Ideas for sequence
- 2. Genre and Themes • Tragedy- about a terminally ill teenager who wants to fulfil his final wishes • He writes a bucket list in the opening to show what will later happen in the film.
- 3. Name Ideas • Full Time • Times Up • The Bucket List
- 4. Age Certificate and Audience • Film may be distressing as it contains illness and death. We want to target a demographic aged between (12-18) • Therefore, we will rate it a 12A to include the younger members of the audience • Secondary Audience will be young adults (19-21) or Parents watching with the younger target demographic
- 5. Location We will use the protagonists bedroom as the main location for the opening scene The scene may continue outside the house when he walks to school but only for a short period The narrative will be revealed by items in the room eg Posters, trophies, Calenders containing dates, the bucket list
- 6. Characters Protagonist (yet to decide a name)- the camera will follow him throughout the opening and will start in his room. (Hero following Propp) Older sibling/parent- wake up the protagonist, ideally a adult but this may be hard for us to find someone suitable to play the role (Dispatcher following Propp) Friend- protagonist will walk to school with them. Will share a very similar social group which will be shown through costume (Helper/Donor following Propp)
- 7. Clothing stereotypical of teenage boys and the characters social groups Likely to be sportswear or school uniform. Bandana used to symbolise illness Parent will similarly wear clothing suitable for them. Eg workwear, suit etc Bedroom will contain lot’s of technology to represent him as a teenager Fashion and Representation
- 8. Typography Two possible types of font we are considering Eroded/distorted- suggests equilibrium will be disturbed and danger for title Handwritten - a more personal feel, links to his age and illness Basic Font- needed to show institutional information
- 9. Narrative Terminally ill character who doesn't have long to live. He is only a teenager. Items like tablets shown to imply he is ill and in pain Calendar will he is having an operation Writing his bucket list Enigma Code- mystery of how ill the protagonist is and whether he will live beyond the operation or fulfill his bucket list Voiceover will describe what’s happening (dates and illness etc) Similar to almost famous opening
- 10. Institution Minor production company like Film4 is needed as a member of the 'big six' would not fit the genre Studio Canal is the distributor for several film4 productions so it will look realistic
- 11. Binary Opposition Life vs Death Parent vs Child