Film poster target audience and Genre

The general age range for our short film is 15-20 year olds, because this is the age in which students will be involved with or thinking about university, and so will impact them more with the message. Specifically we could target students in the movie poster in the semiotic codes, but we feel could restrict or potential audience. Typically, an older audience will be turned away from an advertisement for a movie with an adolescent theme as it may be deemed "immature" or "childish".

For example, the movie poster to the right displays a smirking child with a yoyo and paint everywhere, this is generally constituted to a younger audience which wouldn't attract an older audience. But the one to the left of Elizabeth seems more professional and respectable for an adult audience.

The possibility of being able to produce multiple posters with different content which appeals to different audiences is something that has been done successfully before and is something that we should consider when coming to our production stage of the movie poster. Creating a poster with a target audience of parents with teenage children could be successful as it would show the older generation what could be happening to their child and give possible warning signals. However, to attempt this for an age group lower than the age of 15 would feel futile, as they would not understand the pressures for exams like the age group of 15-20 would, and wouldn't understand the meaning of the short film. This would be an example of an age rating not showing what the target audience is, as the short film would be rated around 12, 12 year olds generally wouldn't be in tune with the meaning of the short film.

 For example, these movie posters are all for the same film, but contain different content. They are different as the different character would appeal to different audiences and attract different people to see what their most favoured character turns out to be like. the theatrical movie poster at the end shows all of the characters together and would be used for general entertainment, whereas the character posters would oft times be found in magazines advertising the movie and rarely anywhere else.


The way in which we could approach our movie poster in terms of a comedic theme would be to have the Main character Mark, played by Daniel Enos, facing his ghost counterpart. The real Mark would be shown sharing the left half of the poster, whilst the Ghost would share the right half of the screen, like how in the split-screen within the short film, the left side will contain the realism and the right side would contain the fantasy. To show the comedy int he movie poster using these two characters, we could have Mark holding his hand over his mouth, to show the disbelief of see his counterpart, with the ghost looking smug, highlighting a possible comedic relationship between the two, highlighting the chemistry that has been written between them. Like this:

To do this effectively we will have to make almost a mirror image look about it in oder for it to genuinely look Mark and his Doppelgänger. These are things we can consider and maniuplate when it comes to building this movie poster.

Film Poster Possible Tag Lines

For Film Posters the tag line is one of the most important features of a film poster which can help bring in the potential audiences in the hope that they will watch the film, or to try and have a certain impact in a way that the audience will be able to remember the tagline and thus, go and see the film.

For example, the film Ghost Ship (2002) the tag line as a whole failed and was not effective in what it was trying to say. Whilst it is true that the film poster tag line made sense it was one of the lines which is cliched a lot an potentially is one of those lines which the audience would expect and would think nothing of it. It is also a play on the words 'Sea' instead of 'See' which whilst it could have been good was something which the audience when seeing the tag line would have seen hundreds of times before therefore, not really making it unique compared to other tag lines. The failure of the tag line bringing in the audiences is shown through the box office where it opened with only $11,503,423 with a budget of $20 million. 

A good film tag line is one which is usually a play on the words or one where someone viewing it would be more likely to remember it. Armageddon (1998) is one of the films which does this correctly. It's tagline 'Earth. It was fun whilst it lasted' instantly tells the audience a brief background of what the film is going to be about, which in this case is about the Earth being threatened by some major event which could potentially destroy the Earth. This is just one of the ways that the tag line is effective as it shows the audience just what the film is about which can help to draw in a certain type of audience. Another positive about the poster is that the tagline makes it seem like it is part of a conversation and the way it is written makes it seem to be in a very light humorous tone. This helped it to become very successful even overtaking 'Saving Private Ryan'.

Through looking at both of the film posters it is clear to see that when creating our tag line for our film that it is the key area which is important. Therefore, by comparing a good tag line and a bad one we will be able to get our inspirations from some of them and possible areas where we know it might be good or bad.

In terms of our film tag line our group has come up with several tag lines which we could potentially use in the creation of our film poster.

