Initial Ideas

Initial idea 1)

                        “A Models Life”

The real life of a model. How it isn’t glamorous behind the scenes and how she wants to find true love instead of dating hot fashion models who always let her down.

       

• 1^st shot of lots of magazines with one girl in particular in the pictures
• Have a really short shot to the girl crying in a corner, then back to the glamorous photos of her in the magazines.
• Black screen, then lights in the studio go on in stages- hear the diegetic ‘chunk’ as they go on. Bright white studio with a model having lots of photos from angles. (Video camera is from point of view of the photo camera).
• See a TV screen with her on it. Pan around the room to have a low angle shot of the model slouched out on the sofa, surrounded by healthy food, water and slimming pill but she is eating ice-cream.

Initial idea 2)

                        “The writer”

A guy who is so involved in his writing that he’s forgotten his social life. He goes out clubbing looking for a good time and a one night stand but ends up falling for the girl.

• 1^st shot of a pad of paper with a fast forwarded hand scribbling all of the titles. The paper is stained with coffee and smoke is passing over.
• He stops, turns over the page and starts to doodle his perfect looking girl. Shot fades into a real life girl walking down the street drinking Starbucks and chatting with her mates.
• Cut to the writer going into his cupboard (camera in cupboard- framed by a mug handle), he retrieves the mug and as he closes the cupboard door the kettle ‘bings’.

Initial idea 3)

                        “Corridor Love”/ “Love locked up”

When an average class girl drops her books in the corridor, she expects the high school ‘hunk’ to laugh and walk on. He stops and helps her pick them up. The film follows their ‘dates’ which are forced to secrecy by their divide in high school status. Love is the only thing holding them together but is it enough?

• 1^st shot is with the camera in a locker covered by ‘school junk’ and a tatty family picture; shot begins to clear as we see an average girl moving the stuff out of the way and into her bag. Her eyes are red and it is evident that home life isn’t great
• Cut to the main school corridor with the high school ‘hunk’ walking down the centre with his ‘wing men’ either side.
• School bell goes and the corridor empties as people flood into their classes. The girl stays by her locker looking at the photo.
• She turns round to go to class but her bag gets caught on the locker and her belongings go everywhere; simultaneously in the background we see the ‘hunk’ walk out of his classroom. He stops and helps her pickup he things. He lingers when picking up the family photo and looks up at her: their gaze locks (shallow focus- blurry background). She snatches it of him in panic and walks away.