1. I have grouped with Charlotte Strange for my film opening
and we have started creating and playing with ideas.

2. Genres
There are a range of genres we can create our narrative around:
Horror/ Thriller
Comedy
Social Realism
Action Adventure etc
We thought it best not to create an Action Adventure as these often need a
huge Hollywood budget that we do not have access to. Also, comedy is often
hard to establish in the opening, and as we are just creating an opening, we
thought it best not to pursue this genre either. Me and Charlotte have
settled on Social Realism as these leaves a broad spectrum of ideas we can
play with and also we feel we can make our opening stand out, and be
interesting, rather than do a horror or thriller, as these are overdone and
often the results aren’t desired because you do not have the access to
special effects or a big budget. We hope to create a gritty British social
realism opening that will successfully capture an audience.

3. Means of
Possible narratives Homelessness making
money?
What happens on
the streets when it
goes dark? Where do
Sex you sleep?
Alcohol
Family STI’s
Addiction Prostitution
Drugs
Victims
Legal Issues
Also, often, a Social Realism is a line of
narratives in one area. For example, many
are based in Council Estates across Britain,
Business – and how people live their and their lives. So
Black location is a vital part in any Social Realism
Market as it establishes a connection with the
audience and is key to the narrative.

4. Homelessness
We have decided that a narrative based around the homeless living on the
streets would make for a powerful Social Realism. It’s an idea that hasn’t
been over used, meaning its fresh and different. Also, seeing as Britain really
struggles between the divide in classes and the amount of homeless people,
especially young adults on the streets, it reflects Britain and the troubles
that some people actually face, which is a key code in Social Realism- that
the characters face emotive and problematical day to day life.

5. The opening
We hope to create a opening that reflects the genre and establishes the narrative
whilst capturing the audiences attention.
We have decided to use a female protagonist as this evokes empathy in the
audience more so than if they were male. Also it creates options for having the
character being faced with prostitution to earn money- an interesting and
powerful plot line.
To introduce the protagonist we could have several long shots of her sleeping on
the streets and being woken by the cold. We hope to film in the winter to help
the mise en scene and show the harsh reality of sleeping on the streets all year
round.
We also want to have shots of her begging for money, and being cast aside by
people higher in society and class.
At the end of the opening we will introduce another character who goes sits next
to her, offers a coffee and asks “So…do you wanna earn some cash?”
This character will lead the protagonist astray by leading her into drugs and
prostitution, so by introducing him in the opening, we ‘hook’ the audience, for
they will now be asking questions such as “Who is he?” and “What’s going to
happen to her if she goes with him?”