MATT- COMMUNICATION SKILLS- children's drama presentation

MATT

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Children’s Drama Presentation
‘Skylights’

By Fraser, Jason, Abi and Ben

Plot:

•      A boy goes to his friends house for a sleepover, and discovers a mysterious device on the floor outside his house. Strange things start to occur during the night of the sleepover….

Character descriptions:

•      Boy 1 – the character that discovers the device.

•      Boy 2 – boy 1’s friend.

•      Mother- the mother of boy 2

•      Boy 1’s dad – very minor part.

•      ????- mystery character.

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Characters and possible famous actors/actresses:

•      Boy 1      Jonah Bobo

(We decided to chose Jonah as our main male character as he looks like he would play a main character role in a children’s drama)

•      Boy 2 Kodi-Smit-Mcphee

(We decided that Kodi would play the main characters friend well as he looks kind of vulnerable and he doesn’t have a strong enough face to play the main character role, but would suit still playing a high up role.)

•      Mother  Vera Faminga

(We decided Vera would play a good mother role as she has done it well before in films such as “Running scared” )

•      Dad

(Not sure about the person to play this character)

•      Mystery character

(No need for a character as you don’t see the mystery characters face)

Events:

•      Follows Todorov’s theory of the 5 stages of equilibrium, up until point 4.

(As we have a cliff-hanger at the end so it doesn’t follow is all the way)

Roles/responsibilities

•      Fraser- Director

Make sure everything goes according to plan

•      Jason- Editor

Edits final draft of the film and puts it all together to make the feature

•      Abi- Camera Operator

In charge of filming the project.

•      Ben- Sound Man

Makes sure the sound that is added on to the drama is in sync to the show

Props, costumes and locations:

•      Location is all filmed in one house.

•      Mystery costume, casual clothing for the two boys and the mother

•      Props would be typical of a boys bedroom and other props include the device and a car

What makes this a children’s drama (C&C):

•      Child actors as the main

•      Cliffhanger ending that isn’t too intense

•      Relatable environment

•      A problem occurs

•      ‘mystery’ twist

Influences:

The Sarah Jane Adventures

(As the children’s drama is also Si-fi like our children’s drama)

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