Planning

Plot

The opening of our film will be at a train station, where a teenage girl called Beth faces a tragic accident where she loses her friend. It will begin with the two girls walking into the station; buying tickets and walking through the barrier and onto the platform. They will be talking and not paying a lot of attention to their surroundings. It will not be completely clear what is happening as we want our opening to be tense and leave the audience wanting to know more. However, it will be clear enough to know that Charlotte gets hit by the train. The over all film will consist of Beth dealing with her traumatic past and meeting a boy named James who helps her through all of it despite her pushing him away. 

Opening setting

The setting will be a train station, where the accident was. We will film on a dull winter evening, so the station looks more intimidating and gloomy. The best day to film will be a sunday, where there will be little people around as we want a near to empty station. We will also film the character waking up in bed so a bedroom is another setting needed. Due to only having one setting; we may be limited to what we can film, but we will try our best to get the best shots possible. 

Cast
Emily Hamer is playing the role of Beth
Sacha Wyatt is playing the role of Charlotte
We chose Emily to play the role of Beth because she suited the type of person we wanted Beth to be like; fashionable, sociable and 17. Sacha plays the role of Beth as she is the same age as Charlotte (Emily) and looks like an average teenage girl. 

Characters

The main female character is a 17 year old called Beth, she was an average teenage girl who loved socialising, until she lost her best friend which left her emotionally insecure, depressed and paranoid.

The main male character is a 20 year old called James. James is a good looking boy and is described by many as a 'ladies man'. However, as soon as he meets Beth he soon makes her his main priority and doesn't leave her side. Beth's friend Charlotte who dies, is the same age as Beth (17). She is from a working background and loves shopping and socialising with her best friend Beth. 

Font of the Titles and positioning
We have chosen our font tiles to be Cambria, as it is quite a simple font that will not distract the viewer from the actual film. The titles will be either in the corner or in fairly discrete places that will be noticeable but not too in the viewers face. We will edit the titles on final cut express; 

Music 

The music we are using for our opening is an upbeat house track called what i might do by Ben Pearce. We are editing the song ourselves to slow it down, trim it and add extra beats. We wanted an upbeat song for the start of the opening as it's just two girls at the train station on a normal day, however there is a drop in the song which we will slow down towards the ending of the opening to show something has happened. 

Film certificate
A film certificate acts as a guideline for ages in which the film is suitable for. For example a PG film would not contain any bad language, discrimination, sexual explicits or drug taking. However a 12 may contain some mild cases. On the other hand an 18 could contain all of these which is why only a person over the age of 18 should be watching the film. Our film will be a 12

Bad language, discrimination, sexual explicits or drug taking
Our film will contain only mild bad language. There will be no discrimination or taking of recreational drugs. There will be a few intimate scenes between Beth and James towards the end of the film which will not display any nudity or sexual  intercourse.