Film Title Design - First Draft

Once we had chosen a film title, the next step was to start designing how it would look. Sabrina used a program called Serif DrawPlus because she is experienced with it; since using it for her other subjects. The colour scheme she used was white, black and grey because they are colours that connote a jail cell, this goes well with our crime drama genre. As we start to make our trailer, and the other two aspects, we may choose to adapt the design of the film title so that it works well with our productions, but this is the design we are using for now to show that we have had initial thoughts already. 

Evidence for our Target Audience

Once we had decided our ideal target audience, we thought it would be a good idea to go onto YouGov and search for a film we believed to be similar to ours. 'Kidulthood' showed to be a close link to the audience we had chosen, which suggests our audience was ideal for the trailer we were creating. 

Here is an image of our constructed target audience. 

Character Profiles and Justifications

Character Profiles and Justifications - Final from leannefaye78

CHOOSING A TITLE

To decide on what we would call our film, we chose a selection of names that we liked and then carried out a tally survey to see what other people would choose. This is an image of the table and plot we gave them, with the final tally on the right hand side. As you can see, 'Last Laugh' was the most popular, and this is why we chose it.

Our Target Audience

Costume Planning

Location Planning

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment from leannefaye78

Trailer Script

INT.  Police Hallway Day

Suspects are sitting waiting to be interviewed

INT.  Police Interview Room / Day

ADAM

I couldn’t do this to her

MADDIE

Weren’t me

MISS RAIS

Who would do this to a girl like her?

FINLEY

I wouldn’t let it go this far

EXT.  Bus Stop/ Day

Faye is waiting for a bus, when a bus comes she then gets on.

EXT. A Different Bus Stop / Day

Kate is waiting for Faye to get off the bus.

Kate then texts Faye to see where she is as she hasn’t turned up

Kate then calls the police

INT. Mr and Mrs Browns House / Day

Mr and Mrs Brown are distraught that their daughter has gone missing and are currently speaking with two police officers who have been allocated to the case. 

MRS BROWN

So what are you going to do about this?  What is going to happen?

POLICE 1

We are doing all that we can
MR BROWN
Well it doesn't look like it!

POLICE 2

You must keep us updated if you hear anything

EXT.  Local Park/Day

Adam and Faye are walking into a children’s play park.

They are talking and joking with each other as they sit on the swings together.

ADAM

It’s been a while since I’ve seen you

FAYE

Yeah

ADAM

I’ve missed it……. I’ve missed you

EXT. Private Road/Day

Faye is walking down the road.

Maddie approached Faye and barges her, pushing her up against a fence.

MADDIE

Oi, get out my way

FAYE

I haven’t done anything

MADDIE

You’re here aren’t you?   MOVE!!

(Maddie pushes Faye against the garage)

INT. Councillor’s Office/Day

Faye is having her regular counselling session with Miss Rais, based around how she is getting on.

MISS RAIS

So Faye, how are the issues with Maddie?

FAYE

Fine.

MISS RAIS

Are you sure?  How about your brother, are things getting better?

FAYE

They’re fine.

MISS RAIS

Well… that is good to hear.  So have you seen any of your friends recently?

FAYE

Yeah, Adam……. He’s fine.

MISS RAIS

Are you sure everything is okay?

INT.  Finley’s Car/Evening

Faye and Finley are sitting in Finley’s car and they are having a conversation which quickly progresses into a disagreement.

FAYE

So, what we getting for dinner then?

FINLEY

Get whatever you want

FAYE

Well what you having?

FINLEY

Dunno yet…

FAYE

Can you decide please

FINLEY

You decide!! Mum and Dad always put you first anyway…

INT. Police Interview Room

Police Officer is interviewing one of the suspects, as they believe that they are guilty.

POLICE OFFICER

Just admit to it.  We have all the evidence we need to prove that it was you….

Storyboard

This is the storyboard and the scenes we hope to film in this order. We are more than open for things to change as this is a first draft of what we are hoping to do.

Plot

We have decided to have a plot that ties in with a kidnapping theme and we are going to incorporate police and a police investigation into this.

Plot:

Faye is getting on with her everyday life and catches a bus to meet her friend, Kate.  Kate is at a bus stop waiting when Faye doesn’t turn up.  Worried texts are exchanged.   A 999 call is made.  The police make a visit to Faye’s parents and tell them that their daughter has been kidnapped.  This is when the police start their investigation and create a ‘CSI’ like board, to figure out who has taken Faye.  There are 4 Suspects: Maddie (‘The Bully’), ‘Finley’ (‘The Half Brother’),  Adam (‘The guy best friend’ who is secretly in love with Faye),  Mrs Palmer (‘The School Counsellor’).  Each of these people are suspects because they had a relationship with Faye.  The investigation is ongoing throughout the film and trailer.   

PLOT IDEAS

We have now begun looking at a few scenarios we could incorporate into out film trailer, or base it on in general. These are a few of our favourite ideas.