R&P post 9: Our script

We wanted to introduce our main character to the audience in a direct way that would immediately reveal his personality. We felt that a voice over would do this effectively. 'Submarine' heavily influenced our script for the voice over as Oliver Tate's character was easily identifiable. We deliberated over the script for a long time because we had to take into account the timings and how the visuals would correspond with the voice over.

This is an example of something in Submarine that influenced what we put in the script:

Olamide wrote the treatment and our team gave critic. We will edit the treatment as time goes on but for now, this is the first draft for our script:

After revising the script many times, Olamide wrote this script which is the final version that we used in our main shoot.

The script was a difficult aspect of our planning process because we all knew how important the script was to conveying Craig's personality to the audience. We wanted to avoid making Craig appear weak or vulnerable due to his sexuality, as this would be a negative representation of sexuality. On the other hand, we tried to make it clear that it was part of his character as a socially awkward person. We also wanted to make the bullies authentic and used slang that would typically be used in order to add to the realism of the situation. Whilst many British indie films are known for their gritty portrayal of realistic events and often would contain swear words, we tried to omit as much offensive language as we could and replace them with milder words.