Voiceover

This is our draft of the voice over, she is writing a letter to her ex-lover and that is what is being read aloud:

Dear Ajmal,

I still write to you every day hoping one day you will write back.

(type writer)

I remember the way you made me feel back when we were young. The excitement, the happiness you brought me..(pause)..

(ronni and mo hugging or staring into each others eyes)

The sneeking around gave us a dramatic, sensational feeling, like we were in a romantic film.. the love movie of the century which had people in tears when walking out the cinema!

(ronins old eye - sound bride into rain- graphic match)

By this time i knew you would be leaving your house, on your bicycle, avoiding the road my parents take. Its that time of the week, tick tock..(pause).. tick tock. five to six pm. the time i looked forward to all week. Friday evening. (show parents leaving) 

(close up of the bike wheel or mo on bike)

Character profiles

Character profiles

AJMAL (MAIN BOY) 
Name: Ajmal
Age: young (19)
Nationality: Afghan
Hometown: Kabul
Current Residence: London
Occupation: Street performer/busking
Eye Colour: Dark eyes
Hair Colour: Dark (brown/black)
Skin Colour: Tanned
Distinguishing features: Facial hair
How does he/she dress?: Casual/smart/scruffy
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) No
Hobbies: Sing/play the guitar
Speech patterns: Can not speak very good english
Personal traits:  Not very well spoken. He is really happy, friendly, bubbly and loving.
Very smart, but doesn’t have a good occupation due to him being
an immigrant. Lonely, as his family is not with him so deep
down he is sad and upset and slightly jealous of Nancy and her family.

NANCY (MAIN GIRL)
Name: Nancy
Age: young (17)  old (64)
Nationality: White British
Hometown: London
Current Residence: London
Occupation: Nothing
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Blonde
Skin Colour: White
Distinguishing features: Natural make up
How does he/she dress?: Smart/casual
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) No
Hobbies: Writing
Speech patterns: None
Personal traits: Ignorant because she doesn’t care what her family and other people think of
                          her. She is disobedient because she is going against her parents by going for a
                          different race and status. Well-educated, as you can tell because she is good at
speaking and writing. Upper class, because of her family status shown through
the mise-en-scene.

DONNA (NANCYS MUM)  
Name: Donna
Age: 44
Nationality: White British
Hometown: London
Current Residence: London
Occupation: House-wife
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown/burban
Skin Colour: White
Distinguishing features: Glasses
How does he/she dress?: Smart/casual
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) No
Hobbies: Cleaning/cooking
Speech patterns: None

Personal traits: She is snobby strict and  because she is over protective and looking down on                               her daughter for going for a boy of a different race and class. She is selfish

                          because she doesn’t care about her daughters feelings. Embarrassed/self

                          conscious because of peoples opinions oner her due to her daughters behaviour.

GEORGE (NANCYS DAD)
Name: George
Age: 46
Nationality: White British
Hometown: London
Current Residence: London
Occupation: Banker
Eye Colour: BrownHair Colour: Grey
Skin Colour: White
Distinguishing features: None
How does he/she dress?: Smart, suit
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) No
Hobbies: Fitness
Speech patterns: None
Personal traits: 

Prop Ideas

This chair we were thinking could be used for the old Nancy to sit on while she is typing in the opening scene, however It could turn out to be too low so we would have to think of other props which we are able to get a hold off. 

This is the type of typewriter we are thinking of using. We are still thinking of which one to use mine or misses we would have to see which one fits better in our opening scene as we would need a close up of this specific prop. 

This prop would fit perfectly with our time period and in our movie as we are thinking we can use it in Nancy’s room while Ajmal is sneaking in to her room. 

