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Name of Film: The Pretenders Summary of film: Two teenage half
Brothers have moved house and have started a new school and a new
life. However they use it as a chance to get popular but all the
lies one of them says to get in with the cool kids come back to
haunt them and it is up to his geeky brother to sort it out. When
asking our focus group what they thought of our narrative for the
film the majority said they liked the idea of having the element of
relatives in the same class as it puts a new unique perspective on
the teen school comedy genre however that we will have to be
careful that we dont end up being exactly the same as every other
film from are genre and end up using similar jokes Characters: Mum:
Age: 45 Description: Dictating and scary can be very weird at times
wont tell sons why they have moved (Boys suspect it has something
to do with their recently deceased farther getting hit by a post
office van.) The mum will play the villain of Vladimir Propps
theory by punishing the two boys for little or no reason and could
be the antagonist to the problems the two boys get into.
Outfit:
Old womens jumper
Jeans
Slippers around the house
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George: Age: 16 Description: The adopted brother of jerry and
very intelligent. Often falls out with his step-brother. Likes the
Discovery channel (main reason there is a fight when the football
is on). Cant read peoples emotions and is very awkward. Always says
the wrong things to the wrong people. Finds it hard to lie and can
never keep a secret. He always finds the most random things funny.
He will end up the victim of the lies told by jerry which will
cause him to become the hero and sort all the problems caused out.
Outfit:
When at sixth form wears smarts suits and shoes and always well
presented.
When at home wears exactly the same clothes as he feels very
proud of himself when smart
Jerry: Age: 16 Description: The idiotic brother of the two.
Cares more about his reputation than his education. Massive Spurs
fan. Says everything as it is and doesnt care if people dont like
what he says. Likes to get into fights with people he hates. Highly
unintelligent and say stupid remarks. Hates other people beating up
his brother as that is his job as he always points out to the
attackers. Outfit:
Scruffy clothes, wears football scarf and other clothes
associated in order to show support at home and when out if his
favourite team is playing.
When at school he always looks smarter although is still very
scruffy looking compared to George. Believes this is more
attracting looking to girls as they like rebels.
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Jerrys Home Attire:
Jerrys School Attire:
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Locations: 1. The new home: This is where the film will start
before the opening credits. The
house will look decorated. There will be a lot of cluttering of
ornaments and boxes in the scene to give of the impression that the
family has only just moved in recently.
2. School: The school will look average with a hectic crowed of
kids from all ages moving about arguing and basically causing a
havoc by doing stupid things immediately telling the audience that
the genre for the film is a comedy.
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Boxes to show audience that the family has just started to move
in/new life? T.V in order to show the discovery channel at the
beginning of the Film
School uniform for any extras that need to occur in the film in
order to make the film look more realistic and authentic
Text books to do with science for George to show his geeky side.
This will help to convey George as a smart person to the audience
as they will be able to see instantly how academic he is.
Untidy pieces of homework and torn, vandalised textbooks for
jerry to show that he doesnt care about his education
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Shot No: 1
Static shot to show audience the name of the production company.
Non diegetic sound of laughter to tell the audience that the film
is a comedy
Shot No:2
Establishing shot setting the scene of where the film will start
Diegetic sound of music in the background (keyboard cat). Music
connotes again to the audience that the film will be a comedy due
to the fact it is a well-known tune that goes with a popular
light-hearted YouTube clip Credits Start
Shot No:3
Mid point of view shot of jerry Establishes jerry into the scene
where he says
J: We r Tottenham super Tottenham super tot... J: What r u
F***king doing George Diegetic music continues in the
background.
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Shot No:4
Shot No:5
Mid shot of George showing the confusion on his face in order to
tell the audience that he is pretending to not know what Jerry is
on about in order to annoy Jerry. George says:
G: Im watching the discovery channel whats wrong with that?
Diegetic music continues Tracking shot of Jerry walking up to
George to square up to him showing the audience that Jerry thinks
himself as more dominant than George and that he has a very short
temper.
J: no youre not Music continues
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Shot No:6 ShotNo:7
Close up of TV to show what George is actually watching on the
discovery channel when he points at and says mocking Jerry
G: well clearly Close up of jerry to show that his face is
getting red with anger as he is losing his patience with George
J: gives me da thing so I can watch match of the day G: what
thing? J: you know what I mean now just give it to me
Shot No:8
Close up of George shows that he is trying to stick up for
himself as he tries to shout back this suggests that Jerry and
possibly others push him around often.
