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The document outlines three potential short film ideas as a backup plan: "Experience", "Introvert", and "Growing Up". Each would be around 10 minutes and focus on a female protagonist dealing with themes of exploring new experiences, introversion, and resisting growing up. Brief character descriptions and potential plot points are provided for each, including an introductory scene, a middle conflict scene, and a resolution scene. The target audience would be teenagers who could relate to the characters' situations.

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Treatment 2: Film My second idea is my backup plan, with various branches which I haven’t quite decided upon yet. I have 3 key ideas which I have made vague bulletpoints about. There’s Introvert, which is a short filmabout how those who are introverted act and like to live, and how it’s perfectly fine for them to be that way. There’s Growing Up, which is about a girl almost becoming a young adult, but wanting to remain a child for a little while longer (wanting to win plushies at carnivals, playing video games, but also being overwhelmed with college and life and jobs). The final idea is Experience, about a girl who spends her time in her own little safe space, in the same town her whole life and usually in her room, and how she goes out to a brand new place and experiences everything brand new about this strange location. I imagine the length of these would all also be 10 minutes, though some could stretch a bit longer to further the story (like Experience, as more time could allow for more of the black and white bubble she lives in, and more of the bright colourful new places she goes to). I haven’t thought up many taglines since these ideas are very much still Work In Progress, but the best one I’ve thought up for Growing Up is “Sometimes the past is hard to let go of.” This would draw the audience in due to curiosity, much like with Idea 1: the audience will want to know what this part of the MC’s past they can’t let go of, though with a title of “Growing Up”, they can probably assume it’s something to do with them as a child that they can’t move away from. While I’ve not come up with much in the way of stories and taglines, I have been thinking about the characters. Of course, since this is a film I’m making I’ll most likely be filming myself since everyone else I know is conveniently enough super camera shy. This is one of the key reasons why I want to do my animated idea: I don’t have to worry about getting a ton of actors and struggling to find someone willing to be in my film. I have at least one person who would be willing to give me a hand, that being Lucy, so if she consented to it then I would use her as the main character for Introvert. For now, since this is only a backup plan, I have designed the characters accordingly. Experience’s protagonist is Lisa, who’s a young 17 year old student. She stays within her little town, talking to the same people and living each day essentially the same way, reading books to spice up her life and imagine what it would be like to be in that situation. She’s comfortable with this life, though she does wonder what other places would be like. When she goes to New York on a trip with her closest friend Rachael, it’s all so strange for her but also very exciting. Her world which was previously quite dull and grey is now full of light and new stuff to experience. She’s very nervous and worried because all of this is completely out of her comfort zone, even having a little panic moment towards the ¾ mark of the short film, but by the end of the short film she’s learnt to try these new experiences and that doing something different from the norm is perfectly okay.
Sarah is an 18 year old student who’s getting ready to finish Sixth Form and go into University. She’s the protagonist of Introvert, and as a result she is the one we follow and experience life with. Sarah is a quiet girl, keeping to herself and usually playing video games or watching YouTube videos. She doesn’t socialise much, but she’s perfectly okay with that, because that’s just how she is. Sarah is only comfortable and more relaxed when she’s speaking to those she knows well and is close to: her best friend Misty is one of these people, but she’s also got a few online video game buddies that she’s okay talking to. Throughout the movie, we see how being an introvert affects her in multiple ways, both good and bad: being alone helps her to be at peace and relax, but Sarah often receives a lot of grief because of the fact she doesn’t really want to go out and do anything. That’s the main conflict of the film, especially in the middle when she’s asked if she’d like to go out with some people into town and she declines, causing them to get a bit mad and ask her “Why do you never want to go and do anything with anybody?” Her friend Misty comforts her and understands why it’s okay to be how she is, and that not everybody is an extrovert. Finally, there’s Kitty. Kitty is a 17 year old student and the protagonist of Growing Up, tired of hearing stuff about university and jobs and being an adult. She just wants to be herself, a kid. Even if she’s almost 18, she doesn’t stop collecting plush toys, plays a lot of video games, and likes cartoons and shows made for children. She wears bright colours for the most part, and in general is just quite a cheery and upbeat person. Towards the middle of the movie, we see that she just wants to be a kid for a bit longer; that all this talk of growing up and maturity and bank accounts and politics isn’t her problem yet because she’s not an official adult, she’s still a teenager. Kitty wants to make the most of her time as herself now, as a teen, before she becomes an adult and has all the pressures of being 18 on her shoulders. By the end of the film, she does accept the fact that she will have to grow up and be more mature and adult. Though that doesn’t stop her from jumping onto her Xbox and playing some more games while she’s still got time to do that.
