Testing the idea of fairy tales against my brief

After all of my research earlier in the year I concluded what was expected/wanted of my trailer into one document called my 'brief'. This listed aspects of my film I would need to consider when constructing my ideas as it directed me and gave me restrictions and ideas on to the type of film I must produce. I therefore thought it appropriate that I reviewed my latest idea against that. I selected some of the points that arose in my brief and then evaluated my new idea against them or decided how I would meet these requirements. This is all detailed in the image below.

Investigating storylines

I looked at all of the story lines of these popular fairy tales for some inspiration.

Fairy tale research

I created this mood board of various fairy tales for some inspiration.

Storyline idea 3

Storyline twist idea 2

Storyline twist idea 1

Possible twists

This is the mind map I created of ideas for the 'twist' to our storyline these are the final choices of which we must decide from.

TV drama storylines

I looked on IMDB at the top 10 TV dramas I analysed their storylines for some inspiration and to see why they were so successful.

This has shown me that criminal activity is a popular choice for drama, this theme could provide a useful and much needed twist to my story. Other storylines included themes of...

• Making a difficult decision
• Fighting for freedom or control
• Investigation
• Following a talented professional
• Escape

These too could be useful themes for the 'twist' I need to my storyline to make it more dramatic.

Adapting my storyline

Next steps

The 36 dramatic situations

When having to think about changing my story line I came across some research by Georges Polti who categorised every dramatic situation that might occur in a performance or story. This research will be useful to the production of my new idea as it will prompt me on the kind of stories I could be working with as my film is going to be a drama.

The 36 dramatic situations include...

Reconsidering our idea

My 25 word pitch ideas

These are 3 ideas of mine for potential 25 word pitches.

My 25 word pitch inspirations

I created this mind-map featuring words I could use in my 25 word pitch. I had to think about what was most interesting about my film and several adjectives to describe my film. I will later need to create a 25 word pitch that...

• Say something about the characters
• Has a brief introduction to the storyline
• Appeals to and captivates the audience