When we began discussing ideas, we ruled out the Psychological-Thriller
genre because we had studied that at AS level. But we all wanted to create a
teen movie, as this was closest to us, having only teenagers we could gather to
be in the trailer, we thought it would be best and most fun.
Coming of Age
From this light-hearted and easy to relate idea, we were
able to spark ideas and locations like the beach, and teenage problems growing
up. We thought we could look at books and movies that are now popular in
today's culture, such as The Perks of being a Wallflower and The Fault in our
Stars (written by John Green). Two very popular books, and a major motion
picture, that explore themes and issues of young love, disability, sexuality
and mental health- all of which relate to what it's like growing up in this
world. Although we loved this idea, we
thought our ideas would be too unoriginal and not ambitious enough, due to how
close it is to reality. We needed something else that would test our
resourcefulness and creativity. That is why we came up with this next idea (but
we didn't forget this idea).
Coming of Age Apocalypse
Iain and Lizzie are big on the Fantasy genre, and through
this change we could slip some deeper fiction into the mix. A world with no
adults. What would happen? That's what we wanted to explore. I liked this idea
as it offered me the opportunity to go deep into the mentalities of characters,
showing how young people would react in this situation, while forming social
criticisms.
We thought this idea would be ambitious and difficult to do,
but we accepted this challenge. We sat at a table and thought of imagery that
would inspire us for a coming of age apocalypse. We ended up doodling a few
ideas for our film poster and magazine cover.
To represent our genre and plot idea, we thought of themes
such as survival, trust, rivalry, betrayal to be explored by characters. This
is because without adults there is no ruling or rules, therefore the kids would
take over, but obviously there would be problems, and the cruelty of children
knows no bounds, especially when no one is there to direct and tell them what
is acceptable. The kids need to survive on there own, they need to trust each
other and there might be betrayal. There will be rivalry over who is
in charge, much like in William Golding's book 'Lord of the Flies'.
When thinking about how the world changes, we discussed
locations that would show the audience that the world had no adults in
existence. We needed a place that is normally full of adults, but is now empty.
For example a deserted motorway, this is the type of iconography we need to
establish the idea of no adults. Because the genre is apocalyptic, we thought
moody skies and skylines would be iconic to use, showing how vast the
apocalyptic effects are. We have discussed many other ideas like empty schools,
and the kids retrieving to a naturally wild place like the forest or beach.
Places like that help symbolise how the kids go back to an atavistic
lifestyle-at one with nature in the hope to survive.
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