2. What is it about?
In the Television drama ‘Gone’ the main character Lucy Coles goes missing. Over a number
of seasons investigations go ahead in order to find out what has happened to Lucy.
Lucy goes missing on Friday 22nd of October and investigations soon start on the following
Monday morning. Early in the morning on the Friday Lucy breaks up with her Boyfriend Zak
meaning that the target audience (all teenagers) may think that he is a suspect. Or in a
similar way, that she ran away because of the way she was feeling because of the breakup.
The last time people see Lucy is in geography with Mr Jackson (4th period on the Friday). Mr
Jackson is one of those teachers who always seems really on edge and curious. This makes it
difficult for the investigators to tell whether he was in with the Missing or not. Lucy is
dismissed from Geography to go to the toilet because she has a nose bleed. When another
student (unnamed at the moment) enters the toilet, they reveal and tell their teacher that
there is a trail of blood leading out of the window, investigations later show that this blood
wasn’t actually from her nose and that it was from another part of her body which can’t
actually be identified by these specific investigations. Also, witnesses from the classroom
have all stated that 5 minutes after Lucy goes to the toilet Mr Jackson leaves the classroom
and shortly returns with his sleeves rolled up, and looking very on edge. But because of his
natural characteristics, it’s hard for the investigators to tell whether he was just being
normal at this point or whether there was actually something which he needs to confess to.
In the drama which we will produce on film, when Lucy is going to the bathroom she has to
take a minute in the corridor because she is light headed because of the loss of blood due to
the nosebleed. While standing there, there will be a red filter on the camera and a throbbing
transaction to create and emphasis on the headache / nosebleed. At the same time as this,
we will see Zak (the ex-boyfriend) walk past her while she is in the corridor. However, when
he approaches her, the scene will suddenly end and turn to another scene, meaning that we
didn’t see what happened between Zak and Lucy.
3. The main character
The Main character in Gone is LUCY COLES; she is the one that goes missing.
She is:
• 15 years old/year 11 in school
• Long blonde hair
• Typical ‘cheerleader’ (slim, average height and tanned)
• Dresses very fashionable
• Popular
• Liked because of her shy personality
Although she is popular, she is very shy, but that is why she is so popular because she
is gentle and kind to everyone. When she is cheerleading, her inner personality comes
out which she fails to show during school time. Cheering is the only time when she’s
loud and confident.
We wanted Lucy to look like this
because she looks very innocent and
sweet. This therefore meaning that
none of the target audience would
believe that she would have ran
away, so they must have thought she
was taken.
4. Zak Bolton
Zak is Lucy’s ex-boyfriend. He is 16years old. He has dark brown hair
which he styles in a quiff. He is extremely tall for his age, therefore he
appears very masculine. He has bright blue eyes and us very good
looking, displaying why all of the girls are after him. He is the captain of
the football team so he is very popular and confident. Zak is usually
quite naughty and doesn’t really car about school; his bad attitude
leads to getting into trouble regularly.
The reason why we wanted Zak to
look like this is because the
character suits Lucy’s and there is
a specific link between the two of
them. His appearance is a
stereotypical ‘captain of the
football team’ look so this relates
to his personality and his actions.
5. Emily Smith
Emily is Lucy’s best friend. She is 15, she’ s got long brown hair,
she’s slim and , like Lucy, very popular. Emily is also a
cheerleader. But, all that Emily seems to care about is Jake.
However, she has realised that Jake likes Lucy and spends the
beginning of the series acting very jealous and this could makes
the target audience believe that Emily might have done
something to Lucy.
6. Jake Hemmings
Jake, along with Zak, is on the football team. When they are
together they are like partners in crime. He is:
• 15 years old
• Dark blonde hair
• Tall and masculine
• Well suited to Lucy and got jealous when her and Zak got
together.
7. Elliot Harvey
• He is 15 years old, got brown hair, popular,
confident, he messes around in lessons. He
is quite angered and can get quite violent
when he’s wound up. He’s good with advice
and very influential.