Have you ever had to teach yourself a lesson?
The tag line above is just one of ideas that our group have come up with when brainstorming the different ideas. This line directly links to what the basic outline for the film is going to be in terms of future Mark teaching younger Mark a lesson about him revising to get a good life. It can also be related to people in real life with a bit of a switch where the way it is written seems to make it show that the parent is telling a child off whereas in the film future Mark is telling off Present Mark in a way which is like a parent-child relationship. However, there is one bit where our group thought that whilst that tag line is the basis we could perhaps expand on it a bit more such as ending something at the end such as 'I did'. To find out whether or not that would go or be appropriate our group might ask people which they prefer.

The past, has just collided with the future. 
This is another possible tag line that our group came up with which helps to create a possible comedic tag line. Whilst this is a potentially good line that could be used in the film poster there are several problems that could potentially arise. It is true that it is linked to the events that actually happen during the film, the choice of words give it the assumption that it is potentially a science-fiction film set in the future which it is not. Therefore, whilst this is a potential choice the use of the words might change so that we don't confuse the type of film genre that the film is set in. 

Two paths. One Future. But which will he choose?
This is the final tag line that our group also came up with, however we quickly decided not to use it in terms of for the final poster. To start with the tag line whilst being good and in some way relating to our film we as a group felt that it didn't have the same impact that the first tag line that we came up with had. Again there is a problem with the wrong genre for the film genre being chosen where the tag line makes it seem that it is headed for a more serious stance instead of one that is light-hearted.

Practice film

Our attempt to try and create a scene in which the same actor could fit on the same screen at the same time. Our endeavour revealed that you need to frame the left shots more to the right and the shots on the right more to the left, which we can also use and take into account when we film the split screens  of different events at the same time but has resulted in use to try shot reverse shots rather than a split screen to achieve this sense of having the same actor in the same room.

 This video shows what happens when we attempted to do this shot, the shots do not overlap in anyway which doesn't achieve the effect that we need, which will lead us to use shot reverse shots instead. This will be hindering our projects creativity but we have resolved the situation in order to be able to film the sequence.

Shooting Schedule (4)

Date: 25th October 2013

Time: 4:00pm- 4:30pm

Location: Sixth form reception

Shots: 1- 18

Actors: Daniel Enos, Nick Hobbs

Crew: Billy Murphy (Cameraman) and Trevane Roberts  (Director) 

Costumes and Props: School uniform, Sheet with grades.

Equipment: Camera and Tripod

Potential Issues: Being able to frame the shots properly in order for the split-screen is key here to making the film work for the scene in which Mark is on screen with his future self. This is also an important feature for the beginning scene in which the split-screen reveals what mark is actually doing as opposed to what he says he's actually doing when speaking with the Head of Year.

Risk Assessment: Being in the head of years office, there are no potential dangers.

Shooting Schedule (3)

Date: 30th October 2013

Time: 1:00pm- 2:00pm

Location: UCL + Job centre

Shots: 38 and 39

Actors: Daniel Enos

Crew: Billy Murphy (Cameraman) and Trevane Roberts  (Director) 

Costumes and Props: Casual clothes

Equipment: Camera and Tripod

Potential Issues: Being able to frame the shots properly in order for the split-screen is key here to making the film work for the scene in which Mark is on screen with his future self. This is also an important feature for the beginning scene in which the split-screen reveals what mark is actually doing as opposed to what he says he's actually doing when speaking with the Head of Year.

Risk Assessment: N/A

Shooting Schedule (2)

Date: 31st October 2013

Time: 12:00pm- 12:15pm

Location: Cafe

Shots: 45-48

Actors: Daniel Enos, Frankie Mitton

Crew: Billy Murphy (Cameraman) and Trevane Roberts  (Director) 

Costumes and Props: Cup of tea, casual clothes

Equipment: Camera and Tripod

Potential Issues: Being able to frame the shots properly in order for the split-screen is key here to making the film work for the scene in which Mark is on screen with his future self. This is also an important feature for the beginning scene in which the split-screen reveals what mark is actually doing as opposed to what he says he's actually doing when speaking with the Head of Year.