Initial planning ideas

Initial planning ideas

Here is a sheet of the initial planning we did for our coursework task. Our group consists of Ronni, Mo and I. The ideas we like most is a historical genre, a voice over and starting at the end and flashing back.

voice over

This is our draft of the voice over, she is writing a letter to her ex-lover and that is what is being read aloud:

Dear Ajmal,
I still write to you every day hoping one day you will write back.
(type writer)
I remember the way you made me feel back when we were young. The excitement, the happiness you brought me..(pause)..
(ronni and mo hugging or staring into each others eyes)
The sneeking around gave us a dramatic, sensational feeling, like we were in a romantic film.. the love movie of the century which had people in tears when walking out the cinema!
(ronins old eye - sound bride into rain- graphic match)
By this time i knew you would be leaving your house, on your bicycle, avoiding the road my parents take. Its that time of the week, tick tock..(pause).. tick tock. five to six pm. the time i looked forward to all week. Friday evening. (show parents leaving) 
(close up of the bike wheel or mo on bike)

Plot Ideas 2

Plot line: Forbidden love story, set in the 50's, between an immigrant, Ajmal, and a white girl, Nancy. 


1. When Martha sugar, the younger daughter of Lord sugar, finds her older sister Beth having an affair with the son of the servant Oliver she goes and tells her father who doesn't believe her after he asking Beth who lies to him. From this Martha is thinking she is trying to stop her sister from doing anything stupid like running away with a servant which will bring shame on the family just creates a tension between her and her sister when Beth finds out Martha is in love with Oliver too.

2. A love triangle between a woman and two best friends. They struThere is conflict between the best friends whilst dealing with family issues and a pregnancy but who is the father?

3. A secret love story of a black servant in love with her white master, set in 1852, he is not stereotypically strict towards her. He is surprised by the truth she reveals from her past and struggles to deal with her revealing her love for him. Taking in the fact he will be judged by society will he return the love she deeply feels for him?

4. An women Nancy, in the 60's,  falls in love and runs away with a son, of the feuding family in that era. The conflict between the family increases between the feuding families and causes the lovers to be torn apart.

Brief storyboard:

• Starts with the productions company and titles

• Voice over all of the opening sequence 

• Starts with Ronni (old) typing a dated letter to ex-lover (Mo) on the typewriter, with the special ring on 

• Cut to Mo and Ronni (young) we see the same ring on

• Mo sneaks through the window to Ronni's house

• They then lean in to kiss

• Cuts back to old women talking (voiceover) she talks about getting excited to see Mo every weekend

• Cut to Ronni's parents shouting at her for being with Mo 

• Firework scene 

• Typing film name with a type writer 

Plot Ideas

Other plots;
1)
One idea could be that our main character  has just fled  his countryside home and went in to the city for a better living and job carer and even through the struggle of his journey he meets a girl which turns out to be going to the same place. Even though they were from completely different backgrounds she helps him get comfortable In the city and shows us how they both end up together and the plot twist is then revealed and we are told the true story behind why he had to flee his home what will this do to the relationship between the two?
2)
An women Nancy, in the 60’s, falls in love and runs away with a son, of the feuding family in that era. The conflict between the family increases between the feuding families and causes the lovers to be torn apart.
3)
A secret love of a black maid in love with her white master, the boss of the family house. The truth is then revealed to the family, after finding a note written to him, that mysteriously escaped the maids barn.
4)
When Martha sugar, the younger daughter of Lord sugar, finds her older sister Beth having an affair with the son of the servant Oliver she goes and tells her father who doesn’t believe her after he asking Beth who lies to him. From this Martha is thinking she is trying to stop her sister from doing anything stupid like running away with a servant which will bring shame on the family just creates a tension between her and her sister when Beth finds out Martha is in love with Oliver too.
 5)A secret love story of a black servant in love with her white master, set in 1852, he is not stereotypically strict towards her. He is surprised by the truth she reveals from her past and struggles to deal with her revealing her love for him. Taking in the fact he will be judged by society will he return the love she deeply feels for him? 6)A love triangle between a woman and two best friends. There is conflict between the best friends whilst dealing with family issues and a pregnancy but who is the father?