2. Who?
Our synopsis will focus around a teenage boy called
Sam, who suffers with a strong case of OCD and
follows his struggle through preadolescent life.
The trailer will touch on the fact that Sam is a lonely
and quirky young boy and, although being an only
child, gets little attention from his parents. This neglect
will prompt the audience to sympathise with Sam and
provides a visceral pleasure in as much as it will evoke
emotion.
3. What?
The trailer will feature clips of Sam’s OCD showing him
adapting to everyday tasks such as; tying his
shoelaces, getting ready for school (laying out clothes,
packing his lunch, waking up) and will also include his
obsession with orange skittles.
By using Toderov’s narrative theory, we have decided
that the ‘disruption’ in the plot will involve Sam meeting
someone of a complete opposite personality and
having to adapt to this.
4. Where?
The main setting locations will be in a house and a
school environment. This is to make it more relatable to
a younger audience in order to connect with them
more.
Using locations such as these will also be a cheaper
alternative to a studio set, which is beneficial to a small
independent company like ourselves. A typical
convention of the social realism genre is the use of
outdoor locations therefore we will be sticking to the
stereotype of other films in this genre, as they have
been successful in doing it.
5. When?
The time period will be set in the present day therefore
it will be more understandable to the audience. This
also makes it easier for us to provide costumes and a
practical setting as it matches that of a current day
period.
However, elements of the past will be integrated into
the trailer as Sam, the protagonist, enjoys old music
and acts in a contradicting manner to his generation.
6. Why?
The decision to produce a trailer in the social realism genre
was made due to casting and the time limit in which the
trailer needs to be completed. I also watch many films in the
genre therefore know the typical conventions to include and
am aware of what an audience member would want to see,
as I am one myself. This gives our group more experience
within this area.
We chose to include a character with OCD as it highlights a
minority group that isn’t commonly covered therefore makes
our trailer different and unique to the rest. This acts as a
USP for our film making us stand out.
7. How?
The trailer will be constructed through an intradiegetic
narration, said by main character Sam, in order for the
audience to feel they are more involved within the plot
and know the character on a deeper emotional level.
The audience will then be able to empathise and
position themselves with Sam which provides them
with the ability to escape from their own issues and
focus on the character, as well as creating individual
identity. (Uses and Gratifications theory)