Risk Assessment: N/A

Shooting Schedule (1)

Date: 31st October 2013

Time: 1:00pm- 2:00pm

Location: Billy's House

Shots: 19 - 28, 36 - 37, 40 - 44, 49 - 54, 5 - 6, 10 - 11, 13 - 14, 29-35.

Actors: Daniel Enos

Crew: Billy Murphy (Cameraman) and Trevane Roberts  (Director) 

Costumes and Props: Night Clothes, School books, Normal Clothes for Future Mark, Glass of beer, Nuts magazine, computer, 2x results letters.

Equipment: Camera and Tripod

Potential Issues: Being able to frame the shots properly in order for the split-screen is key here to making the film work for the scene in which Mark is on screen with his future self. This is also an important feature for the beginning scene in which the split-screen reveals what mark is actually doing as opposed to what he says he's actually doing when speaking with the Head of Year.

Risk Assessment: N/A

Practice Shots Shooting Schedule

Date: 15th October 2013

Time: 1:00pm- 2:00pm

Location: Sixth form building

Shots: 2

Actors: Trevane Roberts

Crew: Billy Murphy

Costumes and Props: N/A

Equipment: Camera and Tripod

Potential Issues: Being able to frame the shots properly in order for the split-screen is key here to making the film work for the scene in which Mark is on screen with his future self. This is also an important feature for the beginning scene in which the split-screen reveals what mark is actually doing as opposed to what he says he's actually doing when speaking with the Head of Year.

Risk Assessment: There is the possibility of people walking in the way due to the fact that its during a school day. Other than that there is no risks.

Location Reccies

Locations that we need to use for our film clip are:

• A Job Centre
• A bedroom
• A café
• A university
• An office

These locations will make the basis for our shooting schedules and will help us to plan when and where we can shoot the film. Getting various options will allow us to make informed decisions as to what would be the best fit for our short film, as well as practicality and time in which we should shoot.

This is a possible location for the job centre that features in the split-screen of marks future, after he has received his good and bad results. filming here is practical as we can shoot Mark walking to the building and walking through the automatic doors with ease.


shooting here should be fine, but we will ask for permission from the people there just to make sure its okay.


These are pictures from my bedroom that could serve perfectly for Marks bedroom.

One impracticality might be shooting the night scene may difficult during the current season as barley any light is available in there, which means that a lamp may have to be used in this scene.

there is a couch in the room, for the
scene for which Mark is in the room
with his future self, could be used for
a shot reverse shot, with the ghost on
the couch and Mark in the bed, if a possible
split screen with mark and the ghost on
the same screen couldn't work.

These are photos of possible locations for the office scene at the start of the short film, featuring the Head of year and Mark. both are very practical as they are within our school so give a full representation of what a school office would look like. Both feature a desk, with work and computers scattered around the room which really achieves the realism that the offices would genuinely be within a school.

We have decided to go for the top one as it is more spacious and allows more room to place the cameras and film each shot. also the top office allows Mark and his Head of year to be face to face without a desk in the way which we feel is more personal and can be achieved in this office.

These are the gates to UCL and the main entrance. we feel this is a good location to shoot Mark walking into a university as it has the long walk to the main building which is iconic and has a sign on the entrance which dignifies it. This is good for practicality reasons as it is near on the tube and best represents the idea of a university and and contrasts the Job centre that he will be going into on the split-screen. For us this is the most viable option for a university scene.

This is a generic Café that we could use for the final flash forward of Marks life. it features booths that we can have Mark and Emma sit in which could give a look of a close relationship which we could affirm with a hug of some sort, but also can be used in the exact same position for when mark is on his own to show him alone and ruined.



For practicality reasons we will obviously have to gain permission from the management to be able to film in here possibly prior to filming in order to not be rejected on the day of filming. The generic feel of the café also acts as showing how low Marks life has sunk that that's where he must eat but also where university students will eat due to their strapped budget and so is practical for two reasons.

