Research into Teen Suicide

Suicide rates differ between boys and girls. Girls think about and attempt suicide about twice as often as boys, and tend to attempt suicide by overdosing on drugs or cutting themselves. Yet boys die by suicide about four times as often girls, perhaps because they tend to use more lethal methods, such as firearms, hanging, or jumping from heights.

Most teens interviewed after making a suicide attempt say that they did it because they were trying to escape from a situation that seemed impossible to deal with or to get relief from really bad thoughts or feelings. Like Ethan, they didn't want to die as much as they wanted to escape from what was going on. And at that particular moment dying seemed like the only way out.




Charlies Story Line,
Charlie is the shy one in the group, he has been friends with Jack (the Leader) for years and this is why he has been accepted into the group. He is a respectable guy with amazing future prospects with him working hard at school and taking on responsibility such as being a prefect. Charlie doesn't like whats happening to his group and cant handle the pressures of it getting out of hand.

http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/suicide.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_suicide
http://youth.gov/youth-topics/youth-suicide-prevention/preventing-youth-suicide

Influences

Voice Over

Looking at the Trainspotting trailer we took the voice over at the beginning as inspiration for our film trailer.  We thought that it was a good way to introduce the characters and give the audience a bit of information about the trailer. 

The breaking of the third wall keeps the audience interested in the trailer and makes them want to watch more. 

Taking the idea from transporting we reenacting this in our own trailer we placed a voiceover at the beginning of the trailer to establish characters and a brief background of the group of boys. 

However we found that recording a voice over was not as easy as we thought

We had many problems:

Hard to put emotion into a voice over

We struggled to put emotion into the voiceovers, this meant that we had to keep retaking as we didn't think that it fitted the piece. 

We didn't take into account the background noise at the beginning, this muffled the voice actor and made the piece seem amateur. 

Mistakes, try try and try again!

We solved this problem by borrowing a voice recorder from the music department, recording the audio in a soundproof room where the actor acted while he spoke. The result was the voice over in the final product. 

Script

School Shot

Jack (voiceover): this is our life, Me, Luca, Harry, Aubi and Charlie. 5 boys, 4 months left, 3 uni offers, 2 internships and 1 chance to make a difference.

Pool Room

Jack (voiceover): *making speech* I’m not going to be anything like my dad golf on Sunday, wives with fake tits, perving their daughters mates on the side, not me, I want something bigger, we need a legacy, we need to leave an impression, I mean something that can’t be forgotten, maybe something irreversible.

Charlie and Jack in car

Jack: *shouting* go on Charlie! Get up mate! Come on!

Luca on hill

Luca: *shouting* yeah! Woah!

Aubi and Charlie Stealing Car

Aubi: Charlie get in the car! Get in!

Charlie and Jack Standing by the Lake

Charlie: *whispers* I just can’t do this anymore.

Fire Shot

Aubi/Luca/Harry (voiceover): *shouting* Charlie!

Poem

Jack (voiceover): A poor life this is if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

Title Changes and Choices

Shooting Script

1)    EXT. Somerhill school

a.     Establishing shot of the school

2)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Wide shot of the boys in the classroom

3)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Jack swinging back on his chair

4)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Luca playing with his pen

5)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Harry looking down at his watch

6)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Aubi counting money

7)    INT. Somerhill school

a.     Charlie sleeping on his desk

8)    EXT. Somerhill school

a.     Wide shot of the backdoors

9)    EXT. Somerhill school

a.     Boys crashing out of the doors

10) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Bottle being opened

11) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Balls being potted in holes

12) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Clicking bottles together – raising a toast

13) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Balls being potted in holes

14) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Jack potting the black

15) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Jack making a toast

16) INT. Jack’s house

a.     360 degree shot of the boys drinking

17) INT. Jack’s house

a.     Jack smashing glass on the floor

18) EXT. Tunbridge Wells

a.     Wide shot of Luca streaking

19) EXT. Tunbridge Wells

a.     Silhouette of Luca

Props List

• Prefect Badge
• 5 ties
•  Black bucket
• 15 empty beer bottles
•  Maserati
• Other car
• Bottle opener
• Watch
• Lighter
• Straights
• Nice pen
• IPhone 7
• Notes 1 £50 3 £20s
• Champagne bottle
• Pool table
• Pool equipment
• Whiskey tumbler
• Whiskey
• Fake blood
• Chai/

Costume