Short Film Idea (Romantic Comedy)

Short Film Idea (Romantic Comedy) | Kiera Tolhurst

CHARACTERS:

Teen Girl
Teen Boy x2
Other students from the class
Characters involved to act as obstacles

IDEAS:

Based around a journey from one place to another leading upto a big event
Set back by obstacles which adds drama
Taken influence from our preliminary exercise of "Boy meets Girl" style video
Has a comedic plot twist
Has elements of drama

STORYLINE:

A male student from Drama class has had his eye on a girl for a while. So he is excited to find a note in his bag at the end of a lesson asking to meet the girl later on in the afternoon. Little does he know at this point, the note slipped into the wrong bag and the girl was intending to pass the note onto somebody else. The next shots remain continuous as the camera shows the boys journey to reach his destination. We could include some cross-cutting to show the girl's journey at the same time. The boy is guided with post-it notes the girl has left for the boy to instruct him on where to meet. Even though he is faced with some obstacles, he finally reaches the place in which he will meet the girl. However, it all comes to an awkward end when the plot twists and the girl realises she has slipped the note into the wrong boy's bag and he is left embarrassed. We could include a flashback clip to the girl putting the note in the wrong bag at the start of the lesson.

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