The target audience for these 3 ideas would be the same I believe: Male and Female teenagers that are students, aged 16 to 19, Grade E on the NRS Scale. While the protagonists for all 3 are all female, that’s not going to stop guys from understanding the story and connecting with the character: especially for Growing Up. The characters are in situations that they can understand and may have been/are going through, and so even if they are of a different gender, they can still connect to the protagonists and their stories. Act 1 Experience: Experience would start off with long sweeping shots of the town Lisa lives in, zooming in on her house. Lisa would be in her room, reading a book and listening to some music. Over the top of her reading, Lisa herself would be talking: “I was born in this town. I’ve not really left since then. Sure it’s small and I’ve ran out of things to do here, but… Its home. It’s safe.” She would speak about how the world around her may be dull and repetitive, but she likes it that way, because of the security and safety that this little town she exists in brings her. However, as she goes onto her tablet and looks at other countries like Japan and America and New Zealand, we see that she does want to go elsewhere and experience new things. To further emphasise this, everything would be quite black and white and less colourful, until she looks at these new places. Introvert: Our protagonist Sarah would first be seen in her room, fast asleep in bed. As her alarm goes off, we see her morning routine: she wakes up, gets dressed, has some breakfast, brushes her teeth, and then sits watching YouTube videos until she needs to get going to school. Some emphasis may be put on her phone, more specifically the fact she has notifications for messages but never checks them. As we follow her and her lifestyle, we see that she much rather keep herself to herself, only ever seen talking to one person: her best friend Misty. Growing Up: Our first moments with Kitty are very much a contrast to both Lisa and Sarah’s first scenes in the films. Act 1 for Kitty is filled with more energy than either Introvert or Experience’s Act 1s, with our protagonist gleefully playing on her Xbox, playing with her friends and laughing about the silly game and what’s going on. We see that her room is bright and almost childlike, messy with a small collection of plushies sat on her beside by her side to keep her company. She has this general energetic and happy atmosphere… However, this only lasts once we get to school and she enters her tutor room.
Act 2 Experience: Act 2 kicks off when Lisa comes to this new place, New York City. The world suddenly fills with colour as our main character looks around this brand new place, clearly surprised but also excited. As we see her make her way through New York with her friend Rachael, the world continues to shine and be full of colour, making it a stark contrast to her home city and the grey life she was used to. However, the joy does begin to fade a little once she finds herself doing something completely out of her comfort zone, causing her to panic and get startled. Introvert: While Sarah is at school, one of her friends (Wes) comes up to her and asks if she would like to go out after school, that he and their little group of old school friends are going to be hanging out at the park and messing about together. Sarah declines, not really wanting to go out. This seems to cause Wes to snap, asking “Why do you never want to go and do anything with anybody?” and complaining that all they want to do is spend time with her supposed friends. Sarah gets distressed by this, and runs elsewhere. Growing Up: As Kitty goes through her day at school, she hears the same things over and over again: “You need to prepare for the future”, “You have to finish writing this Personal Statement so you can go to University”, and so on. All this talk of apprenticeships and university and what’s best for her future gets Kitty upset, and eventually makes her snap and ask: “Why are you so focused on my future and what’s best for that?! Instead of focusing on what’s best for me now?” Act 3 Experience: Lisa’s friend Rachael comforts her as she panics: Lisa wants to try these new things and experiences, but she’s too afraid to at the same time because she’s worried about any bad effects or consequences. However, with a little help she realises that she can’t be scared forever. That all these bad things could happen, but she shouldn’t let that bring her down and dishearten her. By the end, we see her rushing about and having a good time learning new things and seeing new sights, smiling and joyful. Introvert: Sarah’s friend Misty finds her sat alone on a bench, taking deep breaths and trying to calm down. Misty asks her if she’s doing okay, and Sarah explains that she doesn’t understand her friends just like they don’t understand her. She goes on more, saying that she’s not being mean to her friends on purpose, she just doesn’t want to go out and do things like they do. Sarah even begins to question if something is wrong with her. Misty hugs her friend and tells her that nothing is wrong with her, that being introverted isn’t bad and isn’t something to be ashamed of. Growing Up: I haven’t fully decided what the ending of Growing Up would be like. I had one idea of her being confronted by a teacher and explaining that they do care about her now, they just want to ensure she has a good future. Another idea however could be her running back home, and learning that way that she has to accept what’s going on and what the future holds.

