First Ideas 2/3/09

We have chosen to do an opening film sequence because we wanted to try out filming the issues that occur in Britain today.

The members of this group are Rukhsar and Jane.

Our film project genre is mainly Social Realism however it is a hybrid because it will have elements of comedy,romance and teenage life because it is aimed at teenagers, therefore the hybridity makes it not really depressing and all about social realism so teenagers won't feel too grim. The hybridity also will make the project appeal to more audiences.

Similar products to our film project are Trainspotting, Kidulthood and Skins, all involve problems with society and teenagers, and the struggles everyday people in Britain 

face, so interesting to the British public especially British teens.

We think our product would be successful because it is about 'real issues' in the 'real' Britain, which appeals to the British public, we know this because the similar products above which inspired us have all been very successful in cinema and TV.

However our USP is that our product shows the violence and racial conflict that is in Britain today, therefore the story line is very different to Trainspotting, Kidulthood and Skins but it is about a teenager struggling with the hard side of life in a deprived area in Britain.

We will produce a questionnaire to find out what aspects people would find interesting and their input would help us as we would be able to find out what we can do to appeal to the audience. Also we will be watching similar films with the same sort of genre to see what aspects of the film were successful and what aspects weren't, which will help us make our product as good as we can. We also will research some issues that occur and try and put it into our flashbacks so that the story line is more realistic

Jane and Rukhsar