Children's Film: Initial Plot Ideas

We have chosen to go with the PG classification to give us a wider range of possible ideas because there aren't as many restrictions as there is with a U classification.

Here are some initial ideas that we have for our plan - this is NOT the final plot.

Our opening sequence could follow a boy in his dream as a superhero, it will fairly stereotypical and exaggerated. There will be a western-like show down conversation between the main character (hero) and a villain, this will be followed by a chase which will be quite humorously to suit the audience. This action opening will continue before it comes to a point where the main character (hero) is cornered by the villian. This will be the point where we begin to hear voices and the audience will realize that this was actually all a dream. We see the main character sleep on his desk in class, the teacher has woken him up and everyone else is gone. The rest of this opening will follow the boy as he makes his way around the school - maybe has he goes in his bag or goes to his locker, as these are opportunities for us to learn things about the character. In every story there is always a problem, and so problem in ours could be fact that the main character is a bit of an outsider. It's important that we include lots of obvious information about the character, and what the story might be about, as well as showing an equilibrium throughout this opening.

As I said earlier I think the beginning show be a western-like show down filmed of the two superheroes. Hopefully it will look something like the example blow, but with different camera angles and setting.