2. Plot Idea Rob is a young 18 year old boy who lives with his Grandma after the death of both his parents in a car accident many years ago. The only real happiness in his life is found in the form of his girlfriend, Alice ( play on Alice in wonderland), whom he has been in a constant relationship with since they were 13 Rob and Alice often undertake the purchase the low class drugs ( cannabis) from a dealer named Daryl, nicknamed mad hatter, this establishes the connection with the drug dealer. On the way to their 5 year anniversary, rob arrives early and contacts Alice via mobile to find out where she is, during the mobile conversation she loses concentration and inadvertently walks in to the road, only to be struck down and killed. Rob listens to the whole accident while on the phone, yet is stuck with the realisation that he cannot help her.
3. Plot Idea Continued After attending Alice’s funeral, and visiting her grave, Rob comes across the previously mentioned drug dealer, who after some conversation about what has happened, and seeing that rob is severely traumatised by the event, invites him back to his apartment ( that he has named wonderland) and then pressures him into taking a hit of heroine While on the high, rob experiences visions of a beautiful place where he catches a glimpse of Alice. It is from this one glimpse that his addiction emerges, as he his determined to revisit this “wonderland” and see the person he most loved in his world. Due to the constant desire to return to this wonderland rob turns to crime in order to fund his drug habit ( muggings and petty theft, bag snatching) More of the film will be dedicated to the time when he is ‘high’, with him incurring various visions of Alice ect. As he is constantly in the presence of “mad hatter” they appear to become good friends, and towards the end of the film, “mad hatter” realises what he has done to rob, and in an attempt to help him, he refuses him entry into wonderland, and no longer provides him with the drugs he desires.
4. Plot Idea Continued In a bout of extreme rage, fuelled by the necessity of his addiction, Rob kills the dealer, thus extinguishing his only route to wonderland, and therefore terminating any chance he has of seeing his girlfriend again. Shortly after this event, we see that Rob can no longer cope with his severe addiction, depression and the guilt he feels for murdering his own friend, and thus he decides to take his own life, ending the film.
5. Film Trailer Inspirations Our inspirations are a mix between Trainspotting and Alice in Wonderland. Trainspotting was our main inspiration because of the drug addicted lifestyle; Mother Superior is connected to ‘The Mad Hatter’, in the way that they bring the addicts together to their one place of solitude, their apartments, where they can get their desired fix of drugs. Mother superior is also seen to care for his “clients”, much like “mad hatter” eventually shows care for Rob.
6. Film Trailer Inspirations Continued Alice in Wonderland fits in the storyline because of the fantasy world Rob finds when taking heroin. There will be times when we frequently link our film to Alice in Wonderland, generally through the use of small sub-hints. This will be done through the Queen of Hearts card appearing within the apartment, as well as cutlery used within the tea party and a top hat appearing at the top of the table.
7. Trailer Examples Here are a couple of trailers that have influenced the way we have constructed are plot idea. Trainspotting The trailer focuses on the harsh reality of drug addiction and how it can dramatically change the way people live their life. Our trailer story will aim to depict this.
8. Genres The genres we linked this with were drama, romance and fantasy. Drama is related to the world Rob gets himself into, with his drug addiction becoming a barbaric part of his short life. Fantasy comes from Wonderland, the one place where Rob fills happy. Romance is the connection between Rob and Alice and something present within Rob throughout his quest to find her.
9. Target Audience 18+ British audience. No specific gender target. Aimed at lower social classes; prejudiced social classes are more likely to be involved with drugs.
10. Location We aim to base the trailer within a number of key locations. Though the trailer is based on the idea of a ‘wonderland’, we will be demonstrating how he will get to this state of mind. The Main Locations will include; -A wood which will the main place of ‘Wonderland’ -A room which be shown as the drug dealers ‘apartment’. -Graveyard where he will be after the funeral of Alice.
11. Team Roles Here are the job roles we will be undertaking for the trailer. Balancing out everything equally will hopefully result in everyone being utilised to their potential. -Will = Rob -Elle = Alice -Callum = Drug Addict #1/ Cameraman / Producer / Director / Writer -Tyler = Drug Dealer “Mad Hatter”/ Producer / Director -Mike = Mugged Man / Editor / Producer/ Director -Shannon = Drug Addict #2 / Make-up Artist
