Idea 1
Rape/Prostitution
I had the idea of a young girl aged around 18years old who was just about to start her university life, although her mom and dad didnt want her to move away she has persuaded them to let her move to university in London. However, she gets into the wrong crowd and is drawn into prositution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_(film)
This film is based on a girl who moves to paris with her friend, it links to my idea because in both a girl has moved away from home and has been drawn into something which is not good.
Idea 2
Peer Pressure
A further idea that i have came up with is having a boy aged around 16 moved to a new school due to his parents moving house. However, to fit in he gets in with the 'cool kids' and they lead him into something bad (fight/drugs/drinking). Now he has the police at his door asking him questions, will he admit to the crime or will he lie to stay in with the gang?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Eastenders-Billy-Jackson-Dies-in-Shocking-Scenes
Ive uploaded this link as it tells us the storyline, however it also says that it happened to show the effects of binge drinking and also the problems that we have in society today.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/peer_pressure.html
The link above is a website that is made for children if they ever feel like they are suffering from peer pressure, reading this will help me if i choose to use this play because it will help me deepen my understanding.
Idea 3
Dissociative identity disorder(split personality)
My 3rd idea was to have a woman suffering from split personality disorder, one minute she is going to be nice and the next evil and horrible. Shes just got with a new boyfriend, however he doesnt know shes suffering from it untill one day she turns evil on him.
http://www.listal.com/movie/me-myself-irene
I chose to look at this film for a idea because it also contains the split personality disorder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
This link gives me information on the disorder, so if i chose to do this option then i would have a good knowledge of it and know how to portray it.
Idea 4
7/7 attacks
A diary themed play based on the london bombing attacks. 5 years after the attacks we meet a woman that lost her brother in the attacks. Its going to have her reading out her diary, but as if no ones listening to it. Its going to be very deep and personal however also highlighting the war's we have going on around the world and how they can affect family members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings
This link above gives us lots of details about the attack and everything that went on including investigations and the media approach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuhBdHc8Nqs
This video is really good because it shows us real life footage and also people speak on it that were actually there and tell us what they saw.
Idea 5
Typical married couple
Theres a married couple talking and reminising and then theyre wedding is brought up. At this point we are taken into the past and we relive the wedding with them. However it doesnt run as smoothly as they would have hoped. The bride is in a hotel room with all of her friends the night before laughing and drinking champagne when the headbride gets a phone call off her husband who is the best man telling us that they are all stupidly drunk and they have lost the groom. Hes not found all night however he turns up the next day and theres a massive sign of relief around the church when he turns up clean and looking smart. It then flips back in to the present with them just casually sitting with eachother like it was at the start of the play. I want this idea to be like a comedy drama and contain lots of humour between the couple.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hangover_(film)
The film the hangover is a very good film to look at if i did they idea, because the groom is also lost on this film with his wedding to occour the next day. Furthermore it is also a comedy therefore i will be able to look at the humour in it and try and get something from it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/safetycatch.shtml
Above is a radio play that is aired on BBC4, this radio play is a comedydrama and contains a man and woman. The storyline isnt silimar to what i want to do however it contains adult humour between the couple which is something i want to do in my play.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/
Here is a imdp link to a film called due date, this film has only recently come out and is a link between a couple however in this its two men that are friends. I decided to look at it because it was a comedy and the humour in it is something that i want to do in mine.
Further research for my chosen idea
I decided to choose idea 5 as my final idea because i really liked the idea of working within the genre of comedy and i think that i will have lots to explore.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/safetycatch.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outnumbered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Family
http://www.suite101.com/content/new-jimmy-mcgovern-series-accused-to-be-shown-on-bbc-one-a305973
http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/duckworth_jack.html
http://www.oregoncounseling.org/ArticlesPapers/Documents/DifferencesMenWomen.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1J80NrIHF8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjkUkqTUHNc
