Establish character through use
of midshot of characters waking
up and their transport to school
understanding of the characters' lives
and how they live - also an emphasis
of social realism - natural day-to-day
living
Establish setting through
use of wide shots and
establishing shots in the
beginning sequence
so that audience can have an
understanding of the location and the
conditions of the area e.g.
wealthy/poor?
Build-up
Establishing friendships between the girls and
the relationship of Emily and her boyfriend Tom
(minor character)
Understanding of the characters -
Charlotte as an outsider and the
backgrounds of each of the characters
Charlotte is from a poor
background and her parents are
divorced
Problem
The car crash with each
of the girls in the car
The death of Charlotte (the driver)
How do the characters cope? - they all carry
on as if it hadn't happened as she was never
really in the group
Eventually the characters all grow apart as
they cannot cope with what they have
experienced - a true depiction of how
friends handle these situations
Events
They all hang out together but none of
them can bring up the event
Friendship becomes awkward and when they all
go to another party together they get drunk and
their true feelings come out
Will they ever recover their friendship?
Ending
The trailer will end in a cyclical way. The same way series of events
(waking up and going to school) will happen again although this time
they will just smile at each other in the corridors
Friendships have all changed and
moved on
Resolution
After all the arguments at the party
everyone now knows how each other
feels
They confide in each other but still
remain distant