Potential characters for the film

For our short film several characters will be used with the characters being:

• Mark
• Head of Year
• Emma

Those will be the list of characters that will end up in the final phase of filming. To choose these characters we have looked at several potential actors that could play the part of these characters.  

Adrian Garncarek was the first person that we considered to portray the character Mark. Having worked with him with the last film production that we did it would have worked well to include him in the film. In terms of mise en scene in regards to physical appearance and performance, he would be able to accurately portray someone who is in their A Levels and going off to university due to already being in that similar situation. However, one of the problems that arises is his slight accent. Compared to the last film where there wasn't much talking, Mark, would have a lot of dialogue spoken throughout and due to the slight accent that he has some of the audiences viewing it might not be able to understand what he is saying. This is why in terms of characters he was not used. Also in terms of hair we as a group wanted someone who looked older so potentially having a small mustache which Adrian does not have presently.

In terms of who we are actually casting for our final film product we have chosen Daniel Enos. One of the reasons why we have chosen Daniel as portraying Mark is related to Mark's attitude. As a whole Mark assumes that he is better than everyone else and so, regards himself as a person who will never fail despite never studying. When asking Daniel to try a short script we as a group unanimously decided that Daniel was the better choice out of Adrian for being able to accurately portray what we had envisioned Mark will act like. In terms of Daniel's appearance he also seems more fit for the age of going to University whilst Adrian did seem it Daniel seemed more fitting for the role.

In terms of who our character could be for Head of Year one of the potential characters that we looked at was Mrs Ward. In terms of her role as a teacher she strongly fits in with the role and was a viable candidate to accurately portray the head of year for our film. The way Mrs Ward would have portrayed the character would have been in a more soft relaxed way which is what our group hadn't intended for, which is why she was not chosen. Additionally, in terms of her costume whilst being a teacher she dresses in a formal casual way which as a whole was also something that we did not look for but wanted someone who would wear all formal for their costume which regrettably Mrs Ward could not do. 

The actor that we have chosen to portray our Head of Year is Mr Hobbs. Several reasons why we have chosen him to be our Head of Year is because in terms of costume he straight away fits the role that we as a group were looking for; a more formal attire in terms of suit and tie. Of course when actually filming we will require that Mr Hobbs wears his jacket to make it more professional. Also the fact that he is the actual Head of Year already fits the role automatically. This with the fact that he has his own office gives us the best opportunity to be able to record and make it seem like Mark is in an office.

For the final character of Emma who would be portraying Mark's girlfriend we also had some considerations of which actress would be able to fit the role properly. One of the two people who we considered was Cherrelle Wynter. Although she was considered we as a whole thought that she wouldn't be able to fit the part because the way we assumed Emma would look wasn't what Cherrelle was. There is also the concern of Cherrelle's appearance appearing to young as shown in the background she has a hoodie which we wouldn't want our character to wear due to wanting her to appear older. There is also the issue of the actresses location where she would not be able to film with us due to living too far compared to the rest of us. 

The actor that we have chosen to portray the character of Emma is Frankie Mitton. As a group we feel that she portrays how we would want the character of Emma to be; someone who has a certain look which seems like they are young when in reality they are not. In terms of Frankie are height compared to that of Cherrelle's is smaller when compared to Daniel's. We felt that we wanted the character to be one who was smaller than their boyfriend so it seems like he would be the one to defend her from harm or protect her if needed be. 

Storyboards

The story boards for our short film contains 55 different shots over an estimated 4 minutes, from the seconds of each shot which we calculated.

What is key for these scenes is the split-screens, however, we have considered that if these don't work that we would either use quick cross cuts between the different shots, to achieve the same effect. we got inspiration for this solution from "Malcolm in the middle" in which quick cross cuts are used to a comedic effect. something to consider for that is a possibility sound effect, like a swipe whenever something like this takes place.

For this scene we are going to attempt to shoot the same actor on the same screen using a split-screen, merging the two shots together to give the illusion that they are on the same screen without the layering technology that funded films would typically have.

