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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Audience:
Families with young children, as it could be considered educational.
Ages 12 - 24 mainly female, as the characters are both girls.
Families with young children, as it could be considered educational.
Ages 12 - 24 mainly female, as the characters are both girls.
Those who enjoy films of the drama genre.
Our film is also very emotional and so, if someone is 'in the mood for a little cry' they may want to watch our film.
Distributors:
Our film could be distributed by an independent film company, such as 4 Lions, as this distributor deals with controversial subjects and our film is about cancer.
However, mainstream companies, like Warner Bros, have produced films in the same genre with similar story lines. One example is My Sisters Keeper, which was a very popular and emotional drama, when it was released.
Storyline:
A young girl aged 7 and her older teenage sister are sat in a den made of blankets and reading a bedtime story.
The elder sister complains about having a grazed knee and that a box of chocolates would make it better.
The next day the younger sister is seen to be selling her toys, holding a lemonade stand and emptying her piggy bank in order to raise money for her sisters chocolates.
We then see the young girl getting on the train and starting her journey to the chocolate shop. She gets on the train, and enters the shop and then goes to buy the chocolates however is a few pennies short. The kind lady next to her gives her the rest of the money for the chocolates.
The next scene will be of the young girl entering her sisters hospital room and her sister being laid in bed with a drip attached to her arm as she has terminal cancer. She will then say "I bought you these to make you better"
The end credits will then be shown and a final shot will be the two sisters walking away into the distance hand in hand, leaving it to the audience to decide if she has recovered.
Beginning
The two sisters are having a bed time story (Jack and the Beanstalk) which results in the younger sister believing in magic chocolate.
The young girl begins to do chores and sell toys, for example, in order to raise money to buy these 'magic chocolates'. The audience is left clueless as to why or who these chocolates are for, but assume it must be important as she goes to but the chocolates on her own. At the shop though, however, she doesn't quite have enough to buy some chocolate and so a customer in the shop gives her the rest.
End
The young girl walks into her sisters room to give her the chocolates and it is revealed to the audience that she has cancer. As the audience knows that these chocolates cannot cure her it leaves them feeling sympathetic towards the younger sibling. The final shot of the film shows the two walking hand in hand, leaving the audience to decipher if she has been cured; if it has gone back to before the illness or if this is the elder sisters idea of heaven.
A young girl aged 7 and her older teenage sister are sat in a den made of blankets and reading a bedtime story.
The elder sister complains about having a grazed knee and that a box of chocolates would make it better.
The next day the younger sister is seen to be selling her toys, holding a lemonade stand and emptying her piggy bank in order to raise money for her sisters chocolates.
We then see the young girl getting on the train and starting her journey to the chocolate shop. She gets on the train, and enters the shop and then goes to buy the chocolates however is a few pennies short. The kind lady next to her gives her the rest of the money for the chocolates.
The next scene will be of the young girl entering her sisters hospital room and her sister being laid in bed with a drip attached to her arm as she has terminal cancer. She will then say "I bought you these to make you better"
The end credits will then be shown and a final shot will be the two sisters walking away into the distance hand in hand, leaving it to the audience to decide if she has recovered.
Beginning
The two sisters are having a bed time story (Jack and the Beanstalk) which results in the younger sister believing in magic chocolate.
Middle
The young girl begins to do chores and sell toys, for example, in order to raise money to buy these 'magic chocolates'. The audience is left clueless as to why or who these chocolates are for, but assume it must be important as she goes to but the chocolates on her own. At the shop though, however, she doesn't quite have enough to buy some chocolate and so a customer in the shop gives her the rest.
End
The young girl walks into her sisters room to give her the chocolates and it is revealed to the audience that she has cancer. As the audience knows that these chocolates cannot cure her it leaves them feeling sympathetic towards the younger sibling. The final shot of the film shows the two walking hand in hand, leaving the audience to decipher if she has been cured; if it has gone back to before the illness or if this is the elder sisters idea of heaven.
Individuality:
What makes our film different is the face that we've mixed a child's world, of magic chocolate and fairy tales with a serious topic: cancer. As well as being a drama, this makes our film educational and is why we are aiming our film at families as well as young women, because children need to learn about grief.
In a similar way, similar films already out there tend to be romantic, love stories, as they two main characters are generally a couple, for example, The Fault In Our Stars Therefore, by having the storyline orientate around 2 sisters instead, this makes the film one of a kind and means it is more family friendly.
In a similar way, similar films already out there tend to be romantic, love stories, as they two main characters are generally a couple, for example, The Fault In Our Stars Therefore, by having the storyline orientate around 2 sisters instead, this makes the film one of a kind and means it is more family friendly.
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