1. Going For Gold

2. Genre The genre for our film is a British Social Realist Drama. Social realism focuses ontopical issues that are occurring in a stereotypical modern society, which isrepresented by different ideas. The genre often focuses upon truth and honesty:These being the aspects that give the genre its realist name. Themes such asdrugs, money, sex, religion and typical day-to-day activities are conventionallyportrayed within the narrative of a social realist film. It focuses on lifes strugglesand often portrays the working class activities as heroic. Dealing with the workarea also adds to the realist aspects as it is nothing to high key or high class.These types of films are conventionally low budget; an example would be BillyElliott and Fish Tank, both films that do not feature famous actors or actresses(the use of unknown actors). The representation of characters through the use ofunknown actors supports the realist aspects of the genre due to the fact thatthese actors could potentially be anyone as they are not famous icons. 3. THE PLOT We mind mapped our ideas in order to allow us to have a variety tochoose from. Having elements of sadness within the plot line allowed usto fit in with the genre itself. However, we wanted to make our endingextremely happy and satisfying for the audience in order for them toallow their emotions to change as the film progresses (from low to high).The plot of our film involves a young boy who has been in a wheelchairall of his life because he was born with deformed limbs. His mum diedwhen she was giving birth and his Dad could not cope with a disabledchild on his own so he left his son with the responsibility of a care home.Jamie, the main character playing the deformed boy, has had a hard lifeand has struggled to cope with the given circumstances. He hasattempted to commit suicide several times and he does not see anypoint in his current life. Then, his care worker, Julie, suggests that hetries out for a wheelchair basketball team in order to place somepositivity within his life. Due to the closeness of Jamie and Julierelationship, Jamie takes Julies advice and makes the team. He findshis true talent and destiny, and he also makes lots of lifelong friends. Heand his team end up winning gold at the Paralympics and he becomesan icon all over the country. 4. Characters Jamie Young boy with deformed legs. In the opening of the filmwe see him being born, and by the end of the film he is aParalympics champion. Keith Plays the role of Jamies dad. He only stars in thebeginning of the film, and his exit involves him abandoning hisyoung disabled son. Julie She is like a mother to Jamie. Playing the role of hisbeloved care worker. She looks after Jamie and is the one whopushes him on to becoming a member of the wheelchairbasketball team. Rhys - Jamies friend who suddenly turns against him when hestarts to spend less time with him and when he becomes achampion. Kim Jamies love interest. Will The school bully who does not like disabled people. 5. Themes Sport Love Success Achievement Sadness Friendship Family Status/class 6. Opening sequence The first scene The first scene consists of Jamie being born. This has beencensored and the actual birth is not explicitly shown. Jamies birth was a water birthand the first shot is a point of view shot from the baby under the water. The camerawould be hand-held as it is a low budget film and it also adds to the realistic aspect ofthe genre. It also makes the scene appear more chaotic. The soundtrack would be thepiano backing track of Mad World and the dialogue would be of a baby screaming. The second scene The second scene involves Jamies Dad Keith discovering thathis wife is dead. The soundtrack would still be playing in the back ground and theactually lyrics would start to play; However the sound would be blurred as if Keith doesnot know what is going on and to make the audience feel is frustration, despair andconfusion. The camera would still be hand-held to make it appear chaotic and realistic.The camera would pan across from Keith, to the dead wife and then finally to the babyto represent the connection to each other that the three have. It would vary from slowto fast, again to show the chaos of the whole situation. The third scene The third scene would show Jamie himself. It would be a birds eyeview shot from above of the baby and would slowly and carefully zoom in on him toportray how delicate he is. The backing track of Mad World would still be sounded inthe back ground. Baby Jamie would also be crying. The forth scene The fourth scene would be the final shot. This would consist of Keithstanding from afar facing the opposite way. It would be a long shot: This is to showhow distant he is from his new born son. It also sets the tone and atmosphere for theupcoming events in the film sadness. 7. Summary of camera shots Point of view shot from Baby Jamie to show how he is entering theworld and to censor the birth Close up of Baby Jamie to show his new born face Close up of Keith to show is facial expression Panning shot from Keith, to the mother and Jamie Birds eye view shot of Jamie Zooming in shot of Jamie to show the delicacy of him Long shot of Keith and the corridor to show the distance of him andhis son Long establishing shot of the setting to set the scene and the tone 8. Target audience Our target audience is more varied than, for example, a rom-com. Thisis due to the diversity in the themes we can include for our narrative.The themes that are most appropriate for our genre would includethings like sex, drugs, relationships, school and so on. It is so variedthat at least one theme would relate to or interest the public in someway or another. Due to another theme of this genre being sadness,some would say that our genre of film would not appeal to many people:This is why we made the decision to add a sporty element to thenarrative of our film. This would appeal to the younger generation of filmwatchers, alike to the Olympics which would too interest more people.Americans are often known for enjoying happy and positive films, aliketo many people in Britain. We felt it necessary to include a happy endingin order to appeal to more people. However, it all depends on thegratifications of a person and the type of mood they are in (chance). 9. Improvements When pitching our presentation to our class they came up with severalsuggestions in order to potentially make our film more successful andappealing. Including A villain A love interest A bigger problem other than his disability