• Limbo• Between a rock and a hard place• Recession Strikes• Descent to an Uprising

Title Ideas

• Family of 3 – mother, father, son• Middle class hit by recession• Father loses his breadwinning job• Transitioning into working class• Stress caused between parents over finances among other things• Mother leaves and disappears after arguments • Son moves in with his dad in a working class area• Goes to comprehensive school, used to go private school• Feels isolated and struggles to fit in to school, can’t join a friendship

group• Runs into a set of problems. Possible problems include being mugged

and turning to drink.

Storyline Outline

Characters

Preston – Protagonist

Gerald – Father of Preston

Charlotte – ‘Common’ Heroine James – School Bully/Villain

Hilary – Mother of Preston

LocationsPark Hall Academy

House in Kingshurst

Coleshill School House in Coleshill

• News scene reporting the recession – main issue is outlined early

• Post being received also confirms this. (Bills, letter of redundancy)

• Parents arguing - shows secondary issue of a broken family.• Mother leaves. – Different because traditionally child stays

with mother when parents are separated.• First day! Class of students, protagonist walks in on his first

day – emphasises isolation. However, the girl that guides him so in the class. Basically hell for him and he hates it.

• Protagonist is mugged on the way home on after first day.• Girl finds him and escorts him home, thus starts their

relationship.

Potential Scenes/clips