DEVELOPMENT - COMP 1

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Track our ideas and development in concept changed several times

1. Film Opening Concept & Screenwriting

Genre: Romance 

School-themed love story (teenagers)

Duration: 2 mins

Title: 

-Back when we were in high school

-Unconditional Love

-Stuck in Highschool

-Love of My Life

-Belong Together

-Clueless Love

-Is Not a Blooming Roses

-Roses aren't Red

Actor/actress?

MC Girl: Sera

MC Boy: Jeremia (temen sera)

Second lead girl: 

Second lead boy: Davin 

Synopsis 

A romance-tinged story about change. A teenager in love with her childhood friend doesn't love her back; hence they both have partners. 

Concept 1 flash forward —> flashback —> Title emerge 

1. The sequence starts with the couple facing each other it was using Over a shoulder shot with a work uniform from the girl's perspective, with the boy moving to the other shoulder. The boy changes clothes to a school uniform (30") + credit 

2. transition to the long shot and both wearing school uniforms (flashback). Both of their bf/gf come to see them and walk past ma, king eye contact. (1')

3. The boy saw the girl's shoelaces untied as they walked past each other. When the boy approached the girl to tie her shoelaces, a flashback showed their past when the boy tied them in the same spot. (30")

**longshot ended with the title on the background - the movie started

Character:

MC girl - Alice 

MC Boy - Jay

SL Boy - Leo

SL Girl -  Tena

Alice: clumsy and imaginative, she can be sweet, loving, showing curiosity, courage, kindness, Intelligence, courtesy, humor, dignity, and caring. 

Jay: cold, patient, caring, sensitive, kind, Intelligence

In the middle of our plan, we decided to change our concept for our movie opening, changing the genre from romance to thriller; our main reason for the change is that we couldn't find a cast that could fit our movie genre and act.

2. Film Opening Concept & Screenwriting

Genre: Thriller - Murder mystery

Duration: 2 mins

Title: The Guy Upstairs

Cast by:

MC - Girl: Naysha Sera

MC - Boy: Davin Gerald