Synopsis

Last year of school, coming of age storyline involving several different characters representing different choices and journeys into their adult life. The characters it follows are John representing the unstable, Finn representing the fool, Katie representing the kind, Bella representing the bitch, Ted representing the nerd and Lola representing the lesbian. It follows their united group story as well as their own individual journeys. John worries his friends with his excessive drug and alcohol abuse, yet he doesn't think anything wrong. Finn comes to the realisation he must turn his school work around before it's too late, and so comes to Ted for assistance. Ted on-top of all his work, has a secret crush on Lola, unaware she is actually gay. Lola struggles with the knowledge she is applying for a foreign UNI, and so is upset about leaving her friends. Katie lives with her single mother after her father passed away, she worries most about John and like to work hard. Bella likes to feel as if she is the leader of the group, feels that they should ditch John before he drags the group down with him.

Conventional storylines:

• Bullying
• Alcohol/drugs
• Love interest 

Unconventional storylines:

• Nerd: confident and attracted to Lesbian but doesn't know she's gay. Only romance storyline in the series
• Bitch: Likeable/aspirational, follows convention of involving a bully/bitch character, but breaks conventions of how she is likeable.
• Unstable: There are several other characters more suited to being the one who is an alcoholic/drug addict. 

Locations

Interior: 

Fulham - 2 cambria street sw6 see - my house: This serves for my house and also the location all the characters are at during the opening. Due to participant difficulties parts of my house where also used as the location of Katies scene.

Wimbledon - 47 cambridge rd W20 0QB - Lucy's house: This was used simply for the location of Katies home, it is also here that I attempted the photoshoot for my first ancillary task but due to the shots being too blurry they couldn't be used.

Lower Morden: 27 Sandbourne Ave, w619 3EN - Edward's house: Used as the scene for Ted's house, Finn's scene is also filmed here as he comes to Ted for help with revision.

Exterior:

Wimbledon Station- Pret: An exterior shot of Katie, John and Bella is used here as they hang out and complain about John's addictive problems.

Fulham - 2 cambria street sw6 2ee - my house garden is also used in the opening montage of the trailer.


The locations used are all set in South London which keeps to my synopsis of involving them from South London 

Characters

• Fool - Edmond Taubi - Finn 

1. Age - 17
2. Gender  - male
3. Race/ethnicity - Zimbabwean 
4. Sexuality - heterosexual 
5. Regional identity
6. Ability disability - none

Lighthearted and friendly although a bit impaired, he isn't doing well in his last year of school and requires assistance from Ted. He is the joker of the group often trying to make them laugh and have a fun time.

• Nasty/bitch - Andrea Allayne - Bella

1. Age - 17
2. Gender  - female
3. Race/ethnicity - 
4. Sexuality - heterosexual 
5. Regional identity
6. Ability disability - none

Sometimes coming off as cold and cruel, makes harsher comments about all the members of the group and considers John to be too far and so should cut him off or it may hurt the group but more out for herself.

• Nerd - Edward Thomas - Ted

1. Age  - 17
2. Gender  - male
3. Race/ethnicity  - Welsh 
4. Sexuality - heterosexual 
5. Regional identity
6. Ability disability - none

Confident and more on top of school work than his other friends, sometimes the victim to much of Bella's harsher jokes, assists Finn with work and has a crush on Lola unaware she is gay.

• Unstable - Max Cochrane - John

1. Age - 18
2. Gender - male
3. Race/ethnicity - Irish
4. Sexuality - heterosexual 
5. Regional identity
6. Ability disability - none

Often drinking and consuming illegal substances in denial that he is sometimes seeming off the rails, he hangs out most of the time with Ted. Katie often tries to carefully ask him if he thinks he should slow down, but he shrugs it off. 

• Gay/Lesbian - Isobel Gordmon Buckley - Lola

1. Age - 18
2. Gender - female
3. Race/ethnicity - Irish
4. Sexuality - homosexual 
5. Regional identity
6. Ability disability - none

Easygoing carefree attitude and excitable often, speaks very openly about her activities and expresses herself freely. Planning to go to a UNI outside the country struggling with the fact she will be leaving her friends. Unaware that Bella and Ted don't know she's gay. She however is very fond of Ted unaware of his intentions.

• Kind - Lucy Walker - Katie

1. Age - 18
2. Gender - female
3. Race/ethnicity - English 
4. Sexuality - heterosexual 
5. Regional identity
6. Ability disability - none

More caring character often challenging Bella about her harsh comments. Worries about John and is very hard working, lives with single mother. She is shown to often contradict the actions and words of Bella.

Carol Walker, Lucy's mum also plays her mum in the series. We will be shown a strong bond between her and Katie and reveal that Katie's father passed away.

Ancillary tasks

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titles video diary

opening titles draft 1

For my opening titles I wanted this time to have a more unique look, so experimented with creating a 'wiggle' effect to have them stand out more, as well as look more advanced. I had never done this before so it was an interesting process. I liked doing it and would definitely use them again.

Weather conditions

The ideal weather that I wanted for this my tv trailer varied, I was happy with it being cloudy or sunny during outside shots as long as it was still light. For example with my opening montage and beginning of my Unstable intro:

However rain was something that would've been a big issue. If the weather was too dark or rainy, it would prevent me from doing exterior shots except for one exception being in Nerds intro:

This was an exception due to the shot also involving the well lit interior which can be seen through the windows. During interior shots however, as long as the interior was well lit and you could see clearly and the shot wasn't blurry, it did not matter what the outside was like, unless there were windows in the shot. If there were this could be solved by using rooms without any windows. For example the shots used in Bitch's and Lesbian's shots:

Equipment

From past projects I feel I am going to need more to prepare and expect to use more equipment for this project. I feel I am going to need:

• A camera -  of course to film all my shots, it actually cannot be done without this.

• A tripod - In past projects, there have been shots were I have tried to keep it without moving, this is often difficult and the camera will annoyingly shake a bit, causing me to very often stabilise the shot on final cut. so I will be needing a tripod for more still shots.

• Halo light - I have noticed that very often if the shot is too dark, it becomes  more out of focus and blurry. Using a halo light could be very beneficial and prevent this.