1.
Item … French phrase book
· Who ? English student…louis…studying in france… wants to impress French girl… got book … lost book.
· What? Book given by family when he left to study in France
· Where? Based in France… university/college
· When? September term time
· How? Left on side when charming a girl… distraction… lost book
Sex and gender… Male
Class…middle class/ only child
Ethnic origin... English
Education… private school/studying French degree in France
Age…18
Employment…promoter
Sexual orientation …straight
Financial circumstance…average
Religion…Christian
Friends… new in France
Family…only child mother and father … grandparents died
Desire … learn French/ get the girl
Fear… rejection/ failure
Need…degree/ girl
Will … pass his degree/make friends/fall in love/move to France/ make granddad proud.
Blurb
18 year old boy grew up in oxford with his grandparents, his grandfather was French and he aspired to be like him, grandfather passed away and he decided to go to france for a year and pass his French degree, while in france he falls in love with a French girl and tries to impress her using his French he does this by using the French translator book, while trying to ask this girl for his number he loses the book and doesn’t feel confident enough to go on a date with her , he finally finds his book but realises that she doesn’t like him for his French but for his personalitie.
Silent film, black and white, music used to show emotions
2.
Item … French phrase book
· Who? Gcse student
· What? Studying french
· Where? Rompton high school
· When? February
· How? Came across it in the school playground
Sex and gender… female
Class… lower class
Ethnic origin… English
Education… local school
Age…16
Employment… unemployed
Sexual orientation …gay
Financial circumstance…below average
Religion…Christian
Friends…a small group unliked by many
Family… single mother
Desire … to have a better life and pass gcse’s
Fear… failing and bullied
Need… good exam results
Will … get into college
Blurb
Jamie 16 year old boy goes to his local school but has a bad reputation due to lack of money and friends and is known as a thief, Jamie takes French as a GCSE and is studying hard, he comes across the translation book which seems to be abandoned so he uses it to help him little does he know that it belongs to the school bully, as Jamie is gay and because of his reputation as a thief he gets into trouble with the other pupils at his school, he tries to explain the reason he has the book but they do not accept his excuse, when Jamie confronts the school and passes his exam his true colours start to shine and the other pupils realise they were wrong about him.
normal.. colour... modernised
normal.. colour... modernised
3.
Item … French phrase book
· Who ? English girl needs book for when French exchange comes
· What? Finds French a difficulty has French exchanging coming to house needs book to help
· Where? Oxfordshire England
· When? February half term
· How? Finds it in parents book case … finds out how parents became a couple.
Sex and gender… female
Class… high class
Ethnic origin.. English/ French
Education… private school
Age…16
Employment… model
Sexual orientation … straight
Financial circumstance… rich
Religion… christian
Friends… popular
Family… mother, father , only child.
Desire … to be top model/ make parents proud
Fear… not being pretty enough
Need… to become healthier
Will …do her best at everything
Blurb
Louise is a 16 year old model who studies at private school, she has recently been diagnosed with anorexia, her father and mother have recently split up and she is very vulnerable, she lives with her mother who is English and with her father who is French at different times in the week, her father signed her up for a French exchange so that she can improve her French, she goes looking in her mother bookcase for a French dictionary and comes across the translation book, as she starts to read and learn the book she realises that the book was the same book that her mother used to translate with her father when they first met, she uses the book to show her parents how much they miss each other, in result to this her French improves she gets healthier her parents reunite and she gets a top modelling job in Paris.
modern, flash backs, contrasts
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