G: NO!
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Shot No:9
Tracking shot showing the two boys fighting for the remote
followed by a straight cut showing why they are pulling shocked
faces. We see they have accidently switched the channel to an adult
channel. Music Stops telling audience something that will be of
some significance is about to happen.
Shot No:10/11
Close up tracking shot of shouting mum tells audience why music
has stopped as she has ruined the comical atmosphere by catching
the two boys at the wrong moment. M: what the hell are you boys
doing you are too young to be watching these types of channel s Im
very disappointed. Especially with you George. It was inevitable
that jerry would watch porn and that I would catch him (jerry does
a hand gesture to show he agrees) but you George Im just speechless
I thought you wouldnt have even discovered it yet Im very ashamed
J: its terrible isnt it mum M: just shut up jerry and go to your
room J: But muuum the football M: Ill tell you the score when the
games over M: you go to your room to George G: Mum thats unfair me
and jerry werent having a wonk
We then see a close up of George trying to make up an excuse to
the mums question when she asks:
M: So why was the TV on and adult channel then? G: Well The mum
then loses it and shouts: M: I dont want to hear another one of
your elaborate excuses now go to your room
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Shot No:12
Shot No:13
Fade into the Title Of film which we changed from original as
many of our focus group thought that this one was more suitable as
it connoted the narrative of our film better as Jerry gets both him
and George into bad situations as he sees school as his own
personal game he can use to climb up the social ladder. Short
snippet of Keyboard cat continues Music stops Fade in to tracking
shot showing Jerry and George walking into their first day of
school showing that jerry doesnt care much about appearance as is
only wearing a shirt.
We get a shot of the school and then the camera turns 180
degrees and we see jerry and George G: Dont you just love school
and education J: nope G: Dont worry; Im sure there will be plenty
of knobs like you that you can make friends with
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M: Mum J: Jerry G: George We see the logo of the production
company followed by an establishing shot of George watching the
Discovery channel music of (keyboard cat starts as well as credits)
We then hear jerry burst through the door chanting. J: We r
Tottenham super Tottenham super tot... J: What r u fucking doing
George G: Im watching the discovery channel whats wrong with that?
J: no youre not G: well clearly J: gives me da thing so I can watch
match of the day G: what thing? (Credits stop) J: you know what I
mean now just give it to me G: NO! Jerry leaps for the TV remote.
This results in them accidently putting in the channel number for
an adult channel at this point mum walks in and absolutely loses
it. M: what the hell are you boys doing you are too young to be
watching these types of channel s Im very disappointed. Especially
with you George. It was inevitable that jerry would watch porn and
that I would catch him (jerry does a hand gesture to show he
agrees) but you George Im just speechless J: its terrible isnt it
mum M: just shut up jerry and go to your room J: But muuum the
football M: Ill tell you the score when the games over M: you go to
your room too George G: Mum thats unfair me and jerry werent having
a wonk M: So why was the TV on and adult channel then? G: Well M: I
dont want to hear another one of your elaborate excuses now go to
your room Title occurs with short snippet of music We get a shot of
the school and then the camera turns 180 degrees and we see jerry
and George walking into school G: Dont you just love school and
education J: nope G: Dont worry; Im sure there will be plenty of
knobs like you that you can make friends with
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Day of the week Shot numbers Extra information
Monday 2,3,4 Home clothes costumes needed boxes and other props
to show that it is a new house also need to be at filming
location
Tuesday 5,6,7 Same equipment needed as Monday
Wednesday 8,9,10,11 Same equipment needed for Jerry and George.
Mum costume also needed
Thursday 13 School costumes for Jerry and George needed
Friday Any that need improvement All props and costumes
needed
For our music we decided to use Keyboard cat as.it is a light
hearted chirpy tune that accompanies a funny video on YouTube and
so by using this well-known tune many will be able to associate the
film as a comedy. Through research we found out that the tune was
made available by its creator
We originally made two logos and asked our focus group which one
they liked Logo: 1 Logo: 2 The focus group said they liked the logo
because it Our focus group preferred this Looked professional
however it didnt connote logo as it was very bright and our genre
very well. Colourful and represented our chosen genre very well