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  • 1. Treatment 2: Film My second idea is my backup plan, with various branches which I haven’t quite decided upon yet. I have 3 key ideas which I have made vague bulletpoints about. There’s Introvert, which is a short filmabout how those who are introverted act and like to live, and how it’s perfectly fine for them to be that way. There’s Growing Up, which is about a girl almost becoming a young adult, but wanting to remain a child for a little while longer (wanting to win plushies at carnivals, playing video games, but also being overwhelmed with college and life and jobs). The final idea is Experience, about a girl who spends her time in her own little safe space, in the same town her whole life and usually in her room, and how she goes out to a brand new place and experiences everything brand new about this strange location. I imagine the length of these would all also be 10 minutes, though some could stretch a bit longer to further the story (like Experience, as more time could allow for more of the black and white bubble she lives in, and more of the bright colourful new places she goes to). I haven’t thought up many taglines since these ideas are very much still Work In Progress, but the best one I’ve thought up for Growing Up is “Sometimes the past is hard to let go of.” This would draw the audience in due to curiosity, much like with Idea 1: the audience will want to know what this part of the MC’s past they can’t let go of, though with a title of “Growing Up”, they can probably assume it’s something to do with them as a child that they can’t move away from. While I’ve not come up with much in the way of stories and taglines, I have been thinking about the characters. Of course, since this is a film I’m making I’ll most likely be filming myself since everyone else I know is conveniently enough super camera shy. This is one of the key reasons why I want to do my animated idea: I don’t have to worry about getting a ton of actors and struggling to find someone willing to be in my film. I have at least one person who would be willing to give me a hand, that being Lucy, so if she consented to it then I would use her as the main character for Introvert. For now, since this is only a backup plan, I have designed the characters accordingly. Experience’s protagonist is Lisa, who’s a young 17 year old student. She stays within her little town, talking to the same people and living each day essentially the same way, reading books to spice up her life and imagine what it would be like to be in that situation. She’s comfortable with this life, though she does wonder what other places would be like. When she goes to New York on a trip with her closest friend Rachael, it’s all so strange for her but also very exciting. Her world which was previously quite dull and grey is now full of light and new stuff to experience. She’s very nervous and worried because all of this is completely out of her comfort zone, even having a little panic moment towards the ¾ mark of the short film, but by the end of the short film she’s learnt to try these new experiences and that doing something different from the norm is perfectly okay.
  • 2. Sarah is an 18 year old student who’s getting ready to finish Sixth Form and go into University. She’s the protagonist of Introvert, and as a result she is the one we follow and experience life with. Sarah is a quiet girl, keeping to herself and usually playing video games or watching YouTube videos. She doesn’t socialise much, but she’s perfectly okay with that, because that’s just how she is. Sarah is only comfortable and more relaxed when she’s speaking to those she knows well and is close to: her best friend Misty is one of these people, but she’s also got a few online video game buddies that she’s okay talking to. Throughout the movie, we see how being an introvert affects her in multiple ways, both good and bad: being alone helps her to be at peace and relax, but Sarah often receives a lot of grief because of the fact she doesn’t really want to go out and do anything. That’s the main conflict of the film, especially in the middle when she’s asked if she’d like to go out with some people into town and she declines, causing them to get a bit mad and ask her “Why do you never want to go and do anything with anybody?” Her friend Misty comforts her and understands why it’s okay to be how she is, and that not everybody is an extrovert. Finally, there’s Kitty. Kitty is a 17 year old student and the protagonist of Growing Up, tired of hearing stuff about university and jobs and being an adult. She just wants to be herself, a kid. Even if she’s almost 18, she doesn’t stop collecting plush toys, plays a lot of video games, and likes cartoons and shows made for children. She wears bright colours for the most part, and in general is just quite a cheery and upbeat person. Towards the middle of the movie, we see that she just wants to be a kid for a bit longer; that all this talk of growing up and maturity and bank accounts and politics isn’t her problem yet because she’s not an official adult, she’s still a teenager. Kitty wants to make the most of her time as herself now, as a teen, before she becomes an adult and has all the pressures of being 18 on her shoulders. By the end of the film, she does accept the fact that she will have to grow up and be more mature and adult. Though that doesn’t stop her from jumping onto her Xbox and playing some more games while she’s still got time to do that.
