Idea 2

The genre will be a romantic drama.

The play will be about a soldier who meets a woman and they start a relationship.

He then gets called to serve on the front line in Afghanistan and has to leave her.

 They communicate through letters and phone calls while away.

Voice will be third person and first when they communicate through letters.

Research

The Iraq War began as a military campaign that began on March 20, 2003with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Prior to the invasion, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom asserted that the possibility of Iraq employing weapons of mass destruction threatened their security. In 2002, it called for Iraq to completely cooperate with UN weapon inspectors to verify that it was not in possession of weapons of mass destruction. They were given access by Iraq but found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction.

However, the soldiers did not leave and terrorist groups were damaging the country and so the UK became involved in trying to stop these groups.

There was lots of controversy over this decision and many oppose it and still do as it continues today.

Recently there was the Iraq inquiry that questioned Government officials in why they made this decision to invade and why they stayed.

It is estimated that over 1222 British soldiers have been killed in this war, which is why there is so much opposition to the war.

The British soldiers are due to leave Afghanistan by 2014 and leave the country’s soldiers in charge.

The film Dear John is about a soldier who meets a girl and they fall in love but then he has to go away to war. They communicate through letters, and my idea is similar to this. It details what is happening in their lives and other events including issues in the family especially the relationship between father and son.

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.

The film ‘Going the distance’ ties into this idea because the plot revolves around a long distance relationship and how they make it work. They fly to each other on weekends and use phone calls to keep in touch. This would tie into the idea of communicating over a long distance and not seeing each other that often. 

 

 

 These are the links to the trailers of the three films mentioned in my research:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GxSDZc8etg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLkTKkNXDp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eXDRgEL2AA