Universal audience drama

1. The Disastrous First Day
• By Holly Connell, Charlotte Revell and Adam Gilbert

3. Genre
• The genre of our film is drama however it has to be appropriate
for a universal audience. So we decided because it has to be fit
for young children to watch, it could be located in a school so
they younger generation would enjoy the film more because they
able to relate.

4. Gabriella Montez
Regina George
Mood board of
similar films

5. Target Audience
• The target audience is a Universal audience therefore when
creating the film we decided that because children are most likely
to watch it we could not include inappropriate scenes eg swearing
or violence, however still making it into a drama.

6. Main Cast
Main Character-Sophia Smith
(Aubrey Anderson-Emmons)
Teacher – Will Smith
Play Director –
Melissa McCarthy
Head teacher – Julie
Walters

7. Other Cast
Marsau Martin
(Maisie) Best
friend
Isabella Crovettie
– (Penelope
Roosevelt) Will
play Bully
Ian Chen
(Patrick)
Abby Ryder
Fortson
(Katie)
JoJo Kushner
(Amy)

8. Pierce Gagnon
(Marvin)
Miles Brown
(Adam)
Owen Tanzer
(Nelson)
Kylie Rogers
(Jasmine)

9. Plot the key points (Todorov Theory)
Sophia’s
first day
at a new
school.
She makes a
friend (Maisie)
She is late and
misses part of
the road safety
talk.
The school
bully picks
on her for
being new.
She messes
up in the
road safety
play.
The
teacher
tells the
bully off.
Her Mum
arrives at the
school to pick
her up at the
end of the
day.
Her new friend helps
her get over the
mess up of the play.

10. Setting
• Set in a modern primary school in the USA (Texas)
• Half way through the school year
• Present day
• Variety of different weather

11. Film Language
• Mise En Scene
• Costumes will include regular school
• The lighting will change throughout the day
at the beginning quite grim cold weather but
then throughout the day brightens up almost
like Sophia’s mood.
• All the student will wear this uniform
• There will be no makeup needed for the
students such subtle amounts for adults
• Props will include school bag and Sophia’s
mums car
• Time will be from 9am to 3:15

12. A Drama suitable for all
A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over, although it is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child.
Discrimination-Discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly disapproved of.
Drugs-References to illegal drugs or drug misuse must be infrequent and innocuous, or have a clear educational purpose or anti-drug message suitable for young children.
Imitable behaviour-Potentially dangerous or anti-social behaviour which young children may copy must be clearly disapproved of. No emphasis on realistic or easily
accessible weapons.
Language-Infrequent use only of very mild bad language.
Nudity-Occasional nudity, with no sexual context.
Sex-Only very mild sexual behaviour (for example, kissing) and references to such behaviour.
Threat-Scary or potentially unsettling sequences should be mild, brief and unlikely to cause undue anxiety to young children. The outcome should be reassuring.
Violence - Violence will generally be very mild. Mild violence may be acceptable if it is justified by context (for example, comedic, animated, wholly unrealistic)

13. Institution
• The kind of companies who would want to produce this film are
most likely going to be children's film companies for example Pixar
and DreamWorks however the majority of the films that they
represent are animation. So therefore a company like Warner
Bros studies could possible be the better more suitable option.