Character Profiles

Below, are the character profiles for the two main characters in our film trailer: Alex and Tom, with the drawings created by Connie.

BBFC Rating

Film Distribution Company

Film Title Name

We discussed possible title names for our film and decided on 'When the Tide Comes In"

'When the Tide Comes In' links to our strong theme of water throughout our trailer, poster and website, solidifying the idea of brand cohesion. The idea of a tide coming in represents the panic that Alex feels about being in her relationship with Tom, as well as links to the potential thought of being drowned, which is what she feels like with Tom.

New Storyboard: Written

When planning our new storyboard we decided to write it out in order before we started drawing it, to  make sure the order was correct.

New Storyboard: Images and Animatic

Our new storyboard following the relationship of Alex and Tom:

Mood Board/Iconography for Romance Genre

Audience Expectations of Romance Films

We interviewed a range of people to find out what audience's expect from romance films to make sure our trailer is catered towards them:

From this we found that audiences expect to see some sort of turmoil within a romance film, typically from a younger couple, and that they typically see rural location such as beaches giving a sense of isolation, as it is their story.

Iconic Romance Directors

Romance Genre: New Genre Research

Changes in Story

Following our feedback on our storyboard we decided to change our genre and narrative to make the ending more effective, while still keeping the idea to make our film trailer heavily stylised. We wanted to still include a boy and a girl as the two main characters, but just change their relationship.

Below is our new narrative for the whole story of our film:

Feedback from Our First Completed Storyboard

First Draft Storyboard

This is our animatic for our first draft storyboard:

And below is pictures of the completed storyboard:

Applying Narrative Theory