To Do - Trailer

Cast & Director

The main character is a girl called Bella played by the actress Hannah Murray who is best known for her role in Skins. She is an insecure girl who appears to live in her own little world. She has moved away from friendship circle and now seems to spend all her time focusing on her new 'obsession'. Her glamorous mother Barbra  is oblivious to the fact that her daughter has developed a serious eating disorder and does not come across as the maternal character we would expect or desire.  Barbra is played by Samantha Womack well known for her role in Eastenders. Our director is Oliver Parker who has done films such as St Trinians.

Marketing

We aim for our film to be advertised by which a teenage girl would catch a glimpse of our creation and be enticed into and wanting to see more. The places which we feel this would be most appropriate are for example public transport, teenage magazines shopping centres and town centres.  We feel that the subject matter of the film should be restricted to a certain extent in order to not give too much away about the plot. The teaser trailer is intended to be enigmatic and confusing however should interest the viewer with its random nature. The trailers will appear on t .v before typical teenage programmes such as skins and fashion shows. 

Money

For our films funding, we may be able to get support from the NHS since the issue of bulimia is one which the NHS has to deal with. Also, support from specialist charities such as "Anorexia & Bulimia care" may be able to promote our film for funding since its an issue they clearly feel strongly about and may be willing to help raise awareness. In addition to this, we may be able to get funding from the British film council and film 4.

Poster

Our poster contradicts the seriousness of bulimia since at first glance, it appears as happy and glamorous with all these pretty thin celebrities and models when really the film itself isn't glamorous. The leopard print strip can also portray sex appeal and femininity which is not in our film since bulimia is not flattering or appealing to the majority of people. Having these designs can make our film see more appealing and can result in the film having more impact when it is seen.

Rating of our film

We decided to be supported by biritsh institutions as our being british theme is apparant throughout. We would like to distribute it largery in multiplex cinemas, such as odeon and cineworld. Our rating by the BBFC was given as a 12A therefore attracting teenagers due to the rating and the content within the film. 43% of visitors in the cinema our teenagers each month therefore revenue and profit will be high for the instituions giving them a reason to support us. 12A rating was given due to the fact we have a content which may disturb younger children and may include graphic scenes.

Storyboarding

We produced a storyboard including the scenes of an aerial shot of the to do list giving a mysterious sense of what she needs to accomplish. The second section was a high angle shot of the keyboard identifying her researching, you are then shown an eye level view of the laptop screen including an extremely skinny lady, this conveys her feelings on this topic. This is then followed on by seeing another shot of the to do list, with her marking off "research". we then see the girl cutting up pictures of thin girls and sticking them onto a giant poster she has created "thinsperation". this is again followed by the checklist and crossing off "poster". The shot directly after is some match on action of her going into the bathroom and a point of view shot of the toilet. the final scene is the ticklist again and she has crossed off the final point labelled "done" and she adds a smiley face after it to show pride.

Initial Thoughts

Our underlying theme is the issue of Bulimia. Our film is aimed towards teenage girls, intended to raise awareness of eating disorders surrounding the generation of Britain in today's society. Firstly we are focusing upon how teenagers may gain information encouraging eating disorders, then leading onto how this can affect daily routines. Furthermore we were interested in the standard view of people through the media, such as magazines and celebrities on television.