ASSIGNMENT 12: INDIVIDUAL PLANNING

By Nicole Lewis

Genre: Drama

CYBERBULLY

This scene would be like the one in my opening sequence

when Katherine calls Ashley for help.

Katherine asking

Ashley for help.

Ashley rushing out

the door.

Ashley going to her

car.

Ashley reassuring

Katherine.Ashley getting out of

her car.

Ashley outside

Katherine’s house.

CYBERBULLY CONTINUED….

This scene is a continuation of what my opening sequence

would be when Katherine calls Ashley for help.

Ashley inside of

Katherine’s house.

Ashley looking for

Katherine.

Ashley finding Katherine’s

unconscious body.The ambulance arriving.

TRUST

School friendships.Natural lighting

A similar scene

like this in my

opening

sequence.

THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE

Blood and wounds from

getting attacked.

On the floor

barely

breathing.

People around the

victim trying to help

them.

HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET

The lighting would be

similar to my opening

sequence.

This scene would be

the part where

Katherine’s dad knocks

Ashley over the head.

IDEA EXPLORATION

IDEA TIMELINE

Katherine walks into

school limping.

Her friend Ashley

goes up to her and

asks her what

happened.

Katherine tells Ashley

that she tripped while

running.

Ashley doesn’t

believe her but

backs off.

At the end of the school day,

Ashley asks Katherine if she

could come over.

Around 5 o’clock, Ashley

gets a call from a scared

Katherine asking her for

help.

Ashley rushes

over to

Katherine’s

house.

Ashley finds

Katherine

unconscious

on the floor.

Ashley calls for an

ambulance but gets

knocked in the head by

Katherine’s dad.

WHOLE FILM

Katherine is walking into school limping. Her friend,

Ashley runs up to her asking what’s wrong.

Katherine says she just tripped while running, it’s ok.

Ashley doesn’t believe her but backs off.

At the end of the school day, Ashley wants to go to

Katherine’s house, but Katherine makes up an excuse

why Ashley can’t come.

Around 5 o’clock Ashley gets a call from Katherine

asking for help.

Ashley gets inside of the house and finds Katherine

unconscious on the floor. Calls an ambulance and

gets knocked on the head by Katherine’s dad.

WHOLE FILM CONTINUED.

Police and ambulance arrive. Arrest the dad and

take both Katherine and Ashley to the hospital.

When Katherine finally wakes up she is too scared

to sleep again because of her nightmares.

The court date for Katherine’s dads comes up and

Katherine and Ashley are both put into counselling

sessions.

Katherine reveals that her dad has been abusing

her ever since her mum left 3 months ago.

Katherine’s dad gets sent to jail and Katherine

moves in with Ashley.

STYLE OF OPENING SEQUENCE

Opening Sequence

• Start of the Film

Why

• The film continues straight after the opening sequence.

Examples

• Cheaper By The Dozen.

• Mean Girls.

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE & THEORY

The opening sequence is linear as it presented in

chronological order.

It is not a contemporary modular narrative and non

of Cameron’s theory applies to my opening

sequence.

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE & THEORY

You can apply Propps theory to my opening sequence because:

The hero would be Ashley because she is the one that helps Katherine.

The villain would be Katherine’s dad as is the one that abuses Katherine.

The dispatcher would be Katherine as she is the one that calls Ashley to come.

There is no donor.

The helper would be Ashley as she is the one to help Katherine.

The heroine would be Katherine as she needs rescuing by the hero (Ashley).

The false hero would be the dad as Katherine had probably trusted him before all of this.

CHARACTERS

Examples from films

Name Katherine and

Ashley

Role Teenage Girl

Student

Mean Girls

Actor Kristen Stewart

Megan Fox

Speak

Jennifer’s Body

Representation Awkward, Nerdy Needy

from

Jennifer’s Body

CHARACTERS

Examples from films

Body Language/Facial

Expression

Tense

because

she is

somewhat

scared and

nervous of

what’s

around her.

Kristen Stewart in

New Moon.

Tone/Language Sarcastic

and Witty

The killer

in Scream.

The Joker

From The

Dark Knight.

Costume/Props Jumpers.

Jeans

Boots.

Phone.

Notebook /

Journal

SETTING

Exterior Scenes Interior Scenes

What it looks like:

How I want it to look like.

What it looks like:

How I want it to look like.

A school

corridor. The house

where

Katherine

lives.

CONVENTIONS OF DRAMA

Conventions in Drama Used, developed or

challenged?

Examples from films

Themes to relate too:

Abuse

Developed.

Instead of doing

abuse by a husband

and wife, I am doing

abuse by a father

and daughter.

Freedom Writers.

Setting

Interior/Exterior –. Inside

and outside of house.

Domestic building.

The building is quite new,

must have just been rebuilt.

The location would be in a

busy city.

The time would be in the

21st century.

Developed.

My opening

sequence will be set

inside and outside of

a house plus inside

of a school.

The location would

be in London around

9am and 5pm.

Precious

CONVENTIONS OF DRAMAConventions in Drama Used, developed or

challenged?

Examples from

films

Lighting

Natural lighting in the

morning, then artificial lighting

and low key lighting for when

the serious storyline comes

up.

Developed.

It is set in the morning so

natural light can be used.

Then low key lighting when

Ashley finds Katherine’s

body. Twelve

Colour

Black for the dark, formal and

professional feel of it.

Developed.

As it is the typical colours

for a drama film, plus red.

Characters

The facial expression would

be serious and the body

language would be tense and

rarely relaxed until the

ending.

Their hair and make-up would

either be professional or

messy, depending on the

situation.

Developed.

The facial expressions and

the body language would

be the same but I put in a

witty sarcastic character as

Katherine’s best friend,

Ashley.

Twelve

TITLES/CREDITS

Titles Explanation Examples

The Font Lower Case as it feels

more relaxed.

Upper Case as it seems

like it is shouting the

important issue to the

audience.

The Size 40 as it would take up

most of the cover and

draw attention to the

name of the film.

ABCDEF

The Colour Black and White as they

are neutral colours.

AUDIENCE

Audience Elements Explanation

Age 15 and over.

Gender Mainly females

Ethnicity Every ethnicity

Interests/Hobbies Like high school/teenage drama

Like Family drama

Fascinated by real life drama.

Social Class Mainly middle class