If this fails we have decided to use shot reverse shots to accomplish this illusion, but without using an over the shoulder shot due to the impracticality of getting someone with similar head shape.








In the following scenes we have implemented split-screens again in order to show the possible futures of Mark at the same time. The software on Imovie should be able to accomplish this for us and if not then there is always the possibility of using quick cross cuts to achieve this effect.

This final shot we decided to add at the end of the film after scripting to add more comedy. The shot reveals mark appearing to be working but then reveals that he is reading the nuts magazine again. It almost mimics most comedies in which a character makes a revelation but doesn't leave a lasting change in the character.

For the full effect we decided to put this scene at the end of the credits, taking influence from many Marvel Industries films, that have started to do this in recent history.

Final Synopsis Idea

Working title - "Ghost of a students future"

Mark is a student slacker that refuses to do work where possible due to his heightened cockiness. He convinces his head of year that he has been doing work and makes excuses for all the subjects he seems to be slacking in. in a dream he meets his future self who shows him what his future will be like if he starts to work hard now, or carries on skating by. Events like Results day, university possibilities and even a girlfriend. This reality check spurs him on to do well, giving him a change of heart on how he should approach work.

Audience and purpose - This would be aimed at students from the GCSE to A-level range because of the general theme of the short film idea, with the purpose of motivating that age group to focus on work if they want to get anywhere in life.

This synopsis evolved from our second initial idea for our short film and has a lot of improvements since our initial planning stage. we still believe practicality is our main selling point for this idea, including the idea of having the same actor for both roles of the Ghost and of mark himself, due to the split-screen technology provided for us on the iMovie software on the iMacs that we would be using for the editing stage of the project. we also feel that this synopsis provides more creativity and finesse to our idea and despite being inspired by Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", is still quite an original idea, which will separate our idea from the rest because it is fresh. One concern is that the split screen for the scene with the ghost and mark may be tricky to accomplish, but we can still pull it off with the use of shot reverse shots, if all else fails.

Initial Synopsis Ideas

Causality Idea

Mark is the average everyday teenager making all the choices that are made in his life. One day a life changing choice arises for that character with the option of two possible outcomes taking place. One side you have Mark deciding to go to a particular festival and on the other hand he chooses not to. split screen of the two show the different outcomes and the paths they take which results in a tragic event for one, and the other watching the problem happening from a distance.

Audience and purpose - The audience for this short film would be aimed for the 15+ age range and for those that face day to day decisions like the character would in the short film, with the purpose to experiment with the idea of causality, which could intern could be made into a feature film.

Upon review we realised that this idea would not work for a couple of practical reasons. being able to assemble people to a festival or even create a tragic event would not be in our power as to create without a budget. Moreover, we felt there was no depth to this synopsis and we couldn't take it anywhere, and if we could make it would be a bit cheesy as its been done many times before.

A Comedic Voiceover

Mark is a slacker that never does work, but is deluded into thinking that he does, and is working hard enough for his grades and indeed his future. As he realises how close to the deadline for exams he is, he begins to rush his revision and run through work, for which he should have been doing all year. He sits his exams and comes out very pessimistic as to how he had performed, and starts to worry as to whether he has done enough to get through the year and proceed to university. His luck changes with his results when he sees that they are good enough grades to get into university. Mark is very dismissive of his work at first but his attitude changes when he sees what happens to other students that failed, which motivates him into getting work done.

Audience and purpose - This would be aimed at students from the GCSE to A-level range because of the general theme of the short film idea, with the purpose of motivating that age group to focus on work if they want to get anywhere in life.

With this idea we decided to go ahead with, we changed a lot of the events that happens in the synopsis but kept the same basic premise and moral. instead of making the main character dismissive of his work, we decided to make him cocky, which is the reason he doesn't work. the comedy voice over is made by the cockiness of Marks character when we introduced another character in the shape of Marks head of year that tries to give mark a reality check but fails. we decided to go with this synopsis by make some changes to enhance the creativity, not only due to its practicality, but by introducing the idea of the character being able to talk to himself in the same shot, via split-screen.

