Film Synopsis

From creating the brainstorm, I realised that the main theme within the social realism genre that I was happy to recreate was the idea of portraying the contrast between rich and poor in our society. 

Initial Idea: 

• I had an initial idea of showing this by having two couples that were friends, one couple being financially comfortable/wealthy (Steve and Julia) and the other being less fortunate (Chris and Athena). 
• Julia by impulse one day decided to buy a lottery ticket, to then find out after a couple of days that she had won £100,000, peanuts in comparison to what she already had. Meanwhile Chris (occupation: builder) and Athena (occupation: nanny) are struggling to keep their house and are trying to have a child. 

• Chris and Athena's deepest desire is to have a child of their own but have problems with the pregnancy.Their only solution is to go through the IVF process but can't afford it. Athena and Julia have been best friends since the age of 3 and have been through everything together, yet Julia won't lend the money to Athena. 

• Chris and Athena are then forced to sell their house and move into a relatively small apartment. After a couple of months, later on in the film we find out that Julia is pregnant yet doesn't want the child because it is disabled. Athena, then luckily gets pregnant and is ecstatic but Julia shows a lot of hatred and jealousy towards Athena. 

• I then wanted it to end with a shot of Julia in a big house, holding this child and looking very disappointed and angry because she isn't in a position she ever pictured herself to be in and show a shot of Athena in a smallish house with minimal props etc surrounding her but looking like she has everything she ever imagined purely because she is holding her baby. A possible title for this film could be 'Miracle Baby'.

However, after trying to further develop, expand on this idea and asking for advice from my teacher, I have made a few tweaks to my narrative idea in order to get it to the best possible standard. 

Final Idea: 

• Chris and Athena are a working class couple living in a run down area of London and can barely afford to keep their house, even after Chris having two jobs. They are in shock to find out that they are expecting a baby. 

• Steve and Julia are a middle to upper class couple living in Central London. They are financially comfortable and have everything they need or want. The only thing, however they desire deeply is to have a child but they have problems conceiving a child and even IVF isn't a solution for them after numerous failed attempts. 

• Through acquaintances Julia meets Athena and finds out that Athena is pregnant yet isn't too sure if she can keep the child because of their financial situation although she loves children, following a career in being a nanny. And after trying to convince Steve of her plan, Julia finally manages to persuade Steve to agree with her idea. 

•  They then after having a meeting with Athena and Chris decide to offer Athena a price for carrying the baby and giving it up for adoption to them, promising that they will take the best possible care of this child. 

•   Over the duration of her pregnancy, Athena starts to have doubts that she has made the right decision. As the bond between Athena and her unborn child grows, the only thing holding her back is their financial situation.

• Will Athena be 'selfish' and keep the child restricting it's future from this one decision? Or will she decide to give it up to Julia and Steve having it's future set out for the best before it's even born? Is the baby better off with Athena & Chris or Julia & Steve? Has Athena decided that her unborn child has a value beyond any price? 

• Possible cliff hanger in the film: A scene where both Chris and Athena receive a call at the same time, receiving heart breaking news of a fatal car crash. What are the odds? Athena's husband (Chris) and Steve's wife (Julia) were involved in the accident. 

•  A possible title for this film/trailer could be 'Priceless'. 

I think that with this final narrative idea, I will be able to really entice and get my targeted audience involved. I further think that I will be able to end the trailer in a gripping way leaving the audience wondering what will happen to this child, also leaving it open for interpretation until they watch the whole film. With these changes made, I believe I will be able to make my trailer appeal to the generic conventions of a film within the social realism genre as it will fit in with some of the themes in a deeper way.