Opening Sequence Draft

2Ina Bayson

Ramina ArlauskaiteCarolle Mafuta-Nkalu

Genre: Drama

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.

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

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

Strongest Idea• Strongest Idea• Ramina’s Idea• Ina’s Idea• Not showing all story, just giving pieces of puzzle

Final Idea• 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*• Girlfriend saw boyfriend and the other girl holding

hands• She calls him but he didn’t pick up

Why did we chose this genre with

example/conventions

• Happens in real lifeo Shows that not all situations are perfect

• Affects young married couples (not all)o Showing that they are still too young

Inspirational filmsMy Amnesia Girl

I Love You To Death

• 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.

Long shot of Rosalee enter the library

Mid shot of her with books

Two shot of Rosalee and the librarian

Mid shot of Rosalee point of view shot as she see’s her husband kissing another women

Mid shot of her looking at books to borrow from the library

Scene 3: Rosalee founds her husband cheating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vp-Z0u4Rhs&feature=related

Time- 7:51/8:55

Character Representation

Mid shot of her smiling and she seems very happy

Two shot, Serving her husband a drink

Two shot, they are having conversation

Two shot, she loves being next to her husband (protection)

Two shot, kissing her husband

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vp-Z0u4Rhs&feature=related

Good/happy wife

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.

Character Representation

Angry housewife

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAnS9H6sLyM&feature=related

Time- 00:00/00:53

Chosen theme, brainstorm for

opening• Theme: Tragic (a bit), Romance

Brainstorm

Flash forwards

Clips of after he proposed to her

Close up

Showing emotions of a character/s

Boyfriend + Girlfriend

Young and became engaged

Cheating in a relationship

Mid-shot

He took his phone out to see who called him

POV

Other girl seeing them together + proposing

Research about our theme: Young couples

• 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.

Conventions of Genre• Real life Problems/Situations• Love• Conflict• Emotions

Who are the Characters & who

they represent Carolle: Nevaeh

The Boyfriend’s other girlfriend

Clothes: Black clothes to show jealousy, dark, and evil

Neil: JohnThe Boyfriend/ Fiancée of

his girlfriend

Clothes: Smart clothes when proposing

Jeans and Hoody when going out with other girlfriend

Ina: LilyJohn’s Fiancée

Clothes: Smart/Cute clothes while he’s proposing to her

Jeans and Top when she saw them holding hands

Location/Setting

• Cafe: where John proposes to Lily, while Nevaeh is outside looking at them.

• Round wood Park: When Lily saw John and Nevaeh holding hands

How are we going to create enigma

• Showing pieces of the puzzle• Flashes of clips (flash forward)• Expressions

5 bullet points of what is going to 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

5 bullet points of what is going to happen in the opening

sequence• John proposes to Lily while they’re on a date.• Nevaeh is watching them angrily from outside the

cafe. Then *Flash Forward*• Lily followed John and saw him holding hands with

Nevaeh• Lily tries to call John• He declined the call

Storyboard

Shot listShot Number

Shot Name Description Prop/Costume

1 Two Shot Lily and John sitting down in the cafe (having a date)

Cafe, smart clothes- jeans, polo, trainers, skirt, top, shoes, coffee

2 Over the Shoulder shot

John taking out the ring to propose to Lily

Ring in the box

3 Mid shot Nevaeh of her looking at John and Lily angrily

Black jacket, jeans, white top, boots, make up black lipstick

4 P.O.V Nevaeh’s POV of what she is seeing

Table, chairs, coffee, 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

Shot Number

Shot Name Description Props/Costume

8 Extreme Close up

Him putting the ring in her finger

Ring

9 Long shot John and Nevaeh holding hands in park

Park, clothes- 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 John

phone

12 Two shot (Mid shot)

Nevaeh and John Talking*Phone rings*

Clothes, phone

13 Extreme close up

Him declining the call phone

Script1. INT. Inside the cafe shop. DayTwo shot, of Lily and John sitting down in the cafe shop, drinking tea.Over-the-shoulder shot, John taking out the ring to propose to Lily

2. EXT. The cafe shop windowMid-shot, Nevaeh looking at John and lily angrily. Wearing a black jacket, jeans, white top,

boots and black lipstickPoint of view shot, Nevaeh point of view of what she seeing

3. INT. Inside the coffee shopClose up shot, of John’s hand opening the ring boxMid shot, Lily shocked and happy, she put her hands over her mouth speechlessClose up, of Lily’s face crying as John propose to herExtreme close up, John putting the ring on Lily’s finger

4. EXT. The park (roundwood)Long shot, John and Nevaeh holding hands, walking in the park. John’s wearing black

trousers, hoody and trainers whilst Nevaeh wearing jeans, black jacket and hand bagMid shot, of Lily behide John and Nevaeh, Wearing tracksuit, top, jacket, trainers and hair

tied backClose up shot, Lily dialling her phone to call John, she press the button hard as she

cannot believe what she’s seeingTwo shot (Mid shot), Nevaeh and John talking, laughing, the phone rings Extreme close up shot, of Johns hand and the phone and he declines the call Blackout

Applying theories of Todorov

• Everything started good- him proposing• Then, becomes complicated- she sees John with

someone else, suspicion

Applying theories of Propp

• Villain- Nevaeh- wearing black, emo looking, Lily thinks that she is John’s girlfriend

• Main Character- John- story revolves around him

• Second Character- Lily- John’s girlfriend

Applying theories of Strauss

• Didn’t use good and bad themes

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

Film Distributor and why

• Most drama films used this film distributor

Age rate of the filmBBFC standard

Evidence- Title and credits (fonts)

Music/Sound