Second Draft of the Script

INT. HEAD OF YEARS OFFICE. DAY

MARK is in the HEAD OF YEAR'S office discussing his poor classwork and homework

MARK

Sir, I'm not quite sure what you've been talking about. I work all the time.

HEAD OF YEAR

What have you been doing in Sociology?

Split screen of MARK reading "Nuts" magazine whilst MARK replies.

MARK

I was doing an in depth analysis of relationships between men and women.

HEAD OF YEAR

Well your Chemistry teacher says you're not revising experiments.

Split screen of MARK mixing drinks together whilst he replies.

MARK

I researched the effects of chemicals on the human body just last night.

HEAD OF YEAR

Hmmm... well the IT department says you have not come to grips with the work yet.

Split screen of MARK playing a video game

MARK

Actually, my programming skills are pretty amazing at the moment

HEAD OF YEAR

Well that's not what it says here. Listen your exams are coming up soon so you ought to knuckle down if you want to make something of yourself

MARK

Yes sir, of course

MARK walks out of the office looking smug.

INT. MARK'S BEDROOM. DAY

MARK is walking to his bed to get ready to sleep. He sees books on the bed and throws them off to get into the bed.

INT. MARK'S BEDROOM. DAY

MARK wakes up to see the ghost of himself at the end of the bed

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE

Hi, it's good to see you again well... of course it would I'm you, well from the future at least

MARK

(Under his breath)

Uh... OK, clearly this is a dream

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE

Take it how you want. I will show you your future; one where you are continuing on this path and the other
built with success. Now, shall we begin.

INT. MARK'S HOUSE. DAY

Via split screen, MARK picks up two sets of results

MARK (Voice over)

What is this?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voice over)

This is what would happen if you don't start studying now and this is what you will get if you buck up now and study hard

MARK (Voice over)

Sweet, I got an A

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voice over)

Only if you study now, the path you're on now leads to failure you're capable of great things.

INT. MARK'S BEDROOM DAY

MARK

I don't understand, my targets are high, how will i get Ds and Es that can't be true. Don't worry i'll be fine.

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE

This is what happens when your studying is video games and drinking...

Shall we go on?

EXT. UNIVERSITY/JOB CENTRE. DAY

MARK is walking through the university gates and the other side is him walking into the Job Centre.

MARK (Voice over)

I go to university as well?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voice over)

Not with the way you're going now. How can you get in with two Ds and an E?

INT. MARKS BEDROOM. DAY

MARK

There's no way i'd ever end up at the Jobcentre.

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE picks up magazine "Nuts"

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE

You like girls, yeah? What i have to show you might affect you. Are you ready for it?

MARK

(Nervous)

Okay...

INT. CAFE. DAY

Via split screen they see MARK with a girl laughing. On the other is him alone having a drink clearly depressed.

MARK (Voice over)

Wow! She's beautiful, who is she?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voice over)

Ah yes. This is your girlfriend. Emma

MARK (Voice over)

I actually get her?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voice over)

Only if you go to university and meet her there. Without that you never meet her and end up alone.

INT. MARK'S BEDROOM. DAY

MARK

Okay... I know what I have to do...

INT. MARK'S BEDROOM. DAY

MARK wakes up in shock. He gets up, picks up his books and sits down to work. 

Changes from the first initial draft

Compared with the first draft, the second draft features a large variety of changes. To start with, the first scene direction that is used compared to the first one which has no name our group decided to instead make the characters name be Head of Year due to him not being a significant enough character for a name to be necessary. 

Our group from the first draft after analysing it also decided to make a change between the ghost of student future and mark. In the first he would have met it in the street during the day during the dream sequence but we changed that in the end so that instead it would appear next to him so that the interaction wouldn't be completely random. It was also practicality issues where it would have been easier to film if done in the bedroom rather than the street due to possible continuity errors. 

