Idea 4
Genre will be a drama with elements of comedy.
The play will be about a couple that have been married for 25 years and the children have left home.
They are arguing regularly and are having trouble agreeing on anything.
A friend recommends couples counselling to help them work through their problems.
The husband agrees and they go.
The councillor, after several unsuccessful sessions tells them to write down what happens throughout the week and write why they think the problems are happening.
They use the computer and write down their entries which on then sent to the councillor.
The play details what happens in a brief period of time.
Voice is third Person in conversations and first when writing thought.
There are many films that involve the issue of relationships and their problems and how they resolve them. It is a popular interest in films and can be all different types of genres, from comedy to a tear jerker.
Films like revolutionary Road, 17 again and Bridget Jones all detail some type of relationship.
Some say that the appeal of films and books about relationships is ‘to boost your spirits about marriage or provide valuable lessons about the pitfalls that can ruin a good one’.
Another example is While You Were Sleeping - romantic comedies like this are generally panned by critics because they are formulaic, predictable, and ultimately built on a shaky premise. But not every movie has to be designed for the academy awards, and sometimes the real value of a movie lies in its ability to make you feel good about your values, about love, about the feelings we've all had about relationships from time to time.
Shirley Valentine - this movie appears to be somewhat down on marriage, through the cheeky yet charming performance of long suffering Shirley. But the real point of the movie is about what to do when you're wed locked, and don't want to just give into it as an inevitability of married life. It details relationship problems when the children move out and relates well to my idea.
Programs like Malcolm in the Middle feature topics and an issue surrounding the family and one episode shows the son making a musical out of his parents’ arguments. This inspired me as I am doing something similar in this idea.
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Described as “A sweet antidote to Skins” by the Sunday Times.
Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. The film premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation.
Also as seen previously i listened and analysed the radio play Twilightbaby.com which was about a woman who was pregnant and preparing for the birth of her baby at the late stage in her life. This mirrors my idea in that a girl is having a baby at the stage in her life she is not prepared for. Twilightbaby also follows the same form as my play will in that, it will listen to the girl's thoughts in first person and third person when hearing events in her life. this will keep the narrative interesting. Twilightbaby is light hearted but my idea will be more dramatic and go through the problems she expereinces in her life.
Looking over the two main choices between idea 3 and 4 I have decided to take idea 3 to production as it has a character in it in my age group which would help me when writing the script and developing her character. i feel this will be easier to write about and i can make it interesting. Also, if it is to be turned into a play i would need to develop the plot which i could do by including the many issues surrounding teen pregnancy. These are issues like negative stigma, disillusion of relationship with father of the child, life choices and decision whether to keep the baby, how to cope with being a teen mother and what help is there for a single teen mother. 
A similar type of genre of movies and books is the Coming of age genre where the central plot revolves around a person suddenly facing a life changing experience, trial or tribulation. That person once was naive or childish or pre-pubescent is now suddenly older and wiser because of the experience.
The British soldiers are due to leave Afghanistan by 2014 and leave the country’s soldiers in charge.
The film Hurt Locker is about a team of soldiers fighting in the Iraq war. It shows the team on missions in Iraq and is highly Action packed and interesting. The sounds would be good to listen to, to see what would make the play more realistic. Also, the ways the group of soldiers are together give me a better idea of the bond they share.
