Getting closer

A key aspect in the film opening is our newscast. This will be the only narration in the whole opening so it is imperative that we get the story across and not get the viewers to confused. This news report is going to talk about the missing girl and layout an even bigger storyline because it will reveal that she wasn't the only one taken( because he has taken 16 others over the course of 10 years) . This is where we got the title name , "Seventeen" inferring that she is the unlucky number 17. We will go on later to discuss the common characteristics of all the girls: Blond hair, age 15-19, green/blue eyes. Although the report will go on to say that none of these girls have been found, the whole concept of this movie is based on the idea that she may be the lucky one to escape. We portrayed this by adding elements of hope in the newscast. Obviously the basic elements like last seen, physical traits, etc. were added in there to give it a real newscast feel.

In order to have a newscast we needed to decide on a state and county. Due to  Orange county California being a well know and big county we decided to use that. Also since we are using a radio newscast we found that placing it in current times wouldn't be realistic. We chose to use the 1970s because it was a decade of lots of conspiracy theories.

As Ellie and I were reading the newscast over we felt that it lacked emotion so we had to put our brains together to fix that. After a little time we thought what could be more heart warming than a mother reading out to her daughter on the radio? So we added a little clip of her talking, clearly being emotional( even thought at this point it wasn't confirmed that she had been kidnapped, the evidence was pointing towards it).

Both Ellie and I are working super well together and are really complimenting our ideas. We learned that being honest is the best way to get the job done well. The only problem we are encountering is the actors, we both agreed Ellie will be the subject, but we feel like me playing the psychopath wouldn't really help the storyline. This will be a big struggle to find someone to do it, although the pay off will be amazing. I can't wait for this to all come together as one, I have a good feeling that it will workout for the best!

"Missing Persons." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2017. <http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/missing-persons>.