  • 3. The target audience for these 3 ideas would be the same I believe: Male and Female teenagers that are students, aged 16 to 19, Grade E on the NRS Scale. While the protagonists for all 3 are all female, that’s not going to stop guys from understanding the story and connecting with the character: especially for Growing Up. The characters are in situations that they can understand and may have been/are going through, and so even if they are of a different gender, they can still connect to the protagonists and their stories. Act 1 Experience: Experience would start off with long sweeping shots of the town Lisa lives in, zooming in on her house. Lisa would be in her room, reading a book and listening to some music. Over the top of her reading, Lisa herself would be talking: “I was born in this town. I’ve not really left since then. Sure it’s small and I’ve ran out of things to do here, but… Its home. It’s safe.” She would speak about how the world around her may be dull and repetitive, but she likes it that way, because of the security and safety that this little town she exists in brings her. However, as she goes onto her tablet and looks at other countries like Japan and America and New Zealand, we see that she does want to go elsewhere and experience new things. To further emphasise this, everything would be quite black and white and less colourful, until she looks at these new places. Introvert: Our protagonist Sarah would first be seen in her room, fast asleep in bed. As her alarm goes off, we see her morning routine: she wakes up, gets dressed, has some breakfast, brushes her teeth, and then sits watching YouTube videos until she needs to get going to school. Some emphasis may be put on her phone, more specifically the fact she has notifications for messages but never checks them. As we follow her and her lifestyle, we see that she much rather keep herself to herself, only ever seen talking to one person: her best friend Misty. Growing Up: Our first moments with Kitty are very much a contrast to both Lisa and Sarah’s first scenes in the films. Act 1 for Kitty is filled with more energy than either Introvert or Experience’s Act 1s, with our protagonist gleefully playing on her Xbox, playing with her friends and laughing about the silly game and what’s going on. We see that her room is bright and almost childlike, messy with a small collection of plushies sat on her beside by her side to keep her company. She has this general energetic and happy atmosphere… However, this only lasts once we get to school and she enters her tutor room.
  • 4. Act 2 Experience: Act 2 kicks off when Lisa comes to this new place, New York City. The world suddenly fills with colour as our main character looks around this brand new place, clearly surprised but also excited. As we see her make her way through New York with her friend Rachael, the world continues to shine and be full of colour, making it a stark contrast to her home city and the grey life she was used to. However, the joy does begin to fade a little once she finds herself doing something completely out of her comfort zone, causing her to panic and get startled. Introvert: While Sarah is at school, one of her friends (Wes) comes up to her and asks if she would like to go out after school, that he and their little group of old school friends are going to be hanging out at the park and messing about together. Sarah declines, not really wanting to go out. This seems to cause Wes to snap, asking “Why do you never want to go and do anything with anybody?” and complaining that all they want to do is spend time with her supposed friends. Sarah gets distressed by this, and runs elsewhere. Growing Up: As Kitty goes through her day at school, she hears the same things over and over again: “You need to prepare for the future”, “You have to finish writing this Personal Statement so you can go to University”, and so on. All this talk of apprenticeships and university and what’s best for her future gets Kitty upset, and eventually makes her snap and ask: “Why are you so focused on my future and what’s best for that?! Instead of focusing on what’s best for me now?” Act 3 Experience: Lisa’s friend Rachael comforts her as she panics: Lisa wants to try these new things and experiences, but she’s too afraid to at the same time because she’s worried about any bad effects or consequences. However, with a little help she realises that she can’t be scared forever. That all these bad things could happen, but she shouldn’t let that bring her down and dishearten her. By the end, we see her rushing about and having a good time learning new things and seeing new sights, smiling and joyful. Introvert: Sarah’s friend Misty finds her sat alone on a bench, taking deep breaths and trying to calm down. Misty asks her if she’s doing okay, and Sarah explains that she doesn’t understand her friends just like they don’t understand her. She goes on more, saying that she’s not being mean to her friends on purpose, she just doesn’t want to go out and do things like they do. Sarah even begins to question if something is wrong with her. Misty hugs her friend and tells her that nothing is wrong with her, that being introverted isn’t bad and isn’t something to be ashamed of. Growing Up: I haven’t fully decided what the ending of Growing Up would be like. I had one idea of her being confronted by a teacher and explaining that they do care about her now, they just want to ensure she has a good future. Another idea however could be her running back home, and learning that way that she has to accept what’s going on and what the future holds.