I am interested in these genres because these are the type of films I watch most often and enjoy and I feel like these are good genres to go forward with when making a film aimed at teenagers - which is what I plan to do. Even though this isn't on the mind map, I would like certain elements of a thriller to be present in the film, for example the fact at times the audience may be on edge and that some kind of discovery or secret would be revealed causing an upset - like in most thriller films (e.g. in Abduction the boy realises his parents are fake and are actually spies, and this sets off disaster for the rest of the storyline)
I want the fantasy/drama/teen genres to be the main parts of this film, especially fantasy because many people seem to enjoy watching concepts that can never be real in this day and age-or even at all, but are also dramatic films, for example the incredibly popular films; The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Frozen and twilight.
I have come up with two main concepts to be the 'backbone' of the story line, that the main character has a power or is given something powerful and finds out a secret through it. For example, the girl can read minds and through this finds out someone is after her or that her father is having an affair, or that the girl has visions of a secret she is unaware of and she later watches them unfold in her real life. Another concept was that the girl would be given a powerful object and this would reveal secrets to her, such as that she is adopted and the people she thought were her parents actually aren't.
The reason I like these concepts and therefore came up with them is because the secret aspect to it is 100% realistic in anyones life, even though chances of it happening could be small, it is not impossible-which makes the audience sympathise with the victim of these secrets or for the main character who is affected by them. On the other side, the power is 100% unrealistic and unnatural, its purely made up from fantasy and fiction, therefore the film as a whole doesn't distress the audience too much because they know they are safe and nothing in it could ever happen - its just enjoyable to watch. Here is a post about how this fantasy element changes the entire film and the way the audience feel about it due to just one element being taken away making the film seem a lot more realistic and real, click here to see it.
My idea for the main character was that she would be a teenage girl who was definitely not a villain, this was set in stone because my aim is to make the audience sympathise with her and emotionally connect to the story. The reason I made her a girl is because usually, boys are more afraid to show emotion and often appear less effected by something than they are, I incorporated this fact into the film opening because if the film opening was going to be made into a film I would want it to be an 'emotional rollercoaster' and show vulnerability, sadness and distress.
You can see I brain-stormed ideas of how this girl may have got this power or powerful object including that she was given it as a child, found it or that the power is passed through generations.
The locations the film would be set it was also brainstormed as well as how I wanted the film to make the audience feel if my idea was for an entire film; On edge, tense, intrigued, emotional and I would make the ending happy and relieving. The reasons I brainstormed those locations was because they are places teenagers would typically go, except for the attic, the attic was put down in case the powerful object was found there.
The props included a Piano, in case I decide to add a musical element to the film, a box of memories and a diary, in case I wanted to use flashbacks looking at the girls memories in the opening and other object that could have the potential to be powerful, a book or locket. I want a symbol in my film opening that relates to the magic, for example in the hunger games Katniss has a mocking-jay that symbolises rebellion. At this stage I am thinking that if I incorporate this into my opening I want it to be something hereditary, like a piece of jewellery or a keep sake.
The characters involved in the entire film for this opening are also written above, I have the typical love interest and 'ex' for the romantic element and more or less Propp's characters from his narrative theory. I have written that if an object or person has passed this power on, one character could be them (the source of power) either being a man on a street or grandparents, as my ideas develop I may think of an even better source.
At an estimate I think the type of people that would most likely watch this kind of film would be young and mostly females with some males too, this is due to the romantic element and emotionality of the film. The age range would mainly be 13/21.
As I know what genres I would like to make my film opening in, I will focus on them, do more research and slowly start narrowing all of my ideas down into one.
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