Iris Productions Film Proposal

What About Kasey

Pitch: Coming-of-age film low-budget film with teen protagonist from an Independent film company looking to be funded by National Lottery - UK Film Council

Proposal: (100 minute approximately in length) 

Genre: Coming-of-age, teen romance

Target Audience: Our target audience would be people who are going through a hard time, and who like romantic-themed films. Although the film would primarily be aimed for adolescents and young adults, anyone who enjoys coming-of-age drama films should enjoy it. We aim to reflect how teens "normally" come across in reality, instead of how the media typically portrays them.

Outline: "Popular" boy has a crush on the shy girl, but she doesn't notice, because she thinks that he is "too cool for her". He tells her that he likes her, but she rejects him, because she doesn't think he means it, and they don't know each other very well. She discovers her mother is having an affair with a teacher, which really upsets her. The boy, who was with her when she found out, tries to help her through it, but she still doesn't trust him, due to his reputation. They become close-friends overtime, but he is worried that he has been "friend-zoned". He invites her to a party, with the intention of showing her how he feels at the party, but she ends up getting really drunk, and embarrassing herself. When he tries to help her, she ends up insulting him by accusing him of being fake and trying too hard to impress people who don't really matter, and she tells him that she would never go out with him, because he wasn't a nice guy until before they became friends. Afterwards, she is very ashamed of her actions, and worries frantically that he won't want to be her friend anymore, and is surprised by how much his friendship actually meant to her. They talk it over, and he says that he'll try to get over her because he knows that him liking her will cause nothing but pain for both of them, and he forgives her, because she was right about him, and because they really have become close friends. All this time, the girl was fighting with her father, blaming him for her mothers adultery, claiming that it was because he never showed affection and was never there for either of them. However, at the end, they make up and she decides to live with him, and she is finally happy. She says that "even though it's not perfect, it's better."

Characters: 

Kasey (female protagonist): 17 years old. Shy. She has a difficult time at home due to her mothers adultery, which causes her relationship with her father to be strained. She is un-trusting. She has reddish-brown hair, and looks "arty" or "edgy"

Callum (male protagonist): 17 years old. He is considered "cool" by Kasey, and he has a bad reputation due to his actions from the past. He is actually very caring towards his friends, but he doesn't care what other people think of him... other than Kasey.