P3 - Script Planning

Name
- I Need Help

Genre
- Teen and Crime Drama

Type Of Script

- Shooting Script

Purpose

- To be a promotional extract from a film.

Angle of The Article

- Through Sam's (the protagonist) point of view.

Scenes

- Scene 1 - INT, Sam's house with his family, evening.

- Scene 2 - EXT, Sam's with his friends, evening.

- Scene 3 - EXT, Sam's walking home alone, night.

- Scene 4 - INT, Sam's house with his family, father has passed, night.

- Scene 5 - EXT, Sam's outside walking alone, shocked, night.

Content

- Action blocks will be written is present tense.

- Dialogue will be written as the character speaks, including accents, slang or colloquialism.

- Voiceovers will be included during flashback through father's perspective to show the love and care they had for each other.

Format

-12pt Courier Font to fit in format of a screenplay.

- Industry standard format and layout conventions for TV drama screenplays will be used.

Characters

- Sam, the main protagonist of the show, a young teenage male.

- Sam's parents, aged 35-45.

- Sam's best friend Thom, a young teenage male.

- Sam's friend and crush Myah, a young teenage female.

- Sam's teacher.

- Sam's classmates, 

- other students.

Target Audience

- 16-21-year-old males of socio-economic class C1 to D.

- Psychometrics: they are reformers, they want social change. They make decisions based on values and empathise with the characters.

- Lifestyle: their lifestyle is unlike the mainstream, creative, compassionate and alternative.

- Beliefs: they strive for social change, liberal, disagree with capitalism, care for the environment.