Some of the dialogue that is present also differs greatly from that of the second draft. After reviewing the first initial draft for the dialogue as a group we felt that Mark felt a little too robotic in his answers always seeming to say for example "I got an E? which would then have lead to another question this is how the majority of the dialogue went. However, after changing it we made the character appear more human and seem to have a certain personality. We decided to choose him to have an arrogant personality always thinking that he was better than anyone else and thinking he would never fail. We also developed his innocence where he seemed stunned that he actually got a girlfriend. Thereby, by doing this it created a new depth for the character which made him seem more realistic. 

Finally, there were also some spelling mistakes and grammatical errors that were present in the first drat which were after reading over it were corrected in the second draft. The scenes where after seeing the future we also decided to go back to the scene in his room so that the large majority would not be a voice over. It also makes it a clear setting where the two are able to talk to each other privately; as before without that they would have just been talking to either a white screen or over the individual clips of his future which would no not last that long to compensate for the speech afterwards.

What my group were thinking of adding at the end of the clip after the credits have appeared were a scene that would show Mark looking like he is studying for his exam but then when getting a closer view with the over the shoulder shot it would present him reading the "Nuts" magazine instead, despite everything that has happened. 

First Draft of the Script

INT. HEAD OF YEARS OFFICE. DAY

MARK is in NAME'S office discussing MARK'S poor effort during class and for homework.

MARK

Sir, I'm not quite sure what you've been tlking about. I work all the time.

HEAD OF YEAR

What have you been doing in Sociology?

Split screen of MARK reading "Nuts" magazine whilst MARK replies.

MARK

I was doing an indepth anaylsis of relationships between men and women.

HEAD OF YEAR

Well your Chemistry teacher says you're not revising experiments.

Splitscreen of MARK mixing drinks together whilst he replies.

MARK

I researched the effects of chemicals on the human body just last 
night.

HEAD OF YEAR

Hmmm... well the IT department says you have not come to grips with the work yet.

Splitscreen of MARK playing a video game

MARK

Actually, my programming skils are pretty amazing at the moment

HEAD OF YEAR

Well that's not what it says here. Listen your exams are coming up soon so you ought to knuckle down if you want to make something of yourself

MARK

Yes sir, of course

MARK walks out of the office looking smug.

INT. MARKS BEDROOM. NIGHT

MARK is walking to his bed to get ready to sleep. He goes into the bed and falls asleep.

EXT. STREET. DAY

MARK is walking down the street when he meets GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE dressed brightly.

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE

Hi, it's good to see you again well... of course it would I'm you, well from the future at least

MARK

(Under his breath)

Uh... ok, clearly this is a dream

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE

Take it how you want. I will show you your future; one where you are continuing on this path and the other built with success. Now, shall we begin.

INT. MARKS HOUSE DAY

Splitscreen MARK goes up to pick up results with one failing and one being successful.

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voiceover)

This is what would happen if you dont start studying now. And this, is how it will be if you study hard

MARK (Voiceover)

I got an E?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voiceover)

Yes but that is one future the other one you do very well in. Shall we continue?

EXT. UNIVERSITY/JOB CENTRE. DAY

MARK is walking through the university gates. On the other side is him walking to the job centre.

MARK (Voiceover)

I go to univeristy as well?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voiceover)

Again that is the path you can potentially take. The other shall result in you being constantly depresed about being jobless

What i have to show you next might affect you. Are you ready?

MARK(Voiceover)

(Nervous)

Sure

INT. CAFE. DAY

MARK on one side is sitting in a cafe all alone looking upset because of this whilst on the other side, he is laughing with a girl.



GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voiceover)

Aah yes, that is your girlfriend

MARK (Voiceover)

I'm actually able to get a girlfriend?

GHOST OF STUDENT FUTURE (Voiceover)

Only because you met her through going to university. Without that you never meet and as you can see, you end up alone.

MARK (Voiceover)

Okay! I get it now! I know what i have to do!

INT.MARK'S BEDROOM. DAY

MARK wakes up from his sleep with a shocked look on his face and slowly looks towards where his books lay slumped on the floor.