, black jacket, and hand bag.
10. EXT. ROUNDWOOD PARK.
Mid-shot of Lily behind John and Nevaeh, wearing tracksuit, top, jacket,
trainers, and hair tied back.

47. Part M
11. EXT. ROUNDWOOD PARK.
Close up shot, Lily dialling her phone to call John, she
press the button hard as she cannot believe what she’s
seeing.
12. EXT. ROUNDWOOD PARK.
Two shot and Mid shot, Nevaeh and John talking, laughing, the
phone rings.
13. EXT. ROUNDWOOD PARK.
Extreme Close up shot, John’s hand and the phone. He declines
the call.
BLACKOUT

48. Script draft 2

52. Part N
Applying theories of Todorov
• Opening Sequence
– Everything started good- him proposing
– Then, becomes complicated- she sees John with someone else, suspicion
– New equilibrium- for the audience to watch and find out more
• Whole Story
– He proposes to Lily, she moved in with John and started to be over protective
– Lily saw Nevaeh’s text to John and followed him and saw Nevaeh with him
– They broke up because Lily thinks that he’s cheating
– But went back together knowing that Nevaeh is only his close friend

53. Applying the Theories of Propp
• Opening Sequence and Whole Story
– Main character is John as the story revolves around him
– Second character is Lily, because she is the one who will react on the
first and second scenes
– Villain is Nevaeh, because she is the one that will make Lily feel jealous

54. Part P
Applying theories of Strauss
• We didn’t use his theory of Binary Opposition, because there are no
characters that are evil in our Opening Sequence
• There are no good and bad
• All of the characters are equal (no one is stronger than the other)

55. Part Q
Target Audience
• Age: 15-25
• Gender: Both
• Social Class: Working class
• Hobbies: exploring, going out,
• Lifestyle: Teenagers, young adults
• Location: London

56. Part Q
Interviews Results Draft 1
3.5
3
2.5
15-18 years old 2
19-21 years old
1.5
1
0.5
0

57. Part Q
Interview Results Draft 2
• 6/6 people thinks that the Genre: Drama is interesting
• 6/6 people thinks that the Genre: Drama is for expressing
feelings
• 6/6 people thinks that the Genre: Drama is for entertainment
• 4/6 people liked the storyline and the emotions in a drama
film
• 3/6 people liked the different characters in a film
• 1/6 people liked watching drama films, because its interesting
• 3/6 people expects a sad story in a drama film

58. Part Q
Interview Results Draft 2
• 1/6 people expects a good ending or a twist at the end of the
film
• 1/6 people expects death or romance
• 4/6 people thinks that the purpose of the Opening Sequence
is to give a bit of idea of the film
• 4/6 people thinks that the Opening Sequence is to capture the
viewers attention
• 6/6 people would watch our Opening sequence because they
think it’s a suspense and thrilling
• 4/6 people says that “it depends” if our Opening Sequence is
a good/bad example of young couples

59. Part Q
Interview Results Draft 2
• 1/6 people thinks that our Opening Sequence is a bad
example of young couples
• 1/6 people thinks that our Opening Sequence is a good
example of young couples
• 3/6 people thinks that the Age Group for our Opening
Sequence is for Young Adults
• 1/6 people thinks that the Age Group for our Opening
Sequence is for 16-20 years old
• 2/6 people thinks that the Age Group for our Opening
Sequence is for 14 and up years old

60. Part R
Film Distributor and why Draft 1
• One of the six major movie
studios
• One of the oldest American
movie studios
• Industry: Film • In the film industry since 1912
• Founded: 30th April, 1912 – Its products are motion pictures
• Headquarters: California, US • They also distribute drama films
– The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• Products: Motion Pictures – The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• Founder: Carl Laemmle

61. Part R
Film Distributor and why Draft 2
• Setup so that filmmakers can get a better
deal
• originally concentrated on foreign
films, including such titles as Don’t Move,
• In 2005 Dogwoof launched the UK Digital
• Industry: Motion pictures, Television Screen Network DSN at the Curzon Soho
• Headquarters: London (UK) cinema
• Founded: 2004 • controlling costs, and actually having the
• Founder: Any Whittaker chance of seeing revenues and profits.
Anna Godas
Why we choose Dogwoof
• It’s a U.K based
• Not a big well known company like
universal
• Do foreign film
http://dogwoof.com/about/dogwoof_in
die/

62. Part S
BBFC Standard
The British Board of Film Classification are the Law that Filming Companies have to
follow to have the correct information of what a film can actually have.
Different Classifications of
different films (Age Rate)
and what sort of things
they’re supposed to have

63. Part S
Our Age Rate of the Film
BBFC Standard Our Age Rate and what we will
have
• Taking drugs can be shown, but
cannot be used to encourage
people. • We will have some strong
• Strong threat and menace language on the Whole Story
• Dangerous behaviour is – When the couples argue
allowed, but will not have a lot of • We will not have the use of drugs
detail
• Frequent use of strong language
• Sexual context, but no strong
details
• Sexual activity can be portrayed
without any strong details
• Violence can be strong, but cannot
dwell on pain or injury, no strong
details

64. Part T
Evidence- Title and credits (fonts)
Draft 1
• As a group we decided to use font Times new roman
– It will be helpful for our opening sequence title easy to read
and eye catching
– To express a range of voices and emotions .
– Versatile and comfortable to work with, this title are like a
favourite pair for our group opening sequence Draft 2.
This is an example of
what Font we will be
using for our Opening
Sequence.

65. Part T
Title and Credits (fonts) Draft 2
• As a group we decided to pick:
– The font ‘Harlow Solid Italic’
– It is eye catching
– Elegant
– Can show that it is about love
This is our Title
Another word for
Resentful ‘Jealousy’

66. Part T
Inspired Films for Title and Credits
• We got inspired by the film
‘Water for Elephants’
– Also a Drama film
Introducing the distributors
– There are no opening credits at the start of the opening
sequence
• We also got inspired by the The text fading in and
film ‘Black Swan’ out
– A drama film
Always in the middle
of the screen
The title is also in the
The credits are all in
middle of the screen & in
capital letters
capitals

67. Part U
Music/Sound Draft 1
This sound is when Lily is standing
behind John and Nevaeh, looking at
them shocked and heartbroken
To show that she may be
thinking something bad
This can be on the scene
when Nevaeh is standing
outside the cafe looking at
John and Lily angrily
This will be used when John
proposes to Lily.
To show happiness and joy

68. Part U
Music/Sound Draft 2
This is the soundtrack of when John
proposes to Lily to show happiness
This is the soundtrack when Lily saw John
and Nevaeh together. (she doesn’t know
who Nevaeh is)
Showing the feeling of sadness and
broken-hearted