Synopsis possibility

Once we chose our genre for our opening, we began to look over the conventions and weighing out our options on what our opening would actually include. We brainstormed some of the conventions and came done to the idea of doing a point of view of a girl living in a rough urban area, doing drugs, alcohol and other stuff just to get through the day.

This is a suggested idea we might work on for the actual filming -

A mid shot showing a girl sitting on a sofa with a small table in front of her, you can only see the middle of her, not her face. A long clip of her with a credit card, coke ( drug, some form of powder , sugar perhaps) and a rolled up £5 note. she is slowly fining the drug ready to take it. The next shot would be of a windowsill or recycling box quickly filling up with empty alcholic drinks, this would be done with jump shots. A third shot of a stereo playing music with party poppers, cigarette buds, drink cups, cds, cd changing, spilt drinks etc to show the progression of a house party through the night can have on a stereo and speaker. A shot of a Saturday night in a city of people falling out of pubs and bars, and then a final shot back to the girl with her drugs, she bends over and snorts the coke, looks up at the camera and says " Sometimes you do whatever you can to make yourself feel better" and then a black out with the title of the film.


This is just an idea and will be discussed and rethought if needed. This idea was inspired not just by films but books and TV shows. Fore Example -

Melvin Burgess book JUNK, which follows the point of view of a numer of characters struggling with drugs and family troubles. It's upfront, forward and graphic writing shocks the reader, leaving them surprised and aware of the difficulties of drug addicts.


Chanel 4s hit TV show, that again has left the viewer shocked to learn the reality of some teenagers circumstances and out of school activities. Although some would admit that this TV show is highly exaggerated, others would relate to their everyday life.



And finally Men haj Huda's Kidulthood, that focusses on the London area and its underage crime scene. Another focus it has is on the drinking and drug problem and how far girls